“We got to guard, man. We got to just guard the ball,” said Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell after Monday night's loss in Detroit. “They really ain’t much else to it.”
A woeful defensive performance leads to the Jazz squandering a 22-point lead and falling to a struggling Pistons team, prompting a collective rebuke postgame for Donovan Mitchell.
Detroit Pistons forward Saddiq Bey runs into Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in Detroit. the Utah Jazz’s stunning 126-116 loss to the Pistons on Monday nightAnd so, as he sat in an empty room at Little Caesars Arena, in front of a hastily-erected cloth backdrop adorned with team and sponsor logos, his annoyance was palpable, and his words — when they finally came — purposeful:He’s not wrong.
The Jazz’s five-game road trip concluded with a third straight defeat, and that this one was manifested bywas not lost on anyone in the aftermath. “There’s a lot of things going on, but initially, it just lies on us staying in front of our man,” said Mike Conley.Utah went out and amassed a 22-point lead, then promptly ceased doing all the things which led to that advantage. Post-halftime, the Jazz’s defense proved so thoroughly indifferent that a Pistons team which came in with the lowest-rated offense in the league hardly needed to expend much effort racking up 78 second-half points on 59.1% shooting.
, they rolled out the welcome mat again, this time for Detroit rookie Cade Cunningham, who drilled 5 of 9 shots from 3-point range and totaled a career-high 29 points to go along with eight assists, and for Saddiq Bey, who came in shooting 37% on the season, but hit 10 of 14 overall and 5 of 7 vs. the Jazz in also racking up 29 points.It’s getting increasingly difficult to agree with such a sentiment.
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