When the Utah jazz expanded its franchise record for losses to 62 on Friday in Indiana, the most interesting part of the square was held.
Taylor Hendricks spent time with the Jazz broadcaster (16-62) broadcasting team in the second year and talked about his progress since he had a leg injury at the end of the season in the October Drei game in the season.
Hendricks is one of the expected regular guests in Utah who will not be available for the street game on Sunday against the Atlanta Hawks, but in a rare interview he gave a positive update about his rehabilitation process. The best thing is that Hendricks will resume basketball activities in May after an operation in November to achieve a serious leg injury that led to a broken right fibula and a distributed ankle.
“I will be 100 percent by May,” said Hendricks during the defeat of jazz against the Pacers with 140 to 112. “But as I feel, I will be ready before.”
Hendricks, a 6-foot 9 striker who was designed the ninth overall in 2023, had a promising rookie season. More was expected this season this season before the non-contact violation took place in the third game of the 2024-25 season against the Dallas Mavericks.
Hendricks was recently listed at 215 pounds, but he has reached the weight room and came up to 243 in the past few months. He will cut some out of this weight, but will return with a much stronger physique than before.
“The most difficult part is simply unable to play just to get to the games and not be able to check in and help my boys,” said Hendricks. “I have the feeling that what I do could really help us and it is really what we miss a bit.”
The jazz could certainly have used it on Friday when they turned a lead of 13 into a loss of 28 points in the first half. Utah was exceeded 83-53 in the second half and allowed the Pacers to shoot 57.3 percent for the game.
Utah lost eight in a row for the third time this season and took 18 defeats in the last 19 games.
The Hawks (36-41) come from a rough setback of 121-105 to the New York Knicks on Saturday. That was Atlantas a third defeat in a row and his fifth defeat on six excursions. The Hawks won a berth, with the sowing still to be decided.
Trae Young had 16 points on 5 von-15 shootings to lead the Hawks, which had lost 13 points in the fourth quarter. The Knicks shot 53.6 percent out of the field, including a 15-counter 29 performance beyond the sheet.
“At that time of the year it was not a” flush-it “play,” said Hawks coach Quin Snyder. “You take away what you have to take away, go forward and go better. At this point, this urgency must be.”
Atlanta had a wild victory against Utah in her last matchup. Trae Young met a summer shot behind the half-court line to raise the Hawks in January in Salt Lake City on an exciting 124-121 victory.
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