Three thoughts on the utahjazz's 117-106 loss to the Brooklyn Nets from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer andyblarsen.
Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving goes in for a dunk, as Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler gets tangled up in the net, in NBA action between the Utah Jazz and the Brooklyn Nets at Vivint Arena, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023.Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 117-106 loss to the Brooklyn Nets from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.Kyrie Irving had 48 points tonight on 18-29 shots — and was also largely responsible for the Nets late-game that run that turned a 50/50 game into a Jazz loss.
Finally, this is the one Will Hardy was most visibly livid about: Irving comes off a screen and gets a three because Kessler isn’t up high enough on the screen to make any sort of impact. “I definitely should have been up higher. I was just more concerned with my man scoring, but that’s not that’s not what I need to need to be.” Kessler said postgame.
In one late game possession, Markkanen was simply posting up Nic Claxton And really, Markkanen was just trying to go through Claxton — Hardy said he would have preferred Markkanen to use his speed more often. Whenever teams switch, the first thought is “attack the mismatch.” But there are so many ways of doing that that aren’t isolation time — the Jazz fell into that too often.My opinion on basketball player leadership is that it’s essentially overrated as a characteristic. Like: have you guys read, by Sam Smith? It details Michael Jordan’s Bulls during the championship 1990-91 season.
So today, when Hardy was asked about vocal leaders on the Jazz, he gave two answers: Mike Conley and Rudy Gay. Hardy went on to say that Markkanen is more of a “lead by example” guy. Personally, I’m totally okay with that. Markkanen isn’t a jerk, but isn’t a rah-rah leader at age 25. Cool.Walker Kessler had a pretty bad game tonight, to be honest.
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