Basketball - Utah Jazz news

• Utes add a graduate transfer from Washington State to their offensive line

  13-05-2019 23:44
  Utah’s football program is adding another graduate transfer to play on the offensive line.It’s another sign that the coaching staff is uncomfortable with the team’s depth at that position group and is determined to maximize the 2019 roster.Offensive guard Noah Osur-Myers, who missed Washington State’s 2018 season due to a shoulder injury, is transferring to Utah, 247Sports reported Monday.The commitment from Osur-Myers comes two weeks after Marshall lineman Alex Locklear
  
  Read more

• Golfer Peter Kuest leads BYU into NCAA Regionals in hopes of continuing dream season

  13-05-2019 23:27
  Provo • BYU junior Peter Kuest made his first hole-in-one when he was 12 years old. Then he made another ace a few months later and figured he would rack up plenty more in his blossoming golf career.Naturally, he hasn’t made another one since.But that’s about all the golfer from Fresno, Calif., now 21, hasn’t accomplished since taking up the game as a youngster on family trips to Palm Springs, Calif., when all he cared about was pulling out a driver and seeing how far he c
  
  Read more

• Saudi tankers report damage on major oil trade route in waters off UAE

  13-05-2019 23:24
  Fujairah, United Arab Emirates • Two Saudi oil tankers and a Norwegian-flagged vessel were damaged in what Gulf officials described Monday as a “sabotage” attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. While details of the incident remain unclear, it raised risks for shippers in a region vital to global energy supplies at a time of increasing tensions between the U.S. and Iran over its unraveling nuclear deal with world powers.The U.S. issued a new warning to sailors as the U
  
  Read more

• Utah Royals pick up Portland player to replace injured Lytle

  13-05-2019 23:08
  The Utah Royals have made a roster move that addresses the need to replace an injured player.The Royals on Monday acquired striker Mallory Weber off the National Women’s Soccer League’s waiver wire, the club announced. Weber is formerly of the Portland Thorns. She will be with the Royals for the remainder of the 2019 season. She played in 44 games and scored one goal with Portland. She was traded there in 2016.In addition, Utah announced that Taylor Lytle has been placed on the seaso
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Felicity Huffman pleads guilty in college admissions scheme

  13-05-2019 21:53
  Boston • “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty Monday in the college admissions bribery scheme, the biggest name to do so in a scandal that has exposed the lengths to which some wealthy parents will go to get their children into top universities.The Emmy-winning actress, 56, could face prison time after she admitted to participating in the nationwide scam, in which authorities say parents bribed coaches, rigged entrance exams or both to game the admissions
  
  Read more

• Catholic scandals prompt some women who had relationships with priests to ponder whether they, too, were abused

  13-05-2019 21:48
  He was a 24-year-old seminarian from a blue-collar family. She was an idealistic 19-year-old psychology student. He wanted to teach. She wanted to be a missionary. They hung out at the Rathskeller, a now-defunct bar at Mount St. Mary’s College, to drink draft beer and eat soft pretzels.When Theresa Engelhardt became pregnant with their son 15 years later, she ended her relationship with the Rev. Robert Dreisbach for the seventh — or was it the eighth? — and final time.During th
  
  Read more

• Utah woman charged with illegal tattooing

  13-05-2019 20:54
  A Grantsville woman is facing a misdemeanor charge of illegal tattooing after she allegedly inked a 14-year-old boy without his parents' permission.According to police, the 20-year-old woman “admitted to tattooing the minor but said she believed he was 17 years old.” However, Utah law prohibits tattooing or body piercing on anyone under the age of 18 without parental consent; it’s a class-B misdemeanor.The boy and his older sister went to the woman's home on March 28, according
  
  Read more

• ‘We are all children of God,’ nun writes in allowing news of same-sex unions in Catholic academy’s magazine

  13-05-2019 20:30
  Washington • The letter landed in email inboxes early in May and since then, students, parents and graduates of prestigious Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School have talked of little else. It has been the subject of spirited discussions, emotional exchanges, fervent Facebook posts.Sister Mary Berchmans, the school's president emerita, authored the letter that has provoked so many reactions. In her carefully worded missive that emphasized following "the Gospel commandment of love," Berch
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Mark your calendars: These are Utah’s biggest football games of 2019.

