SALT LAKE CITY — In all the hoopla over the amazing Jazz fourth-quarter comeback, the outstanding play of Donovan Mitchell and Milwaukee superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, the sterling performance by Utah’s longest-tenured player, Derrick Favors, could have gotten lost.
However, there was plenty of talk about Favors and his play after Utah’s 115-111 victory at Vivint Arena.
The very first thing Jazz coach Quin Snyder said in the postgame interview after the scintillating victory was, “Derrick Favors had a beyond outstanding effort tonight.”
Mitchell called Favors “the MVP of the game,” overlooking his own fourth-quarter heroics.
Kyle Korver called Favors a “beast” and Rudy Gobert said Favors was “unbelievable.