He packed this production into 18 minutes off the bench. He made five of his six 3-point attempts. He scored 20 points on 7-for-8 shooting from the field. Good-natured ribbing aside, Gay was magnificent in his Jazz debut. “He’s a hell of a player, 26 years in,” Ingles quipped. And then, Ingles was asked about him postgame. When he did, he supplied the sellout crowd at Vivint Smart Home Arena some of the reasons for optimism. The 6-foot-9 forward and free-agent prize for the Jazz had yet to play in a game before Thursday night. On Thursday night, following a Utah Jazz 119-103 win over the Toronto Raptors, Ingles was asked about Rudy Gay. If you know Joe Ingles, you know the sign of him liking you as a person is how sarcastic he is willing to be with you.