  13-05-2019 20:27
  Something like this has happened only once in Utah’s Pac-12 football era. Michigan’s 2015 visit to Rice-Eccles Stadium for Jim Harbaugh’s debut with the Wolverines is the only season-opening game that was even in the conversation about the Utes’ most compelling matchups of the year.The 2019 opener at BYU is worth discussing, in that context. The rivals’ meeting in August for the first time creates a different offseason dynamic. Even so, other games on Utah’s s
  
  Read more

• ‘Nothing left to steal’: Utah’s Danger Cave looted by thieves, who stole artifacts dating back 11,000 years

  13-05-2019 20:25
  A cave with evidence of some of the earliest humans in Utah was looted last week by thieves — who, state park officials say, tore security fixtures from the walls and stole all the artifacts inside.Ron Rood, contracted to work as the site’s steward, said he went to Danger Cave on Saturday to set up for a tour. The spot, which sits in a remote area of the West Desert near Wendover, has no signs directing visitors to its entrance and is closed to tourists who aren’t accompanied b
  
  Read more

• Monica Hesse: Ignorance about the female body hurts us all

  13-05-2019 20:16
  I was trying to schedule a sonogram last year when my understanding of a basic scientific principle was totally upended. The nurse, attempting to discern how pregnant I might be, turned out to be utterly uninterested in the date of conception. She only wanted to know the date of my last period. That, she explained, is how pregnancy is calculated. Which meant that as far as the medical community was concerned, I was technically five weeks along, even though there was no way I could physically be
  
  Read more

• More protection sought for rare poppy found in southern Utah

  13-05-2019 20:02
  St. George • Federal officials and environmentalists are joining efforts to boost protection for a rare poppy that is only found in southern Utah.The Spectrum & Daily News reports that the U.S. forest Service, Utah Valley University and The Nature Conservancy are examining how to manage the dwarf bear-poppy or bearclaw poppy, which has been on the decline for the last 40 years.The flower was first put on the federally endangered species list in 1979.Experts say it can only blossom in sp
  
  Read more

• LDS Church comes out against Equality Act, saying LGBTQ rights bill doesn’t ensure religious freedom

  13-05-2019 19:38
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued a strong statement Monday opposing the Equality Act, a bill recently introduced in Congress aimed at protecting LGBTQ rights in federal law.“When conflicts arise between religious freedom and LGBT rights, the church advocates a balanced ‘fairness for all’ approach that protects the most important rights for everyone while seeking reasonable, respectful compromises in areas of conflict,” the church’s statement re
  
  Read more

• Escalating U.S.-China trade war sends stocks plunging

  13-05-2019 19:01
  New York • U.S. stocks moved sharply lower Monday on Wall Street and extended the market’s slide into a second week as investors seek shelter from an escalating trade war between the U.S. and China.The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 index each fell more than 2% as investors sold trade-sensitive shares. Chipmakers led the big declines in technology while heavy equipment makers Deere and Caterpillar drove losses in the industrial sector.The world's largest economies had se
  
  Read more

• [Clutchpoints] - Cris Carter says Raptors’ Kawhi Leonard’s game-winner was most iconic shot since Jordan vs. the Jazz

  13-05-2019 18:41 via sportspyder.com
  Toronto Raptors superstar Kawhi Leonard hit one of the most incredible buzzer-beaters you will ever see in Game 7 of his team’s second-round Eastern Conference playoff series with the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night. With 4.2 seconds remaining in...
  
