Utah Jazz: Three pros and cons of loss to Nuggets

Fast break points

The Utah Jazz beat Denver in the fast break points department. Utah had 18 compared to Denver’s 13 on the game.

The Jazz knew the Nuggets were tired and shorthanded, so it was a good strategy to get out in transition. Once again, this is a tale of two halves. The Jazz dominated the fast break points in the first half, but the Nuggets closed the gap in the second.

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The Jazz play at the league’s 20th fastest pace, and the Nuggets are lagging behind with the 29th fastest pace. When the Jazz play at home they jump up to the equivalent of the league’s 17th fastest pace.

It will be interesting to see if the Jazz use a similar strategy in the remaining two regular season games against the Nuggets and even in a potential playoff series. Nikola Jokic looked gassed after two and a half quarters, and the Jazz may have exposed his weakness.

On one play in particular, Tony Bradley almost had the crowd on its feet with a sick euro step dunk, but the dunk flew out of the rim into the hands of the Denver Nuggets. The Jazz have the personnel to make a scary fast break team if they want to, but it would definitely take some practice.