Where is the game thread for Minny?

[orangello]

just watched the game Good reminder of Lavine's epic court smarts and D

KAT is so good tho ... but minny needs another real good player before i'd worry about them

I agree. Wiggins so far is a little over hyped. Zach had a sweet dunk tonight but didn't contribute much else.

KAT alone will get the to the playoffs in 2 or 3 years (mostly because the West won't be as strong) but they won't make much noise unless some of their players really develop.

One last thought, Rubio really helps that team win. It wouldn't surprise me if the Wolves don't keep him around because he doesn't fit their time line.

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[orangello]

Hayward sucked all game but manned up and took over in the 4th. Lyles was just a pleasure to watch. Those dunks in the 4th were so damn smooth, and powerful.

Favors was a beast! Gobert made an impact on the boards, and defense.

This offseason we look long and hard for our shooter. Someone to replace Johnson.
But Lyles is making the former haters like myself eat crow hard.

I know this might not be very popular but I wouldn't mind seeing the Jazz checking on Wilson Chandler. I think his value is at an all time low because of injuries.

He has a respectable outside shot, solid defense and doesn't need to play a big role on the team anymore. Also, his contract will seem cheap over the next few years.

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[silesian]

Sort of? No, he is a three point that

when he is open

Spot on. He reliably hits the open 3, so the defense cannot cheat off of him. I doubt he will develop into a volume 3-point shooter or someone who can create his own 3-point shot. Not sure we need that from a third string PG, which I think he will be for the Jazz.

 

[silesian]

lol @ the refs reviewing the out of bounds when Minnesota asks for it, but not earlier when the Jazz ask for it.

The way I see this is it all depends on the ref's confidence in the call within the context of the call. If they had a perfectly clear view and felt 99.9% sure they got it right, you can ask until you are blue in the face and the refs should not review it. If they make the call and have less confidence, and someone comes up and says "I'm telling you, I definitely saw it hit his leg after I touched it" and this triggers a doubt in the ref's mind ("hmmm... I did not see it hit his leg, but it is possible that I did not have the right angle to see this..... and he'd have no reason to say this unless he believed it to be true") Then they go back and review.

So they may have made an error, but the error is not necessarily that they listened to Minny and did not listen to Utah.

I think the NBA will go to some sort of coach's challenge system with a meaningful penalty if they challenge and it is upheld (1 or 2 timeouts?)

 

[silesian]

Nothing says we're going to the playoffs quite like "Joe Ingles made running dunk" ...

My son said "Slo Mo Joe can dunk??????"

 

[silesian]

Probably his first in the NBA !

Funnily enough i remember watching him when he first got into the australian league as a young kid, he was considered an athletic run and gun scorer .... He used to throw down some decent dunks in the warmups !

He's not that old, how the hell did he go from overdrive to neutral in a few years? Think he could be a much better player with strength, conditioning, PS work, etc.

 

[Jazz and Utes]

Feels so good

I'm rooting for you but damn it'll be close. Should be able to beat the Lakers (x2), Wolves, Suns, Mavs, and the Nuggets. If they lose any of these games you might be screwed.

 

[fishonjazz]

I'm rooting for you but damn it'll be close. Should be able to beat the Lakers (x2), Wolves, Suns, Mavs, and the Nuggets. If they lose any of these games you might be screwed.

You are correct. They should win all of those games.

I'm a little bit worried that maybe the jazz are like allot of fans here and would rather play the warriors than the spurs and if it comes down to the last game and the jazz know that they get in the playoffs as an 8th seed with a loss or the 7th seed with a win then I'm scared that they may just rest guys and take the 8th seed.

I sure hope they don't do that.

 

[Miggs]

I need to finish 8-1 to win O43.5.

All of our super tough games are at home.

Letsgoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gameface]

I need to finish 8-1 to win O43.5.

All of our super tough games are at home.

Letsgoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

Ouch!

Honestly, before the season I wouldn't have thought an over on 43.5 was too crazy.

Too bad you guys didn't get in at 40.5. That was a friendly line.

 

[Miggs]

Ouch!

Honestly, before the season I wouldn't have thought an over on 43.5 was too crazy.

Too bad you guys didn't get in at 40.5. That was a friendly line.

My site sucks. I honestly think they knew I was gonna do it because I had the previous couple years and so they jacked it up. That said, the odds were EVEN.

 

[fishonjazz]

I need to finish 8-1 to win O43.5.

All of our super tough games are at home.

Letsgoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

Ya I just looked at the schedule and I feel a little better about things.
The jazz are playing pretty good basketball of late and are relatively healthy and seem to have figured out their rotation and guys like lyles and neto are playing at their best.
The jazz have 6 home games left. 3 of those games are against really good teams, but..... maybe the spurs rest guys knowing they cant catch the warriors and the thunder cant catch them. And the clippers are an older team and maybe they rest guys knowing that they cant catch the thunder and memphis cant catch them. If we could win both of those games (spurs and clips) then that would help so much.

Lakers in salt lake = win
warriors in slc = loss
timberwolves in slc = win
at phoenix = win
spurs in slc resting errybody = win
clippers in slc resting a few older banged up dudes = win (we might beat them even if they play everyone and try to win the game)
at denver = win
mavericks in slc = win
at the lakers = win

i need 6-3 finish. Looking like a decent chance