  Read more

• Utah man arrested after he allegedly threatened to kill people at church

  13-05-2019 17:09
  A Price man was taken into custody on Sunday after allegedly threatened to kill people at a local church he sometimes attends.The 32-year-old man was booked into the Carbon County Jail for investigation of making terroristic threats and disorderly conduct.According to the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, the pastor at the Liberty Faith Fellowship Church at 1630 N. 1550 West in Price reported that he was very concerned about Facebook audio messages the man left Sunday morning. The messages &
  
  Read more

• Amazon offers to help employees start delivery business

  13-05-2019 17:05
  New York • Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we’ll help you start a business delivering Amazon packages.The offer, announced Monday, comes as Amazon seeks to speed up its shipping time from two days to one for its Prime members. The company sees the new incentive as a way to get more packages delivered to shoppers' doorsteps faster.Amazon says it will cover up to $10,000 in startup costs for employees
  
  Read more

• [Deseret Morning News] - Morning links: Spider-Man vs. Spida, man; Corbin Kaufusi a man among boys in New Orleans

  13-05-2019 16:55 via sportspyder.com
  Donovan Mitchell gives Tom Holland a gift and teases a promotional crossover with the super hero.
  
  Read more

• What is Utah’s biggest football game of 2019? BYU, Washington and USC are prime candidates

  13-05-2019 16:45
  Something like this has happened only once in Utah’s Pac-12 football era. Michigan’s 2015 visit to Rice-Eccles Stadium for Jim Harbaugh’s debut with the Wolverines is the only season-opening game that was even in the conversation about the Utes’ most compelling matchups of the year.The 2019 opener at BYU is worth discussing, in that context. The rivals’ meeting in August for the first time creates a different offseason dynamic. Even so, other games on Utah’s s
  
  Read more

• Morning links: Spider-Man vs. Spida, man; Corbin Kaufusi a man among boys in New Orleans

  13-05-2019 16:42
  Tom Holland and Donovan MitchellAssociated Press and Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — The popular meme that shows two guys in Spider-Man suits pointing at each other humorously played out recently between Tom Holland and Donovan Mitchell.Holland is the actor who plays Spider-Man and, of course, Mitchell is the basketball player who goes by the nickname of Spida, man. Those two met at a photo shoot, teasing a promotional crossover for the upcoming "Spider-Man: Far From Home" movie, resulting in
  
  Read more

• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz: Your 2019 NBA offseason calendar and primer

  13-05-2019 16:06 via sportspyder.com
  A complete breakdown of the key dates on the offseason calendar for the Utah Jazz, who will aim to reach new heights in the West next season. The Utah Jazz...
  
  Read more

• Utah Jazz: Your 2019 NBA offseason calendar and primer

  13-05-2019 15:45
  A complete breakdown of the key dates on the offseason calendar for the Utah Jazz, who will aim to reach new heights in the West next season. The Utah Jazz’s 2018-19 season may have ended last month, but for some, the most exciting part of the year is still yet to come. I’m talking about […]
  Utah Jazz: Your 2019 NBA offseason calendar and primer - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
  Read more

• Report has many wondering: What is Mueller thinking?

  13-05-2019 15:44
  Washington • See Bob investigate. Read Bob’s report. Wait, Bob, what?For nearly two years, the nation watched and waited as special counsel Robert Muellerinvestigated President Donald Trump and his campaign for potential collusion with Russia and obstruction of justice.The release of a redacted version of Mueller's 448-page report last month offered a long-awaited moment of closure for many — and an utterly unsatisfying cliffhanger for plenty of others.Three weeks of public pars
  
  Read more

• [Forbes] - On Opportunity Cost And The Utah Jazz's Front Office Shakeup

  13-05-2019 15:23 via sportspyder.com
  After a loss to the Houston Rockets in round one, the Utah Jazz face a pivotal summer. Here's what their recent front-office shakeup and comments from Dennis Lindsey say about their offseason ahead.
  
  Read more

• Anne Applebaum: Trump’s short attention span is destroying our foreign policy

  13-05-2019 15:18
  “A few sharp victories, some conspicuous acts of personal bravery on the Patriot side and a colorful entry into the capital ... We shall expect the first victory about the middle of July.”Those immortal words of advice were given to William Boot, the accidental foreign correspondent who is the hero of Evelyn Waugh's novel "Scoop." They came from the fictional newspaper proprietor, Lord Copper, who wasn't too worried about which side were really "patriots"; he just wanted a happy and
  
  Read more

• Legendary actress and singer Doris Day dead at 97

  13-05-2019 15:15
  Los Angeles • Doris Day, the honey-voiced singer and actress whose film dramas, musicals and innocent sex comedies made her a top star in the 1950s and ’60s and among the most popular screen actresses in history, has died. She was 97.The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday at her Carmel Valley, California, home. The foundation said she was surrounded by close friends."Day had been in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious ca
  
  Read more

• Colbert I. King: I used to think America would age out of racism. What was I thinking?

