Utah Jazz 11/06
Utah Jazz fend off the Clippers to take a 2-0 series lead | Utah Jazz
Midway through the fourth quarter, after Clippers guard Reggie Jackson flexed and screamed at a crowd that had fallen quiet for the first time all night, a frustrated Donovan Mitchell walked to the bench and found an empty chair to kick.Then the Utah Jazz kicked it into another gear.Mitchell and the Jazz dug deep on Thursday night to fend off Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers, 117-111, protect their homecourt and take a 2-0 lead in this best-of-7 second-round series.“We took a punch and we were able to collect ourselves,” Jazz head coach Quin Snyder said.