Jazz G Jordan Clarkson Throws Down Nasty Dunk Over Raptors Defender
May 1, 2021, 8:54 PM
Jordan Clarkson #00 of the Utah Jazz drives into Yuta Watanabe #18 of the Toronto Raptors during a game at Vivint Smart Home Arena on May 1, 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
(Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson threw down a nasty one-handed dunk over a Toronto Raptors defender in the first quarter.
In the final seconds of the first quarter leading up to the dunk, Jordan Clarkson had the ball at the top of the three-point line for the Jazz. He had some fancy dribbling before driving to his left and then quickly dribbling behind his back to change direction to the right.
Clarkson blew past one defender before going up for a right handed dunk over Raptors forward Freddie Gillespie. That play fired up the crowd inside Vivint Arena as they trimmed Toronto’s lead to 31-29.
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The Jazz were once again without Mike Conley and Donovan Mitchell due to injury. Bojan Bogdanovic scored over half of the Jazz first quarter points with 17. Utah’s other points in the first quarter came from Jordan Clarkson (6), Georges Niang (3), Joe Ingles (3).
Fred VanVleet scored 11 points in the first quarter for the Raptors, while Pascal Siakam dropped 7 points.
Utah is starting a five game home stand on Saturday night. They will face the San Antonio Spurs in their next two home games, beginning on Monday, May 3 at 8 p.m. MDT and again on Wednesday, May 5 at 7 p.m. MDT.
