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The Jazz and Hawks both had their last games postponed as neither team’s opponent had a full eight-man roster due to COVID-19 exposure.
The Hawks fly into Utah after beating the Philadephia 76ers, but haven’t played since Monday. The Jazz meanwhile are riding a three-game winning streak, and return home after a six-game road trip.Quin Snyder has talked recently about the Jazz need to improve their focus defensively, especially on their pickup points against opposing guards. Hawks guard Trae Young is particularly difficult because he’s a willing shooter out to 35 feet.
“Like any great offensive player, one of the things that makes him special is their ability to take what the defense gives you,” Snyder said. “Whether that’s rejecting the pick and roll, using the screen, shooting behind the screen. In this case, it’s difficult to go under on those pick and rolls. So you have to be higher up the floor.”
The Jazz may not want to be overly zealous on Young’s willingness to pull up from near mid-court. The guard is shooting just 29 percent from three this season and 47 percent inside the arc.
With a rash of COVID-19 outbreaks across the NBA, the league is considering adding a third two-way player to rosters to give teams more flexibility if players are held out of games.
The Jazz have yet to fill their current 15 man roster, though both two-way spots are filled. But instead of adding an additional roster spot, Snyder said he wished the league would change another issue facing two-way players.
“The first thing would be just to let us use our two-way players,” Snyder said. “We have a limit on the amount of days that we can actually use guys. So, what’s happening now is that you’re essentially preserving those days, so that if something happens with an injury or particularly a COVID situation.”
Many would have believed that the fight for the top spot in the Western Conference would have been a straight battle between the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers this season. However, the Utah Jazz are threatening to gate-crash that party, as they are currently sandwiched in between the two franchises. The Jazz have been one of the stories of the season so far this term, and look in with an outside chance of doing well in the playoffs. Utah have won 15 of the games that they have played so far this season. Only the Lakers and Clippers have won more games. Their form over the last ten games has also been excellent, as they have lost just once.