POSTCAST - THUNDERSTRUCK: Utah Jazz Rookies STEP UP in Blowout Loss Without Lauri Markkanen

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🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Utah Jazz suffer a crushing 131-101 defeat against the Oklahoma City Thunder, raising serious questions about the team's trajectory after back-to-back blowout losses. Can Keyonte George and the Jazz’s young core turn aggressive stat-padding in garbage time into future wins? The Thunder, missing five rotation players, exploded for 11 first-quarter threes and dominated from the tip, revealing Utah’s depth issues without Lauri Markkanen.

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0:00.0	A smoke machine exploded and delayed the game.
0:05.1	And then a shot clock stopped.
0:06.8	And that delayed the game for 15 minutes.
0:09.8	And those might have been the highlights.
0:12.4	It's post-gast.
0:14.2	It's next.
0:16.3	That's not true.
0:17.4	We actually had a few highlights tonight in the midst of a blowout jazz get get thumped by the Thunder 131-101, a 30-point loss, second one in a row for the jazz.
0:27.0	They have trailed now in the first three quarters of the last two games, by a combined 73 points over 72 minutes.
0:34.1	That is a lot, and that's disappointing.
0:38.8	Tonight the Thunder didn't have five of their rotation players.
0:41.2	Jazz didn't have Lowry Markinan.
0:42.7	Thunder just came out, hit 11 threes in the first quarter and outscored the jazz 45 to 20
0:49.9	and then led 74 to 48 and then 106 to 71.
0:54.2	All right.
0:55.4	On a most nights,
0:58.3	and I do fundamentally believe this.
1:03.0	Minutes down 20 don't count.
1:06.2	I fundamentally believe this.
1:08.6	Minutes down 30 against someone's G-League team don't count.
1:12.2	Tonight we're going to say they count because there actually is a point here where we need
1:16.8	our young guys to start getting opportunities into play.
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