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These are the top of the food chain when it comes to players who have consistently torched the Utah Jazz. For these guys 30 points is letting our team off easy, heck, Dr.J went for 60+ once. If you look at this list you'll see that we have our 'type'. As in, our type of player we can't guard, as it's happened so many times over the last four decades. (Rank includes ties)
| Player | 30+ | 40+ | 50+ | 60+ | Player | 30+ | 40+ | 50+ | Player | 30+ | 40+ | 50+ | |||
| 1 | Kobe Bryant | 31 | 7 | 1 | 10 | Bob McAdoo | 13 | 3 | 20 | Kevin Durant | 9 | 3 | |||
| 2 | Hakeem Olajuwon | 28 | 6 | 10 | Mark Aguirre | 13 | 1 | 20 | Dale Ellis | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Michael Jordan | 24 | 9 | 10 | Moses Malone | 13 | 1 | 20 | Dominique Wilkins | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Alex English | 19 | 3 | 14 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 12 | 1 | 20 | Mike Mitchell | 9 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | George Gervin | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | Kiki Vandeweghe | 12 | 20 | Eddie Johnson | 9 | ||||
| 5 | Shaquille O'Neal | 16 | 16 | Tim Duncan | 11 | 1 | 20 | Elvin Hayes | 9 | ||||||
| 7 | Dirk Nowitzki | 15 | 3 | 17 | Clyde Drexler | 10 | 2 | 27 | Ray Allen | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Dan Issel | 15 | 17 | World B. Free | 10 | 1 | 27 | Dwyane Wade | 8 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Carmelo Anthony | 14 | 2 | 17 | Tom Chambers | 10 | 27 | Kevin Johnson | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | LeBron James | 13 | 2 | 1 | 20 | Allen Iverson | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | Vince Carter | 8 | 1 |
Yeah, the 'once in forever' 7 foot guy who can nail threes (Dirk) is really a one time thing. For the most part you see athletic guards on this list, of varying heights. Bigmen can get their against the Jazz too, but for the most part letting them score is by design.
Which of these players do you hate the most?