Gobert has double-double, Jazz beat Nuggets 125-102 – Cache Valley Daily
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert pulls in a rebound in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets ,Sunday Jan. 16, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) DENVER (AP) — Rudy Gobert had 18 points and 19 rebounds in his return to Utah’s lineup, Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points and the Jazz beat the Denver Nuggets 125-102 on Sunday night. Bojan Bogdanovic finished with 21 points to help the Jazz end a four-game skid. Gobert had missed the previous five games after testing positive for COVID-19. Utah beat Denver in its first game without him but then dropped the next four. “I felt pretty good. Every time you play in Denver you’re going to get tired at some point,” Gobert said. “I got tired in the first and third quarter but I felt great, better than I usually do in Denver. Just grateful to be back.” The Jazz have won all three meetings with the Nuggets his season, including two on the road, and in this one they used a big fourth quarter to pull away. “You don’t want to lose five straight. This is a big game in the division to win the series,” Mitchell