That’s how much the Jazz won the points in the paint battle by tonight. And if you restrict the fight to just the immediate rim area, it was 60-14.
From a Knicks perspective: yikes. I mean, maybe we shouldn’t be surprised. The Knicks are starting Luke Kornet at center, of all people, and you’re definitely not getting rim protection from him or inside scoring, either. Meanwhile, the Jazz are starting the best rim protector in the league and perhaps its best rim roller.
“It’s about vertical spacing,” Knicks head coach David Fizdale explained. “I mean, Rudy Gobert can go to the top of the backboard.