GAME 1: Little Ricky's journey to the playoffs -- Jazz @ Thunder 4/15/18 4:30 pm MST

[Mission Accomplished]

The problem with just "testing out Burks" to see if he's hot is that, if he's not, he can quickly get you buried in a negative swing. Couple turnovers and poor defensive possessions can add up very, very quickly.

We tried Ingles out and he had to have given us a negative swing.

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[magic]

Royce played great against KD just last week. And he’s been an honerable mention All Defensive player mentioned by numerous pundits. C’mon man. Burks got hot in garbage time and knocked down shots. For whatever reason, he’s fallen out of the rotation. I’m glad he shot well tonight, but let’s not overreact.

If you want to say that the Jazz should have gotten someone who offers more than Royce for the playoffs - then that’s fair. But he’s played well as a rotational player and should be the top option off the bench. I just wish he had more confidence in his offense right now.

For the record, I think Royce plays good defense against people that are not superstars or really fast (I would disagree about him playing great defense against KD).

If we were playing the Timberwolves, Pelicans, or Spurs, I would be fine with him having playing time, as he would be effective. But we are playing the Thunder, so I'm not fine with it.

 

[Mission Accomplished]

Also, the flow of the game is much different in those Burks minutes than it is during the course of the game. Russ was playing like a jackass and trying to stat pad instead of running out clock and the play got loose and sloppy on both ends.

Not really that is not a fair assessment. He brought us back no one else on the Jazz did that.

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[Coach Ellis]

Never fun to loose but I am feeling good about our chances. A couple of things; Jonas got killed by Anthony out there. Tough match up for him. I think Favors needs to play much more next game. I think he matches up better with adams, and Anthony. Exum struggled at first but really got it going. He needs more minutes. Also if we aren’t clicking by the second quarter I would give Burks a few minutes.

Pg13 won this game, hats off to him he was unreal on both ends of the floor. Let’s get the next one go jazz!!!

Tbh - I’ve worried about Jerebko getting playoff minutes for awhile now. Just not enough shooters in the top 8 players (Gobert, Favors, Crowder, Jingles, O’Neale, Mitchell, Rubio, Exum) to not play him some minutes. Feel like he’s a great bench big for the regular season, but not a guy to rely on big playoff minutes.

I agree with playing Favors more. . . although he needs to be more of a rebound and offensive force if he’s getting big minutes. What happened to the Jingles/Favors pick and roll that’s been so successful lately?

 

[Miggs]

He is stronger.

He’s also tougher.

 

[Mission Accomplished]

Glorified garbage minutes

Minutes where they still had their starter in the game. You must be blind

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[Jazz Traveler]

I wonder if Adams hurt his arm or if it was just a stinger.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Gobert is finesse, Adams is brute force.

Gobert is not finesse, wtf are you saying?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

He’s also tougher.

No, not really. Gobert has come back from 2 separate knee injuries this year and will win DPOY. He is tough. Just because he isnt as strong as Adams doesnt mean he isnt as tough.

 

[radiohegel]

We tried Ingles out and he had to have given us a negative swing.

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You know this is a bad argument

Not really that is not a fair assessment. He brought us back no one else on the Jazz did that.

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He did? Last time I checked the Jazz remained losing.

 

[Diamond77]

What happened to the Jingles/Favors pick and roll that’s been so successful lately?

The difference of intensity between a regular season game and playoff.

 

[Mission Accomplished]

Gobert is not finesse, wtf are you saying?

Geez, stop Locke save it for your podcast. Let me guess some time the shots just don't go down?

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