SALT LAKE CITY -- With their season likely on the line, the Utah Jazz's franchise cornerstones -- who have one of the NBA's most heavily scrutinized partnerships -- connected.
The result: A go-ahead alley-oop from Donovan Mitchell to Rudy Gobert that allowed the Jazz to even the series and was the sweetest moment yet in the All-Stars' occasionally tense five-season tenure as teammates.
"It's poetic justice in a way," Gobert told ESPN after Utah's 100-99 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Saturday's Game 4. "It's a play that we've made many times.