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Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell has a left foot bruise and his status is uncertain for Game 2 of the Western Conference playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Mitchell left Oklahoma City's 116-108 win Game 1 on Sunday after stubbing his toe in the third quarter, and he played sporadically the rest of the way. Continue to Article

April 16, 2018 4:42:pm EST

On Saturday, Thunder forward Paul George told reporters about an alter-ego he calls "Playoff P." On Sunday, he gave the media, his teammates and the Utah Jazz a formal introduction. He scored 36 points to help Oklahoma City defeat Utah 116-108 in Game 1 of their Western Conference playoff series Sunday night. "That's his new name?" seemingly perplexed teammate Carmelo Anthony asked with a smile. George lived up to it. He set an Oklahoma City playoff record with eight 3-pointers, blowing past the previous mark of five. He made eight of 11 shots from long range, and 13 of 20 shots overall. It was his first playoff game with the Thunder since being acquired in a trade with the Indiana in the offseason. Continue to Article

April 15, 2018 10:49:pm EST

Donovan Mitchell is tough. During the Jazz's Game 1 bout with Oklahoma City, Utah's star rookie collided with Corey Brewer and suffered a left toe injury, forcing him to eventually exit the game after limping around the court. Tough. Tough tough Continue to Article

April 15, 2018 8:52:pm EST

Perhaps the best part of Tuesday's Rookie of the Year kerfuffle started by Utah's Donovan Mitchell was Ben Simmons' response to it. "I'm not going to wear a sweatshirt tomorrow though," Simmons dropped the mic with. The Jazz shared a photo of Mitchell on the final day of the NBA season wearing a red sweatshirt with "ROOKIE?" on it. Continue to Article

April 11, 2018 9:35:pm EST

On Jan. 15, the Utah Jazz were 17-26, nine games under .500 and five games out of the playoffs, they were without injured big man Rudy Gobert, not to mention the Jazz were still trying to figure out their offense in the wake of Gordon Hayward’s summer departure. Since then the Jazz are 31-7, and their defense — anchored by likely Defensive Player of the Year Gobert — is allowing less than a point per possession. Utah will enter the playoffs as anywhere from the three to five seed and there is no team in the West thinking the Jazz would be an easy out. Continue to Article

April 11, 2018 4:30:pm EST