Jazz flatten Clippers 104-91, win 1st-round series 4-3

As for Ingles, who is married to an Australian netball star and has twins who are less than a year old, he isn’t too concerned about the quiet, sleepy nature of Salt Lake City compared with more glamorous cities like NY or Los Angeles.

The All-Star led the Celtics to a first-round win over Chicago in a haze after learning the day before that series began that his younger sister, Chyna Thomas, had died in a auto accident outside of his native Tacoma, Washington.

The Jazz enter having played their best game of the postseason in Game 7. Not great. Just good. It’s that the Jazz knew less about the consequences of losing. Jamal Crawford added 20 points and Chris Paul scored 13 points and handed out nine assists.

“We’ve come a long way from where we were three years ago”, Hayward told the Salt Lake Tribune.

Injuries have been an issue for Griffin throughout his career, as he dealt with both knee and toe injuries that limited him to 61 games this past season.

“Late, when we did start scoring, we couldn’t get stops”, Paul said.

The loss for Washington is a bad one considering the Wizards were up 38-24 after the first quarter.

“I’m sure it’s probably clubs, but I’ve never been to one in Utah”, Kevin Durant told ESPN. “But as far as nightlife, there’s no comparison to nightlife in Utah and L.A”. The Jazz had the lead back to 10, just 46 seconds later.

“I’m thinking about the loss today instead of the summer”, Rivers said after Game 7. “You have to play flawless from then on”. If he re-signs, he would nearly certainly come back to a roster that’s as thin or thinner than this year’s group, with yet another batch of minimum-salaried reserves filling out the rotation.

Utah brought three double-figure scorers off its bench.

George Hill and Derrick Favors contributed 17 points apiece as the Jazz advanced to the second round, where they will meet the Golden State Warriors.

To do that, the Jazz will need their big man to stay upright: “It’s Game Seven”, Gobert said. The Clippers held Johnson to 3-for-9 shooting.

In every match there one team will be victor & one will be looser. “We just couldn’t convert”.

This ended up being a series – and a Game 7 – about depth. “I would like to get a crack at it healthy”.

Game 1: Jazz at Warriors, 7:30 p.m.

This is not idle bellyaching.

He intends to play in Game 2. They won Game 6 and came home and won Game 7 behind the brilliance of Chris Paul.

Jazz coach Quin Snyder said the goal is to have Favors ready for the Warriors.

But the Clippers can send themselves all the sympathy cards they want.

He averaged 21.6 points, 8.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 61 regular-season games. During an on-court interview, Brad Stevens might have said it best. Here’s something: The Warriors won six games in a row at one point.

For his part, third-year owner Steve Ballmer would have to shell out upward of $200 million, including the luxury tax, to keep the trio together.