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The Warriors had another game. It feels like they've had so many recently.

And it took a couple of different forms, started out super strong, ended up getting closer,

but they still ended up winning 106-99 against the Jazz.

And it's a fascinating game in a lot of different ways because initially, and loosely

throughout, it paralleled a lot of the Clippers game.

And so the reason I say that is because in the first quarter, the Warriors absolutely

dominated, top to bottom, great defense, defense solid offense overall largely fueled by

that transition but they also missed a lot of open shots that could have made it even more dramatic

so it was 35 17 after the first quarter but the Warriors were three of 12 from three which is a

meaningful difference they also outscored the jazz in the paint in that first quarter, 14 to 10, which was

interesting.

And then the second quarter, and really, you could argue the second and third quarters,

were holding on while playing a little bit worse.

Then it got tighter late, but not tight enough that it was really a concern.

And so the Warriors ended up winning.

And what made this game different in a lot of ways was just kind of some of the

specific structures of it. So we found out yesterday that both Gordon, that both Rodney Hood and

George Hill definitely were going to play already knew Derek Favors wasn't going to play.

Then late last night found out, or this morning, that Gordon Hayward wasn't going to

play. And so it took a lot of the intrigue out of this game. The jazz at their best are a very

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