The UtahJazz’s win over the Phoenix Suns snapped the team’s three-game losing streak.
For a long stretch of the fourth, Hardy kept starting big man Kelly Olynyk on the bench, opting to roll with the other four starters plus the 6-foot-4 Malik Beasley. Only when Vanderbilt fouled out with 1 minute, 1 second to go did the coach put Olynyk back in.touch the court, even as Deandre Ayton kept the Suns alive by working the boards.Regarding Kessler’s absence: “I thought the small lineup was our best chance to win the game.
Back to the broader point, though — Hardy remains unafraid to experiment with different groups in an effort to find ones that fit the moment. “They’re a deep team,” he said. “You would imagine trading [Donovan] Mitchell and [Rudy] Gobert and [Bojan] Bogdanovic that you’d lose your whole team. But they still have Conley and Clarkson, and they brought in guys who can hoop.”
On this occasion, though, he was. After being subbed out at the 5:33 mark, so Hardy could get a rested Markkanen back in the game, the Florida State product’s night could have been over. But with 3:18 remaining, Hardy sent him back in for Olynyk.
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