Game 5: Termination Game -- Jazz @ Thunder 4/25/2018 7:30 pm MST

[Saint Cy of JFC]

It kind of