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The Triple Team: Antetokounmpo scored 50 points, and the Jazz couldn’t really do more to defend him

I just don’t know what more the Jazz could have done with Giannis Antetokounmpo, without Rudy Gobert out there. Mike Conley probably put it best postgame, when asked if there was anything the Jazz could have done better against the reigning MVP.

"I doubt it,” Mike Conley said. “We threw everything at him. We threw everybody at him. We used double teams. He made plays out of the post. He got to the free-throw line. When he started making the long-range shot, it really makes it tough. I was proud of the way we defended.”

Let’s start with the basics: a Giannis driving layup.