SAN FRANCISCO — Forward of Sunday’s season finale, Utah Jazz coach Will Hardy stated that profitable the final two video games has “saved the spark alive.”
“I believe it is actually vital that we proceed to coach ourselves that each time we take the ground we’re making an attempt to win,” Hardy stated. “And that’s the most vital factor.”
That mentality, although, nearly led to a minor catastrophe.
Because the clock ticked underneath the four-minute mark Sunday, the Jazz have been up by a degree. The Warriors had emptied their bench, and Utah was a fairly clear path to a 3rd straight win to finish the season.
A win that, on account of draft positioning, most followers (and most within the Jazz entrance workplace) most likely did not need. Fortuitously (or sadly, when you needed the win anyway), the Warriors saved the Jazz from themselves.
Golden State completed the sport on a 6-0 run to beat Utah 123-117. Utah completed the season 31-51 and can have the eighth-best odds in subsequent month’s draft lottery.
A Jazz win would have allowed Brooklyn to tie them for the No. 8 spot within the draft. That will have meant worse lottery odds and a draft slot determined by a coin toss. However that clearly wasn’t on the forefront of the Jazz gamers’ minds in San Francisco.
“At the beginning, we’re all rivals,” Hardy stated. “It would not matter what it’s. It might be a basketball sport, a free throw competitors, they will play video video games, they will play playing cards, that is a gaggle of hyper rivals in there.”
Keyonte George had a robust near the season, ending with 21 factors and 4 assists. He had one of many higher capturing nights of his rookie 12 months, going 8-of-11 from the sector and 5-of-6 from the 3-point line.
Taylor Hendricks had 16 factors and eight rebounds and Brice Sensanbaugh added 14 factors because the rookies mixed for 51 factors within the ultimate sport.
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