The Triple Team: Lauri Markkanen scored 49 points Thursday night, the most any UtahJazz player has scored in the regular season since Karl Malone’s scoring prime in 1990. TakeNote
Utah Jazz's Lauri Markkanen, left, goes up for a shot as Houston Rockets' Usman Garuba defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Houston. The Jazz won 131-114. Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 131-114 win over the Houston Rockets from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.Lauri Markkanen scored 49 points on Thursday night, the most any Jazz player has scored in the regular season since Karl Malone’s scoring prime in 1990.
And to me, what was fun about Markkanen’s performance is that nothing seemed out of the ordinary. It’s not like it was an outlier performance from deep: he shot 6-15 from the 3-point line, a whopping 40%. He can shoot that well pretty consistently. Maybe he won’t always hit every free-throw he takes, but he won’t be far off.
What that means is that you can put any number of stars around him, and he should basically be able to continue to do this. Obviously, there’s a fine line there — you don’t want to neuter him like the Bulls did. But conceivably, Markkanen’s a very flexible piece in team-building if you can maintain this mentality.
But if you try to guard him with a big, the Jazz can run that same play, then have Markkanen naturally pop out to the outside — and bingo, he’s going to make shots from there, too.Related to the above clip — it’s worth noting his free-throw boost. Markkanen had previously only taken over 10 free throws twice this season; he’s now taken 12, 15, and 13 in his last three games.
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