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Utah Jazz vs Detroit Pistons: recap and final score
The Detroit Pistons smacked the Utah Jazz 134-106 in one of the more lopsided losses of the season for the Utah Jazz.
Cade Cunningham was fantastic for the Pistons, scoring 29 points and 9 assists. He showed why he’s going to be an all-star for years to come. The Pistons also had some solid defense with contributions from their Thompson Twin, Ausar. Ausar Thompson was fantastic for the Pistons, going 7/7 from the field with 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals. His level of athleticism is remarkable and rewarded the Pistons in a big way for getting a top-5 pick last season.
For the Utah Jazz, there wasn’t a lot to be excited about, overall it was a pretty dreadful performance across the board. The best performance probably came from Kyle Filipowski, who is shooting remarkably well this season from three. Tonight, he led the Jazz in scoring with 25 points and shot 4/7 from three. For the season, he’s shooting 38% from three now.
The thing we’re learning about this Jazz team is the defense is the biggest issue. Utah has to focus on getting athletic talent that can defend. It’s why this losing season is so vital. When you watch tonight, you see a lot of players with promise, but not a lot of defensive talent. When you look at the Pistons, you can see the athleticism and defense across the board. And, like I said, having that top-5 talent has absolutely paid off for Detroit.
The good news for Jazz fans is they’re on the right course. They have finally chosen to do the right thing this season and go after elite talent at the top of the draft. If they continue the course they’re on, they’ll start building towards something once again. Had the Jazz done this the last two years we’d be seeing a Thompson twin on the Jazz and someone like ROY-front runner Stephon Castle. Now? We see a lot of potential. Things will change really quickly for Utah after this season, but it only gets better if they actually do this right and stop this halfway nonsense that leads to outcomes that teams like the Kings and Bulls experience every year.
SALT LAKE CITY — A California man in Utah, as part of his duties with the National Guard, is accused of trying to solicit sex from a young teenager.
Joshua Ruben Rodriguez, 29, of Fresno, was charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court with attempted rape of a child, a first-degree felony, and enticement of a minor, a second-degree felony.
The investigation began when an agent with the Utah State Bureau of Investigation posed as a 13-year-old girl on a “popular social media site … in an attempt to locate and apprehend adults attempting to have sexual contact with children,” according to charging documents.
On April 16, Rodriguez sent the agent a message — believing he was talking to a teen girl — that stated, “I’ll be direct with you, I would like to get to know you and (have sex with) your mind into a daze to where you feel like a woman,” according to charging documents.
When the “girl” asked if he had a problem with her age, Rodriguez replied, “I don’t have a problem with your age,” the charges state.
The agent told Rodriguez to meet at an apartment complex in Salt Lake County where the girl lived, claiming her mother would be gone. When Rodriguez arrived, he was taken into custody, the charges state.
“(Rodriguez) does not have ties to Utah. He is a resident of Fresno, California. (He) was in town as part of his military service with the California National Guard,” prosecutors stated in charging documents while requesting he be held without bail pending trial.
ST. GEORGE, Utah (KUTV) — One person was hospitalized at the St. George Regional Hospital after a car rolled and caught fire just south of the Utah-Arizona border.
The Beaver Dam and Littlefield Fire Department in Arizona said its crews responded to the crash near the Black Rock Road exit – roughly two miles south of the state border – on Sunday night.
Upon arrival, crews put out the car fire and found the driver had left the scene. A single occupant, who was able to get out of the car on their own, was transported to the hospital by a Beaver Dam ambulance.
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Their condition has not been publicly released.
Details on what led to the crash and the condition of the driver were not immediately available.
The Beaver Dam and Littlefield Fire Department said law enforcement investigated the scene.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz missed out on the NBA Playoffs, but still scored a big win thanks to a coin flip.
In Monday’s tiebreaker coin flip to determine who had the fourth-worst record in the league last season, the Jazz came out winners over the Sacramento Kings, who had the same 22-60 record.
Had the Jazz lost the coin flip, they would have been fifth in NBA Draft Lottery odds. Only the worst four teams are guaranteed to remain within the top eight of the lottery.
If Utah had fallen to fifth, there would have been the chance they could have dropped out of the top 8 teams in the lottery, and owed the draft pick to Oklahoma City, which was top-8 protected in a previous trade.
The Jazz now have an 11.5 percent chance to win the first overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery, which is scheduled for Sunday, May 10.
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