Jazz 109-92 Mavericks
The Jazz win 109-92. Cotton scores 21 points, Gobert scores a double-double (20 points, 17 rebounds, three blocks and three assists and a steal). For the Mavericks Barea scores 18 points, Villanueva scores 15 points and Stoudmire scores 14 points. Coach Synder on Jazz’s performance:
When you’ve got a group of guys that works as hard and is as committed as our group has been. It’s nice to see some of those guys get an opportunity to play. We did have a chance in these last two games to actually see those young men and give them a chance to play. When players play hard, it’s easy to play them.
Cotton:
Opportunities like this don’t come along too often. And I wanted to go out there and make the most of this opportunity.
Coach Carslisle:
In the end we gave up too many rebounds and we had too many turnovers. Those were all possession plays and that stuff all added up and it hurt us.
Suns 87-85 Jazz
The Suns win 87-85. Green scores 24 points, Bledsoe scores 16 points. Hayward scores 21 points, Gobert has 15 rebounds for the Jazz. Bledsoe on Green’s performance:
It’s unbelievable, Sometimes you get caught up in the moment just watching.
Coach Hornacek:
We needed the shooting, and that’s what Gerald provided.
Coach Snyder:
Gordon … he was having a rough night, but he really picked his game up and started going to the rim.
Wright:
We’re an undersized team but we fought back. We’ll see what happens these last five games and finish up strong.