Kris Dunn, Keyonte George Connect For Highlight Alley-Oop Slam
Nov 1, 2023, 9:32 PM | Updated: Nov 2, 2023, 11:34 am
SALT LAKE CITY – In the fourth quarter of the game against Memphis, Kris Dunn ran the fastbreak and tossed the ball up near the rim for a Keyonte George slam.
The play gave George his 6th point of the night.
extremely common guard-to-guard alley-oop 🚨#TakeNote | @Keyonte1George pic.twitter.com/w0vpkViGgU
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) November 2, 2023
The highlights kept rolling in for the Jazz as they held a convincing lead over the Grizzlies.
Utah led by double-digits for the majority of the game.
In addition to stifling defense, the Jazz were red-hot from downtown. They made 22 threes on 51% shooting.
☕ take a sip, it’s a @youngoch three ☕ pic.twitter.com/mtbDiykPfq
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) November 2, 2023
Utah improves to 2-3 with the win over Memphis. They will host the Orlando Magic tomorrow at 7 p.m. (MST).
Jazz Head Home After Winless Road Trip
The Utah Jazz will have a clean injury when they face the 0-4 Memphis Grizzlies in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night.
Rookies Taylor Hendricks and Brice Sensabaugh have returned to the Jazz according to the team’s injury report after being assigned to the Salt Lake City Stars earlier in the week.
The Grizzlies meanwhile are down two starters for the foreseeable future as they look to snap their four-game losing streak.
The Jazz return to Utah after dropping back-to-back road games against the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets.
Kevin Durant led the shorthanded Suns to a blowout 126-104 victory over the Jazz on Saturday night, before Monday’s 110-102 loss in Denver.
Despite the loss to the Nuggets, the Jazz appeared to finally find some cohesion in their starting lineup in Denver.
The @utahjazz may not be interested in moral victories, but there was significant growth in Monday’s loss to the @nuggets. #takenote https://t.co/LMzs3MMCII
— KSL Sports (@kslsports) October 31, 2023
The Jazz won both the third and the fourth quarter as coach Will Hardy kept the starters on the floor for an extended period to open the half.
“There were way more positive things coming out of tonight than negative,” Hardy said after the loss. “Obviously we would have preferred to win, but that’s a very good basketball team.”
The most notable positive came from the Jazz’s frontcourt. After a slow start to the year from second-year center Walker Kessler and newcomer John Collins, the new pairing along with All-Star Lauri Markkanen combined for 64 points and 36 rebounds in the loss.
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Chandler Holt is a co-host for the Jazz Notes podcast and a Digital Sports Producer for sports.ksl.com, specializing in all things basketball and football. Follow Chandler on Twitter @ChandlerHoltKSL or on Threads @chandlerho1t.