  13-05-2019 15:00
  There was a time when I believed, almost as an article of faith, that with the passage of time, America would age out of racism. What in the world was I thinking?But that is what I told myself in the fall of 1954 — five months after the Supreme Court’s school desegregation decision — when I learned that students attending then-all white Eastern, Anacostia and McKinley Technical high schools in Washington, and several white junior high schools, had staged walkouts to protest the
  
  Read more

• Political Cornflakes: Dozens of states consider move to permanent Daylight Saving Time — as Utah Rep. Rob Bishop pushes bill to allow it.

  13-05-2019 14:46
  Happy Monday!This year, the Utah Legislature passed a resolution urging Congress to pass a bill by Rep. Rob Bishop to allow states to move to permanent Daylight Saving Time if they choose. The Hill reports that three dozen states are considering such moves. Legislation to do so has failed in many states this year, although Washington just enacted such a bill. [The Hill]Topping the news:Uintah Basin leaders are resurrecting a push to build a train line to carry oil from eastern Utah to Price (and
  
  Read more

• Who or what is to blame for the racial disparity in Utah’s prison population?

  13-05-2019 14:00
  So what explains the racial disparity in Utah’s prison?The American Civil Liberties Union’s Jason Groth said its implicit bias by police and prosecutors who continue to seek long sentences without adequately weighing alternatives.That argument, laid out in a recent Utah Bar Journal article, frustrated a prominent Utah County prosecutor, so he responded, writing his own piece that laid the blame not on the system but on the people of color who commit crimes.“The ACLU is often qu
  
  Read more

• The new Utah Republican chairman talks about party unity, Democratic ‘socialism’ and paying the phone bill

  13-05-2019 14:00
  For several weeks, calls to Utah Republican Party’s Salt Lake City headquarters have been met with a busy signal after the party’s phone line was cut.Former party Chairman Rob Anderson made no secret of the organization’s financial struggles after years of ideological infighting, litigation and a fundraising drought. And now one week since the election of a new chairman, Derek Brown, a fresh leadership team looks to rebuild Utah’s dominant political apparatus, starting wi
  
  Read more

• Letter: Utah doesn’t understand music festivals

  13-05-2019 14:00
  I am thoroughly upset about the cancellation of Heber’s Bonanza Campout music festival. The organizers of the festival were given no choice but to cancel the event.Denying a music festival, which was trying to gain national popularity, the right to sell alcohol is like telling a Mexican restaurant they can serve chips but not salsa. It doesn’t work.For a small-scale festival in Heber, the Bonanza turnout is huge. People come from all over to experience great music around beautiful sc
  
  Read more

• Letter: Tax the rich — they will still be rich

  13-05-2019 14:00
  Because of the recent Republican tax cuts, we have entered an era of perpetual trillion-dollar federal deficits. It’s time we stopped this nonsense and put our economic house in order.So, how do we get back into balance? Let’s play with some numbers.In 2016, the latest year for which we have numbers, 1,408,888 tax returns were filed by the top 1 percent. Their total adjusted gross income (AGI) was roughly $2 trillion. Increasing their effective tax rate from 27 percent to 40 percent
  
  Read more

• Letter: Obstruction of justice in America is a model for autocrats the world over

  13-05-2019 14:00
  The president and his loyalists have accomplished a heel-dragging trifecta: three separate levels of obstruction of justice.First, the president, as reported in the Mueller report and as verified by hundreds of lawyers and former justice officials, obstructed justice by instructing his underlings to lie for him, and by lying himself.Secondly, the president's hand-picked defense lawyer, Attorney General Bill Barr, obstructed justice by willfully offering a falsely exculpatory and wildly misleadin
  
