SALT LAKE CITY — He may not play Friday night against Sacramento, nor in any of the three games the Jazz play next week to finish the regular season.
However, Grayson Allen will always remember Wednesday night’s game at Phoenix, perhaps the best of his rookie season, which has been a disappointment in many ways.
Allen, a first-round pick out of Duke, has played in just 33 games this season, less than half of Utah’s 78 games and came into Wednesday’s game averaging just 3.8 points in less than 10 minutes per game.
Yet with the Jazz missing four key players against the Suns, Allen was called upon by coach Quin Snyder early and often and the 23-year-old rookie came through.