Social Media Torches Utah Jazz After Game 6 Collapse Against Los Angeles Clippers
Jun 18, 2021, 11:22 PM | Updated: Dec 8, 2022, 10:50 am
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Basketball fans and reporters shared their feelings after the Utah Jazz collapsed during a Game 6 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Clippers hosted the Jazz at Staples Center for Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals on Friday, June 18.
Early in the third quarter, Utah owned a 75-50 lead.
The Clippers dominated and the Jazz collapsed during the second half.
Los Angeles beat Utah, 131-119, and won the series, 4-2.
💔 end to a great season for the @utahjazz.#TakeNote #NBAPlayoffs https://t.co/ebK9OmfxEs
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) June 19, 2021
After the Jazz opened the series with a 2-0 lead, Utah lost four consecutive contests and was eliminated from the postseason.
Following the final buzzer, basketball fans and media posted about Utah’s collapse on social media.
Social Media Reacts To Jazz’s Game 6 Collapse
The Jazz allowed 81 points in the 2nd half
— Jeremiah Jensen (@JJSportsBeat) June 19, 2021
Jazz fans would be insane to hang that on Gobert.
Obviously he was far from great tonight, but the Jazz are asking the leagues best rim protector to defend Terance Mann shooting corner threes all night.
That was a personnel problem, not a personal problem.
— Ben Anderson (@BensHoops) June 19, 2021
Clippers deserve all the credit for stepping up without Kawhi in the lineup. Next man up… But these are epic losses for the Jazz.
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) June 19, 2021
Jazz went on the road in game 6 and shot 50% from the field and 50% from 3. They made 21 three-pointers!
And lost to Reggie Jackson and Terance Mann.
Let that sink in. pic.twitter.com/p1BFNdTseh
— Jason McIntyre (@jasonrmcintyre) June 19, 2021
Y’all wonder why nobody took the Jazz serious as the #1 seed
— Libaan Osman (@libaanstar1) June 19, 2021
“Don’t sleep on the Jazz, they have best record in the NBA”
NBA fans all year: pic.twitter.com/KTDQAo1kjx
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) June 19, 2021
I'm sorry, Jazz tweeps. This is brutal. You have my sports sympathy.
— God Swill (@AndyGlockner) June 19, 2021
Rudy Gobert getting exposed defensively the last 4 four games and I stated early in the year that the Jazz Analytic philosophy would doom them. The @suns exposed it all year! #jazzvsclippers
— Eddie A Johnson (@Jumpshot8) June 19, 2021
The Jazz are who we thought they were, the team that has regular season success but gets figured out in the playoffs
— Trevor Lane (@Trevor_Lane) June 19, 2021
They were up 2-0, they had home court, the shooters were out there, and Kawhi went down. Just a woeful conclusion to the Jazz’s season.
— Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 (@JoshEberley) June 19, 2021
The Jazz got Clippered by the Clippers.
— Cas (@theyknowSims_) June 19, 2021
I believe I will never see the Jazz win an NBA title. Yet, I still love them.
— K.J. Pilcher (@kjpilcher) June 19, 2021
Terance Mann getting a piercing standing ovation after dropping a career-high 39 points to spark a gigantic comeback to somehow win two in a row against the Jazz without Kawhi Leonard and send the Clippers to the Conference Finals.
— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) June 19, 2021
Heartbreaking meltdown for the Jazz after a pretty incredible season.
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) June 19, 2021
What a game. LA Clippers finish with a 131-119 win over the Utah Jazz both to eliminate the top-seeded Jazz in 6 games and to advance to their first West Conference Finals in franchise history.
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) June 19, 2021
Jazz fans therapy session.
Let it all out.
This is a safe place.— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) June 19, 2021
The Clippers trailed by 25.
Tonight was the largest comeback in a series-clinching win over the last 25 seasons. Nobody had even come back from 20+ down to win a series in that span.
Entering tonight, the Jazz were 232-1 over the last 25 seasons when leading by 25+ points pic.twitter.com/aEos7yoqKK
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 19, 2021
The Jazz went up to a 2-0 series lead and didn’t win another game.
— Kevin Accettulla (@kevinaccettulla) June 19, 2021
CLIPPERS COME BACK TO BEAT THE JAZZ 😤
They've secured a spot in the conference finals for the first time in franchise history 💪 pic.twitter.com/sIOhYO3SXH
— ESPN (@espn) June 19, 2021
Jazz are trash for this lol
— Chido Nwokocha (@Yea_imChido) June 19, 2021
UNREAL 😳
The Clippers overcome a 25-point deficit to defeat the Jazz and advance to the Western Conference Finals! pic.twitter.com/Se2BMwF9vh
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) June 19, 2021
REMINDER:
The Clippers trailed 0-2 to the Mavericks.
They trailed 0-2 to the Jazz.
Despite all that, they're in the Conference Finals for the FIRST time in team history! #NBATwitter pic.twitter.com/e1n1MmM3CM
— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) June 19, 2021
The Utah Jazz are going to have nightmares of this series for a while. They're going to see Terance Mann in their sleep.