  Read more

• Letter: Government has no place in the decision to end a pregnancy

  13-05-2019 14:00
  Riverton’s Resolution in Support of Human Life is out of line, and only represents the personal beliefs of the city council and some other individuals. I understand there are many people who believe abortion is wrong. It’s their right to hold that belief. However, that belief should not dictate what options are available for every woman in any situation, and is not part of a city council’s role. It’s a thinly veiled attempt to gain attention and to influence a community.T
  
  Read more

• Letter: For education’s sake, don’t cut the income tax rate

  13-05-2019 14:00
  When our legislators meet in special session later this summer to consider changes in Utah taxes, I hope they don’t cut the income tax rate. Utah adopted the income tax in 1931 to be a stable major funding source for public education. To my knowledge Utah has never had an excess of income tax revenue to support public schools beyond the bare minimum.This year, with the huge tax surplus, enough money was given to public education for a 4% increase of the WPU, student enrollment growth was f
  
  Read more

• Gehrke: With some of the worst vaccination rates in the country, it’s likely a matter of when — not if — Utahns contract measles

  13-05-2019 14:00
  In April, children in Sanpete County who hadn’t been vaccinated were banned from school activities after two students were diagnosed with mumps.That may not sound like a big outbreak, but according to the most recent data from the Utah Department of Health and state Office of Education, nearly one in six kindergartners entering school in Sanpete districts have not been adequately vaccinated.Sanpete County has some of the worst measles and mumps vaccination rates in a state that is seventh-
  
  Read more

• [Fansided: The J-Notes] - Utah Jazz alums: Hood, Kanter may have earned their big paydays

  13-05-2019 07:36 via sportspyder.com
  Former Utah Jazz players Rodney Hood and Enes Kanter played key roles in helping the Portland Trail Blazers advance to the Western Conference Finals. On Su...
  
  Read more

• Utah Jazz alums: Hood, Kanter may have earned their big paydays

  13-05-2019 07:23
  Former Utah Jazz players Rodney Hood and Enes Kanter played key roles in helping the Portland Trail Blazers advance to the Western Conference Finals. On Sunday, it was CJ McCollum who was the hero in the Portland Trail Blazers’ big, Game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets. In 45 minutes of play, McCollum dropped 37 […]
  Utah Jazz alums: Hood, Kanter may have earned their big paydays - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
  Read more

• Portland’s Rodney Hood hopes to be ready for Game 1 at Golden State after hyperextending knee

  13-05-2019 06:59
  Denver • Portland guard/forward Rodney Hood remains hopeful he can play in the opening game of the Western Conference Finals after hyperextending his left knee.Hood left Game 7 on Sunday against Denver after colliding with Nuggets forward Torrey Craig on a screen in the third quarter. Hood stayed down on the floor, clutching at his left knee as trainers checked on him. Hood was helped into the locker room.He had six points in 20 minutes as the Trail Blazers beat the Nuggets 100-96 to advanc
  
  Read more

• Kawhi Leonard hits bouncer at buzzer, Raptors beat 76ers in Game 7

  13-05-2019 06:53
  Toronto • Kawhi Leonard bounced, bounced, bounced, bounced the Philadelphia 76ers out of the playoffs.Leonard hit a shot from the corner over Joel Embiid at the buzzer that bounced off the rim four times before falling to give the Toronto Raptors a 92-90 victory over the 76ers on Sunday night in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series. It was the first winning buzzer-beater in a Game 7 in NBA history.“It was great,” Leonard said. “That’s something I never e
  
  Read more

• BYU headed to host Oklahoma State for NCAA Softball Regionals

  13-05-2019 05:12
  Provo • Conference championships have been relatively easy to come by for the BYU softball team the last decade or so. Wins in the NCAA Tournament have been much more difficult.The Cougars, who clinched the West Coast Conference crown for the sixth straight season last weekend by winning two games at Santa Clara, learned their NCAA Regionals destination on Sunday night, and once again it will be a difficult task to advance.BYU (29-24) will head to the Stillwater (Okla.) Regional and will pl
  
