The Utah Jazz's season just keeps getting worse. The team lost 113-97 to the Dallas Mavericks, marking their 15th loss in their last 18 games. That's true, since February 8th the Jazz are a pitiful 3-15. The worst part is that 11 of his 18 losses were by double digits, and many of them were by well over 10 points.
The Jazz are clearly out of sorts, but this play is far worse than what you would expect from a team with this much talent, and it's starting to be hard to ignore just how bad the play is. It's not that this team doesn't have the talent to continue winning, but the team has lost its motivation. I can't prove this, but I feel like the team here is calling him in a four- to five-week game.
That includes players like Lauri Mukkanen. Last night we had 3 wins, 1 loss and 9 losses. Keyontae George was 1-6 and Bryce Sensabaugh was 0-4. As a team, they went just 4-for-30 from three for a very poor total 3-point shooting percentage of 13.3%. According to KSL's Utah Jazz writer Ben Anderson, it was the worst night of mass shootings in Jazz history.
I think there's actually an argument to be made that this was the worst 3-point shooting night in history. @UtahJazz history.
It's the first time they've attempted at least 20 threes and shot less than 14%.
As it happens, they hit 30 threes and only made four, giving them a 13.3% mark.
— Ben Anderson (@BensHoops) March 22, 2024
It's not unexpected that the Utah Jazz would have their worst shooting night in history. The team no longer works as hard as it once did, and even if it did, 3-point shooting isn't the team's strongest attribute this season. The team ranks only 21st in shots taken from beyond the arc this season, but that's not at all surprising.
Of the three shooters the Jazz currently have on the team (at least two full attempts per game), only one is a +40% shooter, Collin Sexton. Markkanen is second to him with a respectable 39%, but he is followed by the late Simone Fontecchio (39%), as well as Johnny Juzang (37.5%) and John Collins (35.2%). Masu. Anything lower than this is unacceptable considering the NBA league average is 37% for guards and 36% for forwards.
The Jazz need to rethink their roster and make major upgrades this offseason. If you want to avoid this problem next season.
