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🗓️ 17 February 2021
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The Utah Jazz are on an incredible tear. They're 19-1 in their last twenty games, they have the best record in the NBA, and they've beaten the 76ers, Heat, Bucks, and Celtics in their last four games. Much of their success, of course, is due to budding superstar Donovan Mitchell, who has his fair share of both believers and skeptics. So, are Mitchell and the Jazz for real this season? And do they have what it takes to win a championship? The Athletic's Tony Jones, who covers the team up close, joins us to discuss.
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0:32.1 | The team with the best record in the NBA right now isn't the Lakers or the Box or the Clippers. |
0:36.9 | It's the Utah Jazz. |
0:40.1 | And lead in the way has been emerging superstar, Donovan Mitchell. |
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0:59.8 | But while Mitchell has plenty of loyal believers, he also has plenty of doubters. |
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1:09.6 | Today, the Athletics Tony Jones on whether or not Donovan Mitchell and Utah Jazz are true |
1:14.9 | championship contenders and how Mitchell has been able to thrive despite all the nonbelievers. |
1:21.4 | He's a guy that's kind of learned how to lock out the proverbial outside noise and kind |
1:27.0 | of focus on what he has to do. |
1:28.8 | And I think that that's one of the reasons why he's improved so much as a player. |
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