SALT LAKE CITY – Round one of the NBA playoffs could wrap up for the Utah Jazz tonight in game five of their series with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Meanwhile, back in Utah, fans seem to be more optimistic about this team than in years past. Sure, we’ve been swept up in “Jazz Fever” in […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz handed the Oklahoma City Thunder a pounding defeat, with a score of 113-96 Monday night. Rookie Donovan Mitchell also made history, by setting a rookie post-season single game scoring record at 33 points. Mitchell passed Karl Malone’s 31 points tallied on April 20th, 1986 in a playoff matchup […]
SALT LAKE CITY — “It’s up there, it’s out there, it’s gone!” Longtime Salt Lake Bees broadcaster Steve Klauke got to say it twice Monday night. Klauke, the only play-by-play voice in Salt Lake franchise history, called his 3,500th game — a 3 1/2-hour 12-9 Bees loss to the Albuquerque Isotopes — a milestone commemorated by […]
The Utah Jazz are going into Game 4 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder with a lot of momentum and excitement - and maybe a sellout crowd.
SALT LAKE CITY – The 18 thousand seats inside Vivint Smart Home Arena are all covered in either red, orange or gold colored t-shirts with the Utah Jazz signature note and the phrase “Take Note” on the front. The colors are designed to match the “City Edition” uniforms from Nike, which are new this year. […]
SALT LAKE CITY – Preparations are starting to happen at Vivint Smart Arena for games three and four of the playoff series between the Jazz and the Oklahoma City Thunder. There are some tickets left, but, Jazz management are warning people to avoid buying fake ones. There’s been a spike in the number of tickets […]
An injury to a key Utah Jazz rookie took the wind out of his team's sails in Game 1 of their first-round NBA playoff series with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz will enter the playoffs as the No. 5 seed in the West following a a 102-93 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night. The Jazz had a shot at a division title and home-court advantage in the first round, but the road loss to the Blazers […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The Jazz beat Golden State 119-79 on Tuesday. They led by 45 points at one point, extended their winning streak to six games in a row, and set themselves up for a good position in the playoffs. With the win, the Jazz improved to 48-33, after starting the season 19-28. They […]
LOS ANGELES — The Utah Jazz beat the LA Lakers 112-97 Sunday night, and thereby clinched a spot in the post season for the second year in a row. Jazz players certainly had a reason to rejoice in the locker room. The playoffs seemed to be an impossible dream in January when the team fell […]
SALT LAKE CITY – The NBA will suspend Utah Jazz forward Thabo Sefolosha for 5 games without pay for violating the NBA’s anti-drug program. Sefolosha underwent knee surgery on January 17 to repair his MCL. So, he will likely serve the suspension after he returns from his injury rehabilitation in October. The league also announced […]
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Jazz officially announced the team signed guard David Stockton to a second 10-day contract today. He is the son of former Utah Jazz Hall of Famer John Stockton. The younger Stockton has only played in one game in the Utah Jazz’s blowout victory over the Golden State Warriors Sunday. […]
SALT LAKE CITY – Major changes are announced at the University of Utah. Athletics Director Chris Hill will be retiring in the next two months. Chris Hill has been Athletic Director for over 30 years. So, why retire now? Hill says he’s been thinking about it for a while, and he and his wife made […]
It was mayhem in the third quarter Thursday night at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Two Suns players got ejected for shoving Jazz guard Ricky Rubio. Jazz players rushed to Rubio’s defense. Jared Dudley and Marquese Chriss were ejected, Joe Ingles and Donovan Mitchell got technical fouls. Rubio did not want to talk about it afterward. […]
Wednesday night during the Jazz’s 107-97 victory over the Phoenix Suns at Vivint Arena, Donovan Mitchell wore shoes in which he had written “Pray For Parkland” on one and “End Gun Violence” on the other. Asked after the game what his motivation behind the message was, Mitchell noted in an eloquent response that he was […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell goes for 25 to help the Utah Jazz win their 10th game in a row. The Deseret News reports NBA teams don’t overcome a 13-point or more deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs. Not against a Gregg Popovich coached team. No way. Well, it […]
The Utah Jazz are riding a high of seven games in a row, with a win over the Grizzlies Wednesday night on the road. In fact, four of those wins have been on the road. Follow @kslmrichards