— Michael J. Duarte (@michaeljduarte) June 19, 2021
Jazz never winning an #NBA title in my lifetime, ugh.
— Dom Lewis (@Dommy_Digital) June 19, 2021
Clippers finally do something the Lakers have done 32 times. Make it to the Western Conference Finals! Do it for Staples! Clips 131 Jazz 119. Clippers advance 4-2.
— Kevin LaBeach (@Kevinnbcla) June 19, 2021
You know it’s a great player when he loses the game and they keep the camera on him during all the hugs #donovanmitchell #jazz
— . (@BearCov) June 19, 2021
Heart-wrenching loss for the Utah Jazz. For 5 months they were the picture of what team-based basketball should be, only to pick the wrong two-week stretch to go into a banged-up, perimeter-defenseless funk. Would have been nice for the Jan/Feb Jazz to have had a national stage.
— Mike Benischek (@BenischekPJ) June 19, 2021
Glad I get to wake up tomorrow knowing the Jazz won’t be competing for a championship yet again.
— The Dream Shake (@DreamShakeSBN) June 19, 2021
Ty Lou LOVES comin' back from down 2-0, huh?
Cleveland.. Clippers against the Mavs AND the Jazz..— Tod Lanter (@TodLanter21) June 19, 2021
The LA Clippers came back from a 25-point deficit to beat the Utah Jazz and advance to the Western Conference Finals! pic.twitter.com/JjM4Et6Nvo
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) June 19, 2021
The greatest Jazz player of all-time gave it his all.
39 PTS
9 REB
9 AST
9 3PTHe is the first player in NBA history with that stat line (or better) in a playoff game. pic.twitter.com/XZjHbfqRT1
— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 19, 2021
Bro the Jazz really lost 4 in a row to a Kawhi-less Clippers team lol
— JacQuizz Rodgers (@Qui22Rodgers) June 19, 2021
Entering tonight, the Jazz were 232-1 over the last 25 seasons when leading by 25+ points.
Yikes #NBATwitter pic.twitter.com/bzducnEFC7
— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) June 19, 2021
Mood in Utah pic.twitter.com/E2vnRtgcTE
— The Ringer (@ringer) June 19, 2021
An absolutely shocking 2nd half by the Jazz.
— Mark Followill (@MFollowill) June 19, 2021
LeBron was right about the Utah Jazz 💀 pic.twitter.com/DKdBIPYQv0
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) June 19, 2021
Donovan Mitchell's 39 points weren't enough.
Utah's season ends in LA. pic.twitter.com/zROr6Xm6OL
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 19, 2021
Entire #jazznation tonight. #takenote #utahjazz #ClipperNation #UTAHvsLAC pic.twitter.com/OyOLosKCVH
— Andy Muñoz (@andyxmunoz) June 19, 2021
Pain for Utah. pic.twitter.com/F5YWNFv4SK
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 19, 2021
Terrance Mann torched the Jazz bruh
— Cheeseburger or CB? (@CheeseburgerROH) June 19, 2021
The @LAClippers defeat Utah 4-2 and advance to the #NBAWCF presented by AT&T! #NBAPlayoffs #ThatsGame pic.twitter.com/jDefsyccIt
— NBA (@NBA) June 19, 2021
Let’s get the elephant in the rm out of the way. Donavon Mitchell and Jazz, had a 3-1 lead on Nuggets last yr and blew it, up 2-0, leading by 25 in gm 6 and lose. Spida, wants to be considered a superstar that can’t happen on his watch.
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) June 19, 2021
This was the Jazz best shot at losing in the WCF and they blew it
— Master (@MasterTes) June 19, 2021
Remembering the Jazz were up 2-0 in the series … pic.twitter.com/HVizmjd0RE
— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) June 19, 2021
jazz were flat in the second half.
— drew olanoff (@yoda) June 19, 2021
Jazz were -24 with Gobert on the floor and +12 with Favors on the floor tonight.
— Ian Kenyon (@IanKenyonNFL) June 19, 2021
Weren’t Jazz just up 25 in the 3rd?! 🤯
— Chris Randone (@ChrisRandone) June 19, 2021
PG and the Clippers eliminate Spida and the Jazz! 😤 pic.twitter.com/G8CL6Wt9ue
— theScore (@theScore) June 19, 2021
81 2nd half points… Holy moly. That’s how you break through to the Conference Finals for the first time. Impressive work by the Clips & a long summer awaits the Jazz…
— John Jastremski (@john_jastremski) June 19, 2021
So happy to see the Jazz get exposed. I can't stand one dimensional teams
— Malik 🎤 (@Malik4Play) June 19, 2021
Two tough exits for the Jazz in two years. Time to shake things up.
