The Utah Jazz broke their five-game losing streak when they faced the Portland Trail Blazers on the road. Lauri Markkanen was sidelined due to lower back problems.
In basketball’s NBA, the Utah Jazz won away from the Portland Trail Blazers, even though the team’s Finnish star Lauri Markkanen was not in the lineup. The final score of the game that ended Utah’s five-game losing streak was 141-99.
According to the NBA’s injury list, the reason for Markkanen’s absence was a lower back problem.
The victory was the fifth of the season for Utah, which is last in the Western Conference standings. Having played one match more, Portland is two places higher than Utah in the standings.
On Friday, the Utah team wished on social media Happy Independence Day to Finland in Finnish.
In connection with the congratulations, the team released a video with Markkanen and the Australian player Patty Mills show how the vocalizations of different animals are described in different languages.
Markkase’s hilarity is especially evoked by the moments when he introduces the sound of a rooster as “kukkokiekuu” in Finnish and a pig as “röh röh”.