It's been an interesting offseason for the Utah Jazz , who used their first round pick this past June to select Ace Bailey out of Rutgers. There was speculation initially that Bailey might not be willing to suit up for Utah, but that has since died down and the Jazz hope they have added another piece to their emerging young core.
The best player on the Jazz remains small forward Lauri Markkanen , and recently, Markkanen has been participating for his native Finland in EuroBasket.
During Sunday's game, Markkanen went off again , scoring 42 points to go along with 12 rebounds and 3 blocks on 10-17 shooting. Making matters more impressive was that the star was only on the floor for 24 minutes.
This game followed up contests of 31 points and 48 points for Markkanen so far during the