2:30pm: It has been confirmed that Conley will be available for today’s pivotal third game of the Nuggets-Jazz quarterfinals playoff series, per Eric Walden of the Salt Lake Tribune (Twitter link).
9:48am: The Jazz will have point guard Mike Conley back in their lineup for today’s playoff game with the Nuggets, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. He is in the process of clearing quarantine and is expected to be ready for tipoff.
Conley left the Disney World campus on Sunday to be present for the birth of his son in Columbus, Ohio. He returned late Monday, giving him just enough time to complete his quarantine requirements by today.
Utah gained a split in its two games without Conley, dropping an overtime decision in Monday’s opener, then bouncing back with a 19-point win on Wednesday. Conley averaged 18.0 points and 5.0 assists in six seeding games, and his presence could give the Jazz an advantage for the rest of the series.
Good to have another player. More the better.
Nuggets are done. Bunch of role players, no real stars.
BTW Jokic is a superstar! Last year he was the best player of the playoffs by a landslide, but keep on dreaming & living in your fantasy world!
Lol Jokic not a real star
Certainly not a super star, just the best player on his team.
You pretty clearly haven’t been watching much
Jokic is definitely a star. He just lacks the environment necessary for him to thrive. Similarly to LeBron, he needs outside shooters to consistently hit jumpers. His effectiveness has also been limited by defensive stalwart Rudy Gobert
It’s an allstar center matchup. Denver lacks spirit/morale guys though. Looks like Jokic is getting down about it. He can be that shooter himself but he has to lose Gobert.
Agree, they need some ”energy” guy who can pick the team up and maybe hit some circus shots – however, this is also a coaching deficiency. Malone has had morale issues with previous teams.
Ironically, Malone just received a handful of votes for coach of the year. Makes perfect sense /s