PORTLAND — Jae Crowder made his Utah Jazz debut Sunday night against Portland three days after being traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers and it couldn’t have gone much better.
Crowder scored 15 points in 29 minutes of action, including three 3-pointers as the Jazz didn’t miss a beat in winning their ninth consecutive game with a comfortable 19-point victory.
The 27-year-old Crowder entered the game at the 6:16 mark of the first quarter and immediately got an assist to Joe Ingles on a 3-pointer. He missed his first shot, a 3-pointer from the left angle, but made his first basket before the quarter was over on a 16-footer from just beyond the foul line.