Utah Jazz Show Off Finesse With Multiple Highlight Layups
Nov 2, 2023, 8:00 PM | Updated: 8:05 pm
Talen Horton-Tucker #0 of the Utah Jazz in action against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center on January 05, 2023 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
(Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Jazz displayed great touch around the rim as they made highlight layup after highlight layup against the Orlando Magic.
From putbacks to spin moves, Utah went deep in its bag in the Delta Center on Thursday.
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β« spin #TakeNote | @thortontucker pic.twitter.com/8Vnx3gXie0β Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) November 3, 2023
Talen Horton-Tucker opened the game with a smooth spin layup around the Orlando defense.
Next up was Jordan Clarkson.
After pulling up from three, Clarkson chased his miss to tip it back up and in around the taller defender.
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β Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) November 3, 2023
Kelly Olynyk showed that big men aren’t all power with a sweet move in the first.
Olynyk made the defense turn around with a pass fake and dropped in the easy layup.
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Jazz Look For Back-To-Back Wins As They Face Ingles, Magic
The Utah Jazz will look to win consecutive games for the first time this season when they host Joe Ingles and the Orlando Magic on Thursday night.
The Jazz beat the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday to move to 2-3 on the season.
Orlando comes into Utah having lost back-to-back games in the middle of their four-game road trip.
The Jazz opened their two-game homestand with a blowout 133-109 win over the Grizzlies fueled by 23 points from reserve guard Collin Sexton.
The @utahjazz snapped their two-game losing streak with a blowout win over the @memgrizz.
Is Memphis the first team to blink the Western Conference Playoff Race?#takenote https://t.co/uokjNOxcLp
β KSL Sports (@kslsports) November 2, 2023
Six different Jazz players knocked down multiple threes as the team shot a season-best 22-43 from downtown.
Sexton, Lauri Markkanen, and Jordan Clarkson each knocked down four threes in the win.
After hosting Orlando, the Jazz embark on a four-game midwestern road trip through Minnesota, Chicago, Indiana, and Memphis.
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Chandler Holt is a co-host for the Jazz Notes podcast and a Digital Sports Producer for KSLSports.com, specializing in all things basketball and football. Follow Chandler on Twitter @ChandlerHoltKSL or on Threads @chandlerho1t.
