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Hive Awards highlight top performing Utah Jazz players this season

by Harry Porter | I wanted to give the Jazz faithful a quick breather since Utah fell to the Denver Nuggets in a heartbreaking game seven loss. Rather than dwelling on an early postseason exit, Jazz nation needs to celebrate the team’s strong season. While colleague, Daniel Olsen, previously highlighted the top Jazz moments of … Continue reading Hive Awards highlight top performing Utah Jazz players this season

Around the NBA: Announced Awards and Predictions

by Harry Porter | In a pandemic-riddled sports world, the NBA season awards schedule has been disheveled at best. Rather than sticking to the recent awards show format, the NBA is announcing its end of season awards individually during the postseason action. So far, the Kia Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, … Continue reading Around the NBA: Announced Awards and Predictions

Best Utah Jazz moments of 2020 season

by Daniel Olsen | The 2019-2020 regular NBA season started on October 23, 2019. After 312 days, the Utah Jazz season finally ended. Although there were high hopes for this season, there is still plenty to be excited about with this team. Let’s take a look at the 10 biggest moments of this season: 10. … Continue reading Best Utah Jazz moments of 2020 season

Jazz Recap: Nuggets fight back for the win, force game six

by Elmer Mejia | Game Five between the Jazz and Nuggets took place today. The Jazz were looking to end the series with a win to move on to the Western Conference Semifinals Series, but the Nuggets came fighting and ultimately took the game.  The Jazz started off hot scoring their first six shots of … Continue reading Jazz Recap: Nuggets fight back for the win, force game six

Playoff Preview: Utah Jazz has opportunity to close out series

by Harry Porter | It almost feels like Donovan Mitchell has outperformed each of his previous games in this series. Game four will go down in the books as the only playoff game in NBA history where two players on opposite teams scored at least 50 points each. While Lebron was able to lead the … Continue reading Playoff Preview: Utah Jazz has opportunity to close out series

Playoffs Postgame: Recapping the playoff action around the NBA

by Harry Porter | In my new column, I will be recapping the playoff action around the NBA to keep the Beehive State up to date on all of the games. Monday was exciting and filled with key turning points for each series. After losing the opening game of the playoffs, both the Bucks and … Continue reading Playoffs Postgame: Recapping the playoff action around the NBA

Playoff Notes: Previewing Game One of the Jazz vs. Nuggets Playoff Series

by Harry Porter | The NBA Bubble seeding games served as an appetizer before the main dish which is the Playoffs. The Jazz went 3-5 in seeding game play, but that did not tell the full story of their performance and player development. Since I have about a million different game threads running through my … Continue reading Playoff Notes: Previewing Game One of the Jazz vs. Nuggets Playoff Series

NBA Bubble Award Predictions

by Harry Porter | The NBA restart at Disney has felt like an overall success. There was a play-in game for the 8th seed that gave Damian Lillard a chance to rewrite his own playoff history. The Phoenix suns went 8-0 throughout the seeding games and were one of the most fun teams to watch. … Continue reading NBA Bubble Award Predictions

Jazz Recap: Utah vs. San Antonio – Round 2

by Elmer Mejia | The Utah Jazz played their last regular season game today against the Spurs. They played them last Friday, as well, and were looking for revenge after losing 119-111. The Jazz started off great in the first quarter. Mitchell was active early on and scored 11 points. The Jazz were on fire … Continue reading Jazz Recap: Utah vs. San Antonio – Round 2

Damian Lillard: Scoring King of the Beehive State

by Daniel Olsen | If we are including the best scorers in NBA history who played college basketball in Utah, then the 6 foot 2 guard out of Weber State has undisputedly become the best to ever do it. In college, yes, Jimmer was sensational. He was also a really high scorer in China. However, … Continue reading Damian Lillard: Scoring King of the Beehive State