Utah
The Jazz fall to the Miami Heat in another narrow loss
The Utah Jazz have played in a ton of close games lately, something that has made head coach Will Hardy really happy, despite the fact that they’ve lost most of them.
That the team is fighting, proving to themselves they are able to meet the level of their competition and stick to a game plan, and that every player whose number is called is giving it their all is making Hardy optimistic about the trajectory of the team and how the players are developing. But more than anything, even when the team falls short, Hardy is glad they’re learning what it takes to grind out NBA wins.
“It’s the value of each possession and the value of every minute you’re on the court,” Hardy said. “But that you always look back at a game that’s close, and these are the ones where it’s easy for your brain to go crazy, because it’s, ‘what if this, what if that. if I’d made that shot, or if I’d made that free throw, or we’d have been in a different situation.’ I think the guys being in these situations, it continues to hammer home the sentiment that we try to have every day, which is to give value to every minute you’re on the floor and you can’t take it for granted.”
In six of the last 10 Jazz games, they’ve played clutch minutes — where the score is within five points in the final five minutes — including on Thursday night when they narrowly lost to the Miami Heat, 97-92.
“We’re fighting the very end,” center Walker Kessler said. “Obviously, got some things we’ve got to straighten out, but we’re competing, and it’s fun. It’s fun to be in these kind of games. Obviously not fun to lose. But we’re in those games. So it’s a lot of fun.”
That’s exactly the chord that Hardy is hoping strikes for each of his players. He wants for the losses to sting, especially the close ones. He wants the players thinking about what more they could have done, what small and subtle action they could have given more effort to in order to impact the game.
It’s not that he wants them to feel bad. He’s really happy with how they’ve been playing and wants them to see that they are making strides. But he does want them to be hungry and to search for ways to be even better.
“I don’t want them to wallow for long periods of time,” Hardy said. “But if you lose a game and you’re not driving home a little bit pissed off, then this probably isn’t for you. It can’t be just, ‘okay, well, we lost.’ It should bother you. We’re competitive, but there’s a line … I would expect that everybody on our team, staff, players, we all drive home a little frustrated with things we wish we’d done differently or better. And then tomorrow we come in, we regroup, and get back to work.”
For Collin Sexton, who had a game-high tying 23 points and five assists, he said he’ll be thinking about boxing out, failing to get a hand up on a late shot clock attempt, allowing second-chance points.
For Isaiah Collier, he’ll be thinking about things on the defensive end that he let slip, like not going over on screens and failing to recognize personnel in clutch minutes.
Every Jazz player is thinking about small things. Every one of them is upset about missing an opportunity to win. But they can also be proud of how far they’ve come as a group since the start of the season.
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A man died after he was caught in an avalanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon over the weekend.
A spokesperson for the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Thursday that Kevin Williams, 57, had died.
He, along with one other person, was hospitalized in critical condition after Saturday’s avalanche in the backcountry.
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In an interview with 2News earlier this week, one of Williams’ close friends, Nate Burbidge, described him as a loving family man.
“Kevin’s an amazing guy. He’s always serving, looking for ways that he can connect with others,” Burbidge said.
A GoFundMe was set up to help support Williams’ family.
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CONTENT WARNING: This report discusses suicide and includes descriptions of audio from 911 calls that some viewers may find disturbing.
LAS VEGAS — Exclusively obtained 911 recordings detail the hours leading up to the discovery of an 11-year-old Utah girl and her mother dead inside a Las Vegas hotel room in an apparent murder-suicide.
Addi Smith and her mother, Tawnia McGeehan, lived in West Jordan and had traveled to Nevada for the JAMZ cheerleading competition.
The calls show a growing sense of urgency from family members and coaches, and several hours passing before relatives learned what happened.
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Below is a timeline of the key moments, according to dispatch records. All times are Pacific Time.
10:33 a.m. — Call 1
After Addi and her mother failed to appear at the cheerleading competition, Addi’s father and stepmother called dispatch for a welfare check.
Addi and her mother were staying at the Rio hotel. The father told dispatch that hotel security had already attempted contact.
