The Utah Jazz moved to .500 (20-20) after blowing out the Toronto Raptors 145-113 on Friday night.
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00:00 I thought our team really executed the entire game.
00:05 That's a big physical team we played.
00:09 The priority coming into the game was to protect the paint and the basket
00:13 and to try to make them play over us on the perimeter.
00:17 Credit to Toronto.
00:19 They shot the ball incredibly well from three, especially in that third quarter.
00:23 At halftime, they had six points in the paint.
00:26 Our team was pretty dialed in on that.
00:29 This is a season low for us in terms of points in the paint.
00:32 Conceded at 32.
00:35 So really proud of the team's focus and understanding what the priority of the game was
00:40 and sticking with that despite the fact that Toronto got hot in the third quarter.
00:46 Offensively, again, 34 assists.
00:50 We had five players who had five or more assists.
00:58 The ball is really moving around.
00:59 I think everybody feels like they're involved in what we're doing.
01:04 Toronto did a good job of playing some one through five, switching defense,
01:10 which stagnated us a little bit, but I thought our team did a good job recognizing matchups,
01:14 playing a little bit off the ball as well.
01:17 It's a really good win for us.
01:19 I thought, again, to have a big lead at halftime and to come out and win the third quarter
01:25 shows some growth in the team.
01:26 We won all four quarters tonight.
01:28 So very happy with their mental focus.
01:31 It's easy at times to drift.
01:34 And I thought that despite the fact that Toronto shot the ball great in that third quarter,
01:39 our team kept attacking.
01:40 We made some big shots ourselves.
01:43 And now it's a quick turnaround.
01:44 I've got to get ready for tomorrow night.