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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - ‘Enjoy every single day people’: Utah Jazz players, media react to Kobe Bryant’s passing

  26-01-2020 23:45 via sportspyder.com
  
  Jazz players offer their remembrances and condolences in this tragedy.
  
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• [Deseret News] - NBA legend Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash in California

  26-01-2020 23:38 via sportspyder.com
  
  Kobe Bryant, one of the most celebrated basketball players ever, who led the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA championships, died in a helicopter crash Sunday morning in Calabasas, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
  
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• Kobe Bryant had a long and drama-filled history with the Utah Jazz

  26-01-2020 23:26
  
  As one of the NBA’s seminal players over the course of a two-decade span, Kobe Bryant, of course, had myriad memorable moments against every franchise in the league.Some of his most notable, though, came against the Utah Jazz.His rise to become one of the league’s all-time leading scorers was made all the more incredible when juxtaposed against those airballed 3-pointers he launched vs. Utah as a teenage rookie forced into action in the 1997 Western Conference semifinals.And, of cour
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Kobe Bryant had a long and drama-filled history with the Utah Jazz

  26-01-2020 23:17 via sportspyder.com
  
  As one of the NBA’s seminal players over the course of a two-decade span, Kobe Bryant, of course, had myriad memorable moments against every franchise in the league.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna among those dead in tragic helicopter accident

  26-01-2020 23:10 via sportspyder.com
  
  Terrible news out of Los Angeles as NBA great Kobe Bryant has died.
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Jazz Stars Will Team to Win Over the Mavericks, 112-107

  26-01-2020 22:59 via sportspyder.com
  
  The win over the playoff-bound Dallas Mavericks and MVP candidate Luka Doncic was important for the Jazz. This helps prove they are real. The start was not so impressive.
  
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• L.A. Lakers legend Kobe Bryant killed along with his daughter in California helicopter crash

  26-01-2020 22:54
  
  Calabasas, Calif. • Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was 41.Bryant died in a helicopter crash near Calabasas, Calif., a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. A different person familiar with the case confirmed that Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna also was killed.Both s
  
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• [KSL] - What can't Rudy Gobert do on defense? Saturday's win over Dallas shows the list is very small | KSL.com

  26-01-2020 22:18 via sportspyder.com
  
  Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle said that Rudy Gobert will likely win his third Defensive Player of the Year award, and Gobert's teammates think he should be considered for an even higher honor.
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rockets’ James Harden out vs. Nuggets, doubtful vs. Jazz

  26-01-2020 21:42 via sportspyder.com
  
  Houston Rockets superstar James Harden will not play in Sunday’s matchup against the Denver Nuggets. He’ll be doubtful to play in Monday’s game against the Utah Jazz according to the team’s injury report. Harden suffered a left thigh contusion...
  
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• L.A. Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, four others killed in California helicopter crash

  26-01-2020 21:08
  
  Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant and four others were killed on Sunday morning in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., multiple media outlets have reported.TMZ initially reported Bryant’s death, which occurred when the copter he was passenger in caught fire and crashed into a hillside amid foggy late-morning conditions.Bryant, a forward, and center Shaquille O’Neal led the Lakers to a four NBA titles. After O’Neal left, Bryant led the Lakers to a third NBA championship.
  
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• [Forbes] - As The Golden State Warriors Look To Next Season, Willie Cauley-Stein Is Traded To Dallas

  26-01-2020 20:57 via sportspyder.com
  
  By trading Willie Cauley-Stein the Warriors have saved money, freed up opportunities for young players, and opened up flexibility for the future.
  