— Ryan Stephan (@BigSteph23) June 19, 2021
“If only Luka had hit a couple more free throws.” -Jazz fans
— Ari Levy (@levynews) June 19, 2021
Oh, and he also played 42 minutes tonight — the MOST on the Jazz. pic.twitter.com/JHrqt25lfY
— StatMuse (@statmuse) June 19, 2021
The Clippers ran Rudy Gobert off the floor only the Jazz didn’t take him off the floor. Zoinks.
— Kyle Madson (@KyleAMadson) June 19, 2021
Are the Jazz still going to wonder why they don't get any respect?
— Matthew Moreno (@MMoreno1015) June 19, 2021
I won’t believe the Jazz can win an NBA title until they’ve won at least 3 NBA titles.
— Alex Tichenor (@AlexTichenor) June 19, 2021
I apologize profusely for believing in and defending the Utah Jazz.
It will not happen again.
— Brady Klopfer (@BradyKlopferNBA) June 19, 2021
Jazz blew a 3-1 playoff lead last season and 2-0 lead this year. That’s brutal.
— Jeff Lightsy Jr. (@jlightsy7) June 19, 2021
Jazz, Nuggets, Blazers.
Same team.
— Carlos M. Ramírez (@Tomapapa) June 19, 2021
I feel for Jazz fans. I bought in.
— Rachel Bonnetta (@rachelbonnetta) June 19, 2021
The #Clippers outscored the #Jazz 81-47 in the second half.
— Cork Gaines (@CorkGaines) June 19, 2021
The Jazz have a 7 footer who can’t get a bucket over a 6 footer. And that allows their opponents to go small and just put too many offensive players/shooters on the court.
— Brando Simeo Starkey (@BrandoStarkey) June 19, 2021
I know Draymond watched the last two games of that Jazz series thinking he should have at least two more DPOYs.
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) June 19, 2021
1st time in franchise history the Jazz lost a playoff series after having a 2-0 lead.
— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) June 19, 2021
— ESPN (@espn) June 19, 2021
Jazz fans slandering Ben Simmons and Sixers fans slandering Rudy Gobert pic.twitter.com/IqjuHz4RCX
— Griffin Adams (@GriffDoug) June 19, 2021
These playoffs. Never seen anything like it. Congrats to Clippers fans. Tissues to Jazz supporters. 🤧 https://t.co/uHrSXcDis8
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) June 19, 2021
Clips passed the torch to the Jazz?
— Zach Harper (@talkhoops) June 19, 2021
To the good Jazz fans, shouts on a great regular season. Tough finish.
— Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 (@JoshEberley) June 19, 2021
So is D. Mitchell still the best Jazz player ever?
— Paul B (@PaulB__) June 19, 2021
Lakers and Clippers fans coming together to slander the Jazz: pic.twitter.com/vdSdvhGLFf
— Silver Screen and Roll (@LakersSBN) June 19, 2021
Jazz didn’t respect the shooter…at all
— Kozza (@Kozza) June 19, 2021
Don’t fret Utah I’m still coming to do a free summer basketball camp for you guys and in addition I’ll also be providing remedial reading classes for Jazz season ticket holders! #TakeNote #MadMaxHeartOfGold
— Vernon Maxwell (@VernonMaxwell11) June 19, 2021
The Jazz had the best overall record all year and got bounced in the 2nd Round. See how hard it is to win a title.
— Chris Palmer (@ChrisPalmerNBA) June 19, 2021
It's really hard being a Utah Jazz fan. For the first time since Stockton and Malone I was excited… I thought we had a team that could go the distance. But after seeing THAT display against the Clips I'm think maybe I'm doomed to be bitter about Utah basketball forever and ever
— Sean Finnegan (@shotbyfinnegan) June 19, 2021
Six years ago, the Clippers blew a 97.7% win probability in game 6 of the conference semi-finals, and ultimately lost by 12 to the Rockets.
Tonight, they overcame a 97.8% win probability for the Jazz in game 6 of the conference semi-finals. And won by 12. pic.twitter.com/nBpfMxzPa8
— Mike Beuoy (@inpredict) June 19, 2021
Sources: Jason Kidd is considered a leading candidate to play center for the Utah Jazz next season.
— Anthony F. Irwin (@AnthonyIrwinLA) June 19, 2021
What’s Gobert’s contract situation? If I’m the Jazz, I’d try to trade him and see what I can get. The Jazz will never take the next step with him as Mitchell’s co-star. He’s a liability on offense and defensively he’s only effective in the paint.
— Darnell Smith (@Darnell_Smith95) June 19, 2021
The Utah Jazz are the most fraudulent franchise in NBA history.
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) June 19, 2021
This hurts. But I love this team. I love that Donovan and Conley played hurt. I love that they surprised people this year. Remembering those setbacks in the nineties—climbing the mountain is hard. We will be back and better. #TakeNote
— Spencer Cox (@SpencerJCox) June 19, 2021
If the Jazz were outplayed by Paul George, that’s cool. I’ll even give you Reggie Jackson because he’s been hot, but other than that…you CAN NOT let anyone else beat you. Terance Mann beat the absolute brakes off them.
— Bryan Kennedy (@BKennedyTV) June 19, 2021