The Utah Jazz might need more pleasant-surprise contributions like Alexander-Walker's to complement Mitchell.
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The Chicago Bulls weren’t too surprised that Donovan Mitchell had an offensive outburst during the Utah Jazz’s 125-110 win Wednesday night. But even when the Bulls tried to take the ball out of Mitchell’s hands, the Jazz made them pay via an Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
Depending on the health of sharpshooter Bojan Bogdanovic, who’s missed two straight games with a calf injury, the Jazz might need more pleasant-surprise contributions like Alexander-Walker’s to complement Mitchell when they host the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.
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Utah’s young players often put in extra work after practice and before games, all in an effort to be ready when their names are called like Alexander-Walker’s was Wednesday. They even have a nickname for their hard-working crew: The Breakfast Club.
Meanwhile, Mitchell finished with 37 points, including franchise records for points and 3-pointers in one quarter. He scored 25 with seven treys in the third frame.
Mitchell scored 27 points with six assists in Utah’s 124-103 win over the Clippers in the teams’ first meeting this year. Utah will visit Los Angeles for another game at the end of its upcoming six-game road trip, which begins Sunday in New York.
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The Clippers lost a tough one at home to Toronto, 103-100, on Wednesday, which was their fifth loss in seven outings. Reggie Jackson scored 23 points and Marcus Morris Sr. contributed 22, but the Clippers’ comeback came up short when a game-tying attempt beyond the arc by Morris went awry.
The Clippers enter Thursday in eighth place in the Western Conference, a distant 5 1/2 games behind Minnesota for seventh but also 5 1/2 games up on the rival Los Angeles Lakers.
