Lake Buena Vista, Fla. • Given that it was Rudy Gobert’s positive test for COVID-19 sent the league into a monthslong hiatus, and given that it was Donovan Mitchell’s positive test for COVId-19 threatened to tear apart the team’s chemistry, it seems fitting that the two combined on the defining play of the league’s first official comeback game Thursday night.
With the seconds ticking down, Mitchell drove the lane, sucked in an extra defender, then fired a brilliant no-look pass to his rolling big man, who was fouled and went to the free-throw line.
Gobert swished his free throws, Brandon Ingram’s open 3 at the horn rimmed out, and Utah held on for a 106-104 victory.
Jordan Clarkson had a team-high 23 points off the bench, Mitchell and Mike Conley added 20 apiece (with the All-Star also contributing five rebounds and five assists), and Gobert added 14 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks in a momentous return to action.
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from The Salt Lake Tribune https://ift.tt/3giBUfR
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