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The Utah Jazz launched Saturday that level guard Mike Conley will leave out the team’s boulevard game against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday with stunning hamstring tightness.
Accidents possess change into frequent for Conley. He missed a piece of closing season with a hamstring ailment, played stunning 12 video games in 2017-18 due to this of a heel ruin while with the Memphis Grizzlies and hasn’t regarded in greater than 70 video games in a season since the 2013-14 campaign.
Conley entered the 2020-21 season taking a explore to jump relief from a slightly disappointing effort in 2019-20, when he averaged 14.4 aspects, 4.4 assists and 3.2 rebounds per evening. It marked a distinguished tumble-off from the 2018-19, season when he posted a career-finest 21.1 aspects with 6.4 assists per game.
The Ohio State product has loved a resurgent campaign with 16.5 aspects, 5.8 assists and 3.7 rebounds in his second season with the Jazz (18-5), who sport the NBA‘s finest file.
Whereas Conley, 33, has been inconsistent for Utah, he’s a playoff-examined outmoded who can elope the offense, hit from the exterior (41.0 percent three-level taking pictures this season) and attack off the jump. The team’s ceiling is noteworthy better when he’s on the floor, especially within the daunting Western Convention, but the Jazz possess diverse pieces to sustain them afloat while he’s sidelined.
Leer for Utah to present more time to Jordan Clarkson at level guard, while Donovan Mitchell would possibly presumably additionally support as a distinguished ball-handler.