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• U.S. land agency seeks to ID public parcels that lack access

  26-01-2020 19:53
  
  Billings, Mont. • U.S. land managers say they will release by mid-March a priority list of federal lands that need but don’t have public access.U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials said they want people to nominate lands where the public could legally hunt, fish or pursue other recreational purposes, except the lands have limited or no access.The agency manages 383,000 square miles of land, primarily in western states.The public access initiative is mandated under a sweeping conse
  
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• Defense resumes in key impeachment week; Dems seek witnesses

  26-01-2020 19:44
  
  Washington • President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial enters a pivotal week as his defense team resumes its case and senators face a critical vote on whether to hear witnesses or proceed directly to a vote that is widely expected to end in his acquittal. The articles of impeachment charge Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.The Capitol Hill maneuvering will be complemented by high-stakes efforts on both sides of the aisle to claim political advantage from the proce
  
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• New Sundance documentary cloaks anonymous sources in ‘face doubles’

  26-01-2020 19:23
  
  Park City • In documentaries, anonymous sources have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure — or worse, a pixelated blur. But a new documentary premiering Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival has, with the aid of advanced digital technology, gone to greater lengths to preserve the secrecy of its sources while still conveying their humanity.“Welcome to Chechnya,” directed by David France, is about an underground pipeline created to rescue LGBTQ Chechens fro
  
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• Maureen Dowd: For Romney, revenge is a dish best served with milk

  26-01-2020 19:22
  
  Republicans know very well who they are.That’s why it was such a juicy moment when Hakeem Jeffries, the congressman from Brooklyn and Democratic impeachment manager, quoted a lyric by fellow B-town native son Biggie Smalls to rebut Jay Sekulow when the president’s lawyer disingenuously wondered, “Why are we here?”Referring to the Democrats’ crystal-clear case that Donald Trump abused his power and corrupted the highest office in the land, Jeffries proclaimed, &ldquo
  
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• Utah basketball got a pair of needed home victories before going on the road

  26-01-2020 19:15
  
  Larry Krystkowiak has talked a lot about the ebbs and flows of a season.The University of Utah will win, it will lose. It’ll play well for stretches, it’ll play poorly for stretches. The Utes had a five-game winning streak, which included Quadrant 1 wins over BYU and Kentucky. They recently had a four-game losing streak, which included getting routed by some of the Pac-12’s elite.Take all of that into account, then consider the Utes are the third-youngest team in the country, p
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz’s Quin Snyder says it’s ‘self-evident’ that Rudy Gobert is an All-Star

  26-01-2020 19:15 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert has experienced his share of heartbreaks when it comes to being named to the Western Conference All-Star team. Despite being a two-time Defensive Player of the Year and two-time All-NBA member, Gobert has yet to make an...
  
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• Simmons doc, sans Oprah, receives huge ovation at Sundance

  26-01-2020 18:57
  
  Park City • Without Oprah or Apple, the Russell Simmons documentary “On the Record” went ahead with its premiere Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, where the women who came forward with sexual assault allegations against the hip-hop mogul received one of the festival’s most roaring receptions.The lead-up to Sundance was especially rocky for “On the Record." Oprah Winfrey, an executive producer, on Jan. 10 withdrew from the film because she felt it needed more re
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: CBS’s creepy ‘Evil’ wraps up first season

  26-01-2020 18:23
  
  “Evil” is the creepiest show to hit TV in years. Whether there’s a logical answer for events or some sort of supernatural explanation, it can be downright frightening.Which comes as somewhat of a surprise to Michelle and Robert King (“The Good Wife,” “The Good Fight”), the couple who created and produce the show.“When you’re actually making it, it isn’t scary,” said executive producer Michelle King, “as opposed to when one i
  
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• The Triple Team: Rudy Gobert carries the Utah Jazz to a victory against Mavericks

  26-01-2020 18:18
  
  Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 112-107 win over the Dallas Mavericks from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.1. Rudy Gobert is playing at an MVP level right nowIt’s easy to get into hyperbole land when talking about Rudy Gobert.The problem is that there’s a gap between what Rudy Gobert actually does for the Jazz versus what casual fans think about his game, and as a writer who sees the former and has to try to explain it to the latter, you try to bridge the gap.
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Gobert and Mitchell Each Deserve All-Star Nods

  26-01-2020 18:09 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz rank second in the West, and given their performances thus far, each of Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell deserve their first All-Star nods. O...
  
