NBA Updates – Utah Jazz win 103-94 against the Portland Blazers
The Utah Jazz versus the Portland Blazers was played at the Rose Garden Arena this Saturday. The match saw the home team, Portland Blazers cheered by around 20,000 fans that urged them to go for a victory. The match took lasted for 2 hours
and 16 minutes. During the course of the match the lead changed 3 times while the score was seen tied up on 7 occasions.
Both the teams made a good start to the match as they bagged points. Though both teams had full intentions of scoring they were never as aggressive in nature that is usually seen in the game of basketball.
The home team, Portland Blazers were able to win the first quarter in terms of points scored as they bagged 24 points compared to the 19 points of Utah Jazz. The urgency to score from both the teams saw them losing possession frequently
and hence affected their overall performance during the quarter. The quarter ended with the home team leading.
The 2nd quarter of the match saw an even tougher battle in which both the teams approached the game with a more defensively plus attacking mentality.
Both the teams made shots but kept in mind the fact that they had to maintain a strong and tight defence if they are to win the match. During the course of the quarter, both the teams displayed excellent offensive skills with Utah Jazz
scoring 26 points while Portland Blazers scored 24 points during the quarter.
The quarter ended with the home team leading 48-45.
The 3rd quarter of the match was again no different from the previous 2 quarters of the match as the same strategy was kept intact by both the teams.
The 3rd quarter of the match provided the fans with a lot of entertainment as both the team battled hard to take the lead. During the course of the quarter, the Utah Jazz scored 20 points while the Portland Blazers
scored 26 points. The quarter ended with the Portland Blazers leading 74-65.
The final quarter saw the Utah Jazz turn the tables and they came up with an impressive performance which saw them scoring 38 points in the final quarter.
Defence by Utah Jazz was also fired up and restricted the home team to only 20 points in the period. The match ended with Utah Jazz winning in the end with the score being 103-94. The top scorer of the match was CJ Miles of Utah Jazz who
scored 25 points and was closely followed by Lamarcus Aldridge of the Portland Blazers with 24 points.
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