“Security went up and knocked on the door. There’s no answer or response it doesn’t look like they checked out or anything…”
11:18 a.m. and 11:27 a.m. — Calls 2 and 3
As concern grew, Addi’s coach contacted the police two times within minutes.
“We think the child possibly is in imminent danger…”
11:26 a.m. — Call 4
Addi’s stepmother placed another call to dispatch, expressing escalating concern.
“We are extremely concerned we believe that something might have seriously happened.”
She said that Tawnia’s car was still at the hotel.
Police indicated officers were on the way.
2:26 p.m. — Call 5
Nearly three hours after the initial welfare check request, fire personnel were en route to the scene. It appeared they had been in contact with hotel security.
Fire told police that they were responding to a possible suicide.
“They found a note on the door.”
2:35 p.m. — Call 6
Emergency medical personnel at the scene told police they had located two victims.
“It’s going to be gunshot wound to the head for both patients with notes”
A dispatcher responded:
“Oh my goodness that’s not okay.”
2:36 p.m. — Call 7
Moments later, fire personnel relayed their assessment to law enforcement:
“It’s going to be a murder suicide, a juvenile and a mother.”
2:39 p.m. — Call 8
Unaware of what had been discovered, Addi’s father called dispatch again.
“I’m trying to file a missing persons report for my daughter.”
He repeats the details he knows for the second time.
3:13 p.m. — Call 9
Father and stepmother call again seeking information and continue to press for answers.
“We just need some information. There was a room check done around 3:00 we really don’t know where to start with all of this Can we have them call us back immediately?”
Dispatch responded:
“As soon as there’s a free officer, we’ll have them reach out to you.”
4:05 p.m. — Call 10
More than an hour later, Addi’s father was put in contact with the police on the scene. He pleaded for immediate action.
“I need someone there I need someone there looking in that room”
The officer confirmed that they had officers currently in the room.
Addi’s father asks again what they found, if Addi and her mother are there, and if their things were missing.
The officer, who was not on scene, said he had received limited information.
5:23 p.m. — Call 11
Nearly seven hours after the first welfare check request, Addi’s grandmother contacted police, describing conflicting information circulating within the family.
“Some people are telling us that they were able to get in, and they were not in the hotel room, and other people saying they were not able to get in the hotel room, and we need to know”
She repeated the details of the case. Dispatch said officers will call her back once they have more information.
Around 8:00 p.m. — Press Conference
Later that evening, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police held a news conference confirming that Addi and her mother, Tawnia McGeehan, were found dead inside the hotel room.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — AI glasses could allow you to get answers, snap photos, access audio and take phone calls—and now a proposal moving through the legislature would ban the glasses from Utah school classrooms.
“I think it’s a great idea,” said Kizzy Guyton Murphy, a mother who accompanied her child’s class on a field trip to the state Capitol on Wednesday. “You can’t see inside what the student is looking at, and it’s just grounds for cheating.”
Mom Tristan Davies Seamons also sees trouble with AI glasses.
“I don’t think they should have any more technology in schools than they currently have,” she said.
Her twin daughters, fourth graders Finley and Grayson, don’t have cell phones yet.
“Not until we’re like 14,” said Grayson, adding they do have Chromebooks in school.
2News sent questions to the Utah State Board of Education:
- Does it have reports of students using AI glasses?
- Does it see cheating and privacy as major concerns?
- Does it support a ban from classrooms?
Matt Winters, USBE AI specialist, said the board has not received reports from school districts of students with AI glasses.
“Local Education Agencies (school districts) have local control over these decisions based on current law and code,” said Winters. “The Board has not taken a position on AI glasses.
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Some districts across the country have reportedly put restrictions on the glasses in schools.
“I think it should be up to the teachers,” said Briauna Later, another mother who is all for preventing cheating, but senses a ban could leave administrators with tired eyes.
“It’s one more thing for the administration to have to keep track of,” said Later.
The proposal, HB 42, passed the House and cleared a Senate committee on Wednesday.
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