  Read more

• Payson lifts boil order after water main break

  13-05-2019 03:35
  The city of Payson announced Saturday afternoon that it has lifted its boil order after water samples came back clean, according to FOX 13. Some residents had been ordered to boil their water until further notice after a water main broke last week.On Thursday, a 10-main was broken when a boring machine bored through the line, with water flooding into homes in the area. Payson Fire and Rescue said homes between 400 North to 900 North and 300 East and 750 East were affected by the boil order.See m
  
  Read more

• Group of men wearing clown masks shoot a father during a home invasion in SLC

  13-05-2019 02:56
  The Salt Lake City Police Department is looking for a group of men that invaded a home while wearing clown masks Sunday morning, FOX 13 reports.One of the men shot a man inside the home, and the shooting was witnessed by the victim’s young children.A grandmother who also lives in the home began yelling at the group of men, then one of them threw her down a flight of stairs.“My two grandsons, six and five, were right there screaming, ‘Please don’t shoot my dad again,&rsquo
  
  Read more

• [Deseret Morning News] - It’s been quite a turnaround for 4 former Jazz players still alive in the NBA playoffs

  13-05-2019 02:26 via sportspyder.com
  Just a few months ago four former Jazz players were languishing in negative situations, but now Jonas Jerebko, George Hill, Enes Kanter and Rodney Hood find themselves on the verge of playing in...
  
  Read more

• It’s been quite a turnaround for 4 former Jazz players still alive in the NBA playoffs

  13-05-2019 02:19
  Denver Nuggets forward Paul Millsap (4) in the first half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball first round playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs, Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)David Zalubowski, APPortland Trail Blazers guard Rodney Hood gestures during the second half of Game 6 of the team's NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets on Thursday, May 9, 2019, in Portland, Ore. The Trail Blazers won 119-108. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer
  
  Read more

• E.J. Dionne: Protecting health care. And our Constitution.

  13-05-2019 02:00
  Washington • For House Democrats, this will be health care week. How many voters will notice?The answer will be instructive about how the constitutional crisis that is upon us will affect action on every other problem voters expect their government to confront.President Trump is engaged, as is his way, in a two-faced game. He says that by demanding the Mueller report’s evidence of obstruction of justice, Democrats are mounting a vendetta that will prevent Washington from governing. Ye
  
  Read more

• Five years later, officer faces reckoning for Eric Garner’s chokehold death

  13-05-2019 01:56
  New York • The deadly confrontation five summers ago flickers in Gwen Carr’s mind, competing for attention with warm, happy memories of her late son Eric Garner’s life. For all the smiles and laugher they shared, there are flashes of Garner being grabbed by a New York City police officer and crying out: “I can’t breathe.”Carr said she has been reliving what she pointedly calls “my son’s murder” every day since his July 2014 death: Her first bo
  
  Read more

• Berliners celebrate 70th anniversary of lifting of Soviet blockade; Utah’s ‘candy bomber’ in attendance

  13-05-2019 01:42
  Berlin • Berliners on Sunday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport in the German capital.Among the invited guests of honor was 98-year-old U.S. pilot Gail Halvorsen, who dropped hundreds of boxes of candy on tiny parachutes into West Berlin during the blockade.Halvorsen came to Berlin from Utah with his two daughters on Friday, the German news agency
  
  Read more

• [Deseret Morning News] - Blazers rally past Nuggets in Game 7

  13-05-2019 00:52 via sportspyder.com
  CJ McCollum scored 37 points and the Portland Trail Blazers overcame a 17-point first-half deficit to beat the Denver Nuggets 100-96 on Sunday to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the...
  
  Read more

• Trail Blazers beat Nuggets 100-96 in Game 7, earn matchup with Warriors in Western Conference finals

  13-05-2019 00:48
  Denver • CJ McCollum scored 37 points and the Portland Trail Blazers overcame a 17-point first-half deficit to beat the Denver Nuggets 100-96 on Sunday to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2000.Evan Turner, who scored just four points in the first six games of the series, added 14 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter. The Trail Blazers advanced to face the two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors, beginning Tuesday night in Oakland, Califor
  
  Read more

Follow @UtahJazz_News_ on Twitter!