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• Frank Bruni: Of all of Trump’s defenses, this is the lamest

  26-01-2020 17:23
  
  Once the Senate concludes its trial of President Donald Trump, it should go into recess. Until next January. The House, too. Lawmakers shouldn’t pass legislation, consider nominations or make any important decisions whatsoever: This is an election year, and the voters will soon weigh in on the direction of America. The nation’s business should await that judgment, lest members of Congress contradict it.A ludicrous proposal? Indeed. But it’s in line with — and an extrapola
  
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• Democratic race in Iowa heats up as caucus approaches

  26-01-2020 16:50
  
  Des Moines, Iowa • Democratic presidential candidates have roared back into Iowa touting fresh endorsements, critiquing their rivals and predicting victories in the caucuses that will soon launch the process of deciding who will challenge President Donald Trump.Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Saturday she was “delighted" to pick up a coveted endorsement from The Des Moines Register. The state’s largest newspaper called the Massachusetts Democrat “the best leader for these times
  
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• Virus death toll in China rises as U.S. prepares evacuation

  26-01-2020 16:40
  
  Beijing • A new viral illness being watched with a wary eye around the globe accelerated its spread in China on Sunday with 56 deaths so far, while the U.S. Consulate in the city at the epicenter announced it will evacuate its personnel and some private citizens aboard a charter flight.China's health minister said the country was entering a “crucial stage" as “it seems like the ability of the virus to spread is getting stronger."Ma Xiaowei declined to estimate how long it would
  
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• [Deseret News] - Utah Jazz mailbag: Both the Mitchell vs. Booker and Gobert vs. Davis arguments are overplayed

  26-01-2020 16:21 via sportspyder.com
  
  Sarah Todd says that arguments like this are overplayed from the outset: "I really don’t like comparing players that have completely different games."
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Rudy Gobert’s All-Star case is clear as day

  26-01-2020 16:17 via sportspyder.com
  
  Having traditionally been snubbed out, the Utah Jazz's Rudy Gobert is making a compelling case for the All-Star Game that even casual fans can recognize. R...
  
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• Robert Kirby: How I would remake Temple Square. Think roller coaster, elephants and crickets.

  26-01-2020 15:56
  
  When my family returned to America from four years in Spain, we headed straight for California, with a brief stop to visit relatives in Utah. While here, we visited the very heart of our faith: Temple Square.Long separated from this icon of Mormonism, my parents got teary at the sight of the familiar spires. Temple Square left a distinct impression on me as well. Terror. It was my first exposure to dead people.I’m not talking about proxy baptism for the dead. These were actual corpses, or
  
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• Most Utahns oppose changing how education is funded, poll shows

  26-01-2020 15:56
  
  Now that Utah leaders have backed down from a huge and hugely controversial tax reform plan, there’s more certainty on how education will be funded and more cash available for classrooms — at least for this year.But state lawmakers have clearly signaled that they dislike how schools are currently bankrolled and they want to push a constitutional amendment to radically change it. With the general session starting Monday, will they have the stomach to give that a try so soon after flop
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Entertaining, sometimes excruciating ‘Evil’ is ending — but just for this season

  26-01-2020 14:00
  
  “Evil” is the creepiest show to hit TV in years. Whether there’s a logical answer for events or some sort of supernatural explanation, it can be downright frightening.Which comes as somewhat of a surprise to Michelle and Robert King (“The Good Wife,” “The Good Fight”), the couple who created and produce the show.“When you’re actually making it, it isn’t scary,” said executive producer Michelle King, “as opposed to when one i
  
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• Letter: Wonderful, beautiful Utah

  26-01-2020 14:00
  
  Dear Utah,I just returned from a 10-day visit to the Salt Lake area to visit my daughter and family, and was so impressed by the following: Your airport, including security, is easy to navigate; your light rail and Frontrunner is a great public transportation gem; you quickly plow main roads and neighborhood; and your residents are so helpful and friendly. What a wonderful journey I had, and what a great community you live in.Cindee Robertson, Eugene, Ore.Submit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: Truth must be established by witnesses

  26-01-2020 14:00
  
  A primary tenet of the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was that truth must be established by the mouths of witnesses. Since their childhood, Sens. Lee and Romney have clearly understood this critical distinction. It will be telling if either will deny this foundational component of our republic.J.D. Webster, Salt Lake CitySubmit a letter to the editor
  
