Rudy Gobert had 20 points and 17 rebounds in a dominant season-opening performance, leading the Utah Jazz to a 120-100 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Players and coaches from the New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers knelt alongside one another before the first games of the NBA restart.
Watch Utah Jazz rookie Trey Lyles hit Cleveland Cavaliers vet Channing Frye in the groin with an elbow. Both guys were ejected after a headbutting scuffle and thrown punch from one party.
The Utah Jazz made JP Gibson's dream come true tonight. The 5-year old, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, was signed to a one-game contract by the Jazz and suited up in tonight's special intersquad scrimmage. Gibson entered the game near the end of the third quarter and had a chance to steal the show at Energy Solutions Arena in front of his family and thousands of Jazz fans...
Everyone remembers grade school and the annoying, smelly guy that would give people 'wet willies.' Nobody liked him then, and certainly nobody would appreciate that as an adult. I can't say I'm surprised, but it appears as if the Maverick's Delonte West was that guy in school...
Yesterday morning, I received a text from my friend Hector alerting me of the breaking news that Jerry Sloan had just resigned as head coach of the Utah Jazz.