Utah Jazz crushes Dallas Mavericks to win 10th in a row to take best NBA record

And Jazz has proven that, playing collectively, they are a force to be reckoned with.

“I really think it’s probably the first time I’ve been here when I’ve seen so much attention from each of these locker rooms,” said Gobert, who added 20 rebounds, three blocks and three steals. “I really feel like we’re playing for something bigger and we’re on a mission.”

Before the game, Quin Snyder noted that with Mitchell – the team’s best scoring option – in the NBA’s commotion protocol, Jazz should simply continue to do what they were, each playing a role.

Meanwhile, Mavs coach Rick Carlisle noted that given the way they played Jazz during their winning streak, they were well positioned to overcome the All-Star absence: “This is a team that it’s really tied together … the kind of team that can lose a player like Mitchell to a game and survive. “

Utah managed more than it survived – it dominated thoroughly, the final score being made almost by a quarter of a quarter that saw them succeed by only 16 points.

Ingles, who not only reluctantly threw his skin at the aggressive launch of 11 cross-archery shots (making seven), but also collected eight assists, including a pair of third-quarter alley-oops , said that it went out of his mind during these last 10 games is the combination of hunger and humiliation in Utah.

Clarkson, considered a no-nonsense chucker for much of his career before moving to Utah, agreed with his teammate.

Although he attacked the first half in Mitchell’s absence, scoring 22 of his 31 points before the break, he remarked that he had no feelings in his mind that he had to act offensively, that he had to go outside in order to fill the gap.

The plan was to stay on plan.

“We played minutes similar to what I usually play, in positions similar to where I used to be. The roles didn’t change – we just had to keep playing in our system and keep doing what we do.” Clarkson said, “… Here’s just another vibe; everyone knows their role and everyone is happy for each other. It’s almost like we’re happier when we hit our colleagues than when we score. “It’s just a crazy feeling, a crazy vibration that we have, that we appreciate that the ball doesn’t stick.”

This collective effort was evident against the Mavs in countless phases of the game.

Sometimes it was Ingles and Gobert or Mike Conley and Gobert who chose Kristaps Porzingis and the Dallas defense in oblivion. Sometimes Clarkson, Niang, Morgan, Conley, and Oni confused Mavs with a well-executed zone defense on one possession, then fluttering them with flawless switches and man-to-man rotations in the next.

The end result was that even on an evening when the Jazz had a good 16-if-not-epic 16 for 41 in the 3-point range, they had more than enough firepower at both ends. of the land to pass Dallas – simply by virtue of everyone doing what was required of them.

“They really do the same things they did throughout the season – they do more because they were more involved,” Snyder said. “Everyone played together. It was those guys tonight and they stood out because Donovan and Fav were out, but those guys have been doing the same thing lately in a lot of games. The balance we have is one of the strengths of our team. … I do nothing consciously. They just play the game, play together. ”

The impressive thing is that knowing that they had the best record in the league as a result of their victory and the loss of the Lakers in Philadelphia did not impress them.

They are not worried about what someone else says or believes about them. They are not at all concerned about where they evaluate in anyone’s power rankings. Everything that matters continues to improve, continuing to focus on them, knowing that another opponent is always coming.

“We try to find inconsistencies, we play the right way, we are altruistic, we defend. “So yes, it was fun, but we’re not happy,” said Ingles. “We will not be superimposed on a victory or 10 in a row or whatever. We’ll come in tomorrow and get ready for the next one. ”