Three thoughts on the UtahJazz's 117-115 loss to the Sacramento Kings from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer andyblarsen.
First of all, Hardy’s been clear that, if there’s one possession left in a game, he’d probably choose Markkanen to defend the other team’s best player — likely after a switch. So that the Kings actually screened to have Fox attack Markkanen would have brought a smile to Hardy’s face.
And Markkanen makes a ridiculous 3 — but just barely had not enough time to make it work. It’s truly a remarkable play anyway. So instead of going with his usual lineup, Hardy gave lottery pick Ochai Agbaji a chance. To me, that made sense: Hardy wanted to change the team’s energy level without adding more poor decision making to the mix — otherwise, I think the option would have been Talen Horton-Tucker.
Still, I welcome the Agbaji minutes to come, if they do. He’ll spend this weekend with the Salt Lake City Stars, with three home games at the Maverik Center.Kings coach Mike Brown was great to talk to pregame — telling all sorts of stories, and sharing some of his philosophy on coaching basketball.
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