Utah Jazz crush the Dallas Mavericks to win a tenth consecutive title and take over the NBA’s best record

And the Jazz have proven that, when they play together, they are a force to be reckoned with.

“I really think it’s probably the first time since I’ve been here that I see so much focus in every locker room in this locker room,” Gobert said. He added 20 rebounds, three blocks and three poles. “I really feel like we’re playing for something bigger and that we’m on a mission.”

Before the game, Quin Snyder noted that with Mitchell – the team’s best scoring module – in the NBA’s concussion protocol, the Jazz simply had to keep doing what they were, and that everyone would play a role.

Mavs coach Rick Carlisle, meanwhile, noted that since the Jazz played during their finish line, they were well positioned to overcome the All-Star’s absence: ‘It’s a team that is really tied together … the type team that can lose a player like Mitchell for a game and survive it. ”

Utah more than survived – they dominated thoroughly, and the final score reached only a sloppy fourth quarter that they could only score 16 points.

Ingles, who not only shook off his hesitant skin by aggressively shooting 11 shots from beyond the arc (but made seven), but also picked up eight assists, including a third-quarter streak, said what for him stand out over the past ten games is Utah’s combination of hunger and humility.

Clarkson, who was considered a relentless chucker for much of his career before being traded to Utah, agrees with his teammate.

Although he drove the first half in Mitchell’s absence, scoring 22 of his 31 points before halftime, he noted that he had no feeling that he should act offensively, that he should go beyond the norm to get around the gap. to fill.

The plan was to stick to the plan.

‘I played similar minutes as I was used to playing, in similar positions as I was used to. Roles have not changed – we just had to keep playing in our system and keep doing what we do. , ”Said Clarkson. “… Here is just a different atmosphere; everyone knows their role and everyone is happy for each other. It’s almost as if we’re happier when our teammates get a shot than scoring the ball, to be honest with you. It’s just a crazy feeling, a crazy atmosphere we have, that we appreciate that the ball is not stuck. ‘

The collective effort was evident against the Mavs in numerous phases of the game.

Sometimes it was Ingles and Gobert or Mike Conley and Gobert who brought Kristaps Porzingis and the Dallas defense into oblivion. Sometimes it was Clarkson, Niang, Morgan, Conley and Oni who confused the Mavs with a well-executed zone defense in one possession, and then they with flawless switches and rotations in the man-to-one-the-other overthrow.

The end result was that, even on a night when the Jazz reached a good 16 as an epic 16 for 41 from three-point, they had more than enough firepower on both sides of the track to roll past Dallas – simply by virtue that everyone does what is asked of them.

“They’re really doing the same things they did over the course of the season – just doing it more because they were more in the game,” Snyder pointed out. ‘Everyone played each other together. It was those guys tonight and it stood out because Donovan and Fav were out, but those guys did the same thing late in many games. The balance we have is one of the strengths of our team. … It’s nothing they do consciously. They just play the game and play together. ”

The impressive thing is to know that they had the league’s best record because of their victory and that the Lakers’ loss in Philadelphia did not impress them.

They are not worried about what someone else is saying or thinking about them. They are completely unconcerned about where they are judging on someone’s position of power. All that matters, keep improving, keep focusing on themselves and know that there is always another opponent coming.

“We are not trying to match, we are playing the right way, we are unselfish, we are defending. “So yes, it was nice, but we are not satisfied,” said Ingles. “We will not win as one victory or ten in a row or whatever it is. We’re going in tomorrow and getting ready for the next one. ‘