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• Letter: The Trumpian rationalizing response

  26-01-2020 14:00
  
  In an interview from 1998 in discussing the charges against President Bill Clinton, Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz asserts that it "certainly doesn't have to be a crime" to be impeachable.He continues, “If someone completely corrupts the office of the president, abuses trust, poses great danger to our liberty it doesn’t have to be a crime.” And on those grounds, Dershowitz argues that Clinton should be impeached.How things change in the course of 20 years. In a recent interv
  
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• Letter: Putin helps cover up for Trump

  26-01-2020 14:00
  
  It is evident that Russian President Vladimir Putin is intent on annexing Ukraine and other countries of the former Soviet Union.It is evident that Putin’s absolute grip on Russia’s security services, politics and economy affords him the resources to mine and exploit Kompromat on Trump and his political allies to further his expansionist agenda and facilitate the coverup of Trump’s abuse of power andunconstitutional efforts to involve Ukraine in our elections.It is evident that
  
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• Letter: Let’s slow down the record breaking

  26-01-2020 14:00
  
  Setting new records is great for some things and not so great for others. As expected, the 2010s set a new record for the hottest decade ever. More records were set for drought, floods, catastrophic storms, ocean acidification, species extinctions, and on — it’s a long list. Most of this change has been brought upon us by our own species, and only our species can slow it down.One of the most effective things we can do is drastically reduce our consumption of fossil fuels. With that g
  
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• Letter: A license plate for Native Americans

  26-01-2020 14:00
  
  While I am not fond of the sentiment on display by the individual who decided to get a “DEPORTM” vanity license plate, I think it is shortsighted to try to get the plate banned.I personally find the sentiment displayed by the plate to be ignorant and bigoted, but I think it is a message that could be repurposed in a way that would have a positive impact.I propose that the “DEPORTM” license plate becomes the standard plate for all vehicles registered to any Native American
  
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• Ask Ann Cannon: What’s the best way to thank a gracious host after a visit?

  26-01-2020 14:00
  
  Dear Ann Cannon • We have been blessed with friends (as well as ourselves) who have homes and second residences in places that are fun to visit, and we all enjoy spending time with each other. My problem: How do I say thank you after enjoying our friends’ generosity? None of them needs anything, so I don’t want to go overboard with an expensive gift, but I don’t want to be cheap either. In the past, we have always insisted on taking our hosts out to a wonderful breakfast o
  
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• Dave Winslow: Ungodly teachings about LGBTQ drive people away from LDS Church

  26-01-2020 13:00
  
  I am a 60-plus, returned missionary, temple married, father of eight, lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The church taught me we are all brothers and sisters, our highest calling is parenthood and we emulate God as we truly love our children.The rate of church membership growth has slowed markedly in my lifetime. Today, three-fourths of millennials leave the church alongside many from earlier generations. Reasons for this exodus include a lack of trust that churc
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Hell was a place called Auschwitz

  26-01-2020 12:00
  
  This week marks 75 years since Soviet troops stormed the gates of hell.Hell was near a Polish town called Oswiecim. Hell was a place called Auschwitz.Seven and a half decades later, the murder factory has all but passed from living memory, been swallowed by that great maw called history. So perhaps it feels distant to you, far removed in space and time.In 2005, the year of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, I went to Poland with a Holocaust remembrance group led by a man named
  
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• State colleges: Jerrick Harding scores 32 points to lead Weber State over Montana, 87-85

  26-01-2020 07:06
  
  Ogden • Jerrick Harding scored nine of his 32 points in overtime and Weber State rallied late to beat Big Sky Conference-leader Montana 87-85 on Saturday night.Harding scored the Wildcats’ first seven points of OT with a 3-pointer, layup and two free throws for an 81-80 lead with 1:55 remaining. Weber State led 83-82 with 13 seconds to play and stretched it to 87-82 with a second left on a pair of free throws each from Cody John and Harding.Harding was 10 of 19, made five 3-pointers,
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Mavs coach Rick Carlisle thinks Jazz center Rudy Gobert will win Defensive Player of the Year award again

  26-01-2020 06:46 via sportspyder.com
  
  Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was instrumental down the stretch in their 112-107 victory over Rick Carlisle and the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night. The big man was all over the place and came up with clutch plays on both ends of the floor to help...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Rudy Gobert reacts to being called MVP, All-Star by Jazz teammates

  26-01-2020 06:12 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Utah Jazz sang tons of praises towards defensive anchor Rudy Gobert after his magnificent performance in their 112-107 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night. Following the game, Donovan Mitchell vouched for his center to make the All-Sta
  
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• Sam Merrill scores 28 as Utah State beats Colorado State, 77-61

  26-01-2020 06:11
  
  Logan • The last time the Utah State basketball team played Colorado State, it was for all the Mountain West Conference marbles. And while Saturday’s matchup didn’t have as much at stake, it felt almost as stressful.And much like last year’s matchup, the Aggies (16-6, 5-4 MWC) came out on top with a 77-61 win over the Rams at the Spectrum, marking their second consecutive victory. They used a 17-3 run to break a tie that felt like it spanned longer than it actually did.Sen
  
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• Hillary Clinton, at Sundance, says Trump impeachment vote ‘will haunt’ Republicans

  26-01-2020 06:03
  
  Park City • What does Hillary Clinton, who wrote legal briefs for one impeachment case and watched her husband go through another, think of the ongoing impeachment trial of Donald Trump?“Do we have 35 hours?” said Clinton, who lost to Trump in the 2016 presidential election, to a friendly audience at The Ray theater in Park City, after a screening of a four-hour documentary series about her, “Hillary,” premiered Saturday at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.“The
  
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• Two Utah Military Academy students die from strains of the flu

  26-01-2020 05:58
  
  Two students at the Utah Military Academy in Riverdale have died of the flu.In a statement released by the Weber-Morgan Health Department, an epidemiologist confirmed that it had “verified that each student tested positive for influenza,” though “they were not matching strains of the virus.”Neither the school nor the health department identified the students, but a GoFundMe page for the family of UMA eighth grader Braxton Andersen Graham has been posted. According to the
  
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• Utahns marched to the Capitol to protest abortion, and lawmaker promises to push for a ban

  26-01-2020 05:51
  
  After the morning fog lifted, hundreds of protesters marched around the Utah Capitol on Saturday afternoon with a clear message: End legal abortion in the United States.Organizers of the March for Life event wanted to draw attention to the “approximately 3,000 Utah babies” who “lose their lives through abortion” every year and the “millions of lives that have been lost since the passage of Roe v. Wade,” according to march organizers.The march was set to roughl
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Donovan Mitchell believes Rudy Gobert is an All-Star

  26-01-2020 05:51 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy Gobert made a number of key plays down the stretch to help the Utah Jazz secure a 112-107 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night. Following the game, Donovan Mitchell gave huge praise to his teammate and even vouched for the...
  
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• [KSL] - Gobert's late-game block pushes the Jazz over the Mavericks in thriller | KSL.com

  26-01-2020 05:39 via sportspyder.com
  
  In a game featuring two of the NBA’s best offenses, it was a defensive play that was the difference. Of course, that came courtesy of Rudy Gobert.
  
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• [Deseret News] - Rudy Gobert heroics help lift Utah Jazz in win over Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks

  26-01-2020 05:39 via sportspyder.com
  
  The Jazz center had 22 points, 17 rebounds and five blocks to lift Utah past Luke Doncic and Dallas in a tight 112-107 contest.
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell lead the Utah Jazz past the Dallas Mavericks

  26-01-2020 05:20 via sportspyder.com
  
  Rudy Gobert is the DPOY and there is no argument against it
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Celtics’ Enes Kanter campaigns for Rudy Gobert’s All-Star candidacy

  26-01-2020 05:16 via sportspyder.com
  
  The All-Star Game is only weeks from happening, and the fans are all excited to see the All-Star starters play each other. However, it’s likely that great players like Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert will not get the honor of being named a starter as...
  
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