The Jazz lost to the Suns, mostly due to a lack of depth in their shorthanded lineup. That's what you'd prefer, if you're a long-term oriented Jazz fan. Plus, a look at Walker Kessler's blocks, and a thought on the Suns' playoff future. TakeNote
Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker, right, goes to the basket as Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, March 27, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 117-103 loss to the Phoenix Suns from Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Andy Larsen.You can look at tonight’s plus-minuses and get a pretty darn good idea of what happened.The Suns’ bench is just stronger than the shorthanded Jazz’s.
First, seven remains a ton of blocks. There have only been 11 seven-block games this season, Kessler has four of them. No other player has more than two. That a rookie is outright fourth in the league this year in blocks, while coming off the bench for 34 of his games this season, is really, really impressive.He interrupted his press conference postgame, asking the media: “Did I goaltend the Devin Booker one? I was curious, because I can’t believe I got it.” So I pulled up the above video.
Kessler is just an utter delight, and hugely impactful for winning. He’s also going to make so much money in his second contract.The Suns are going to be trying something recently unprecedented for an NBA team: they’re trying to win despite shooting just a metric ton of midrange shots. Here’s the top five teams in the NBA over the last 10 years in terms of the number of midrange shots they take.
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