SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Jazz knew that point guard Mike Conley would leave the NBA bubble in Orlando at some point to be with his wife, Mary, for the birth of their third child, one son, in Columbus, Ohio.
Mary Conley’s due date was August 27, but the Jazz announced that Mike Conley left the bubble on Sunday morning to go to Ohio, just over 24 hours before the first game of the team’s first round playoff series against. the Denver Nuggets.
Mike Conley played exceptionally well in the bubble for Jazz, picking up where he left off when the NBA shut down in March after struggling for much of the season to get used to the Utah system in his first year with the team.
As long as Conley is away, that means the Jazz will be without two regular players against the Nuggets, him and striker Bojan Bogdanovic.
The Conleys had not publicly announced the sex of their baby. They have two other children, Myles and Noah.
This story will be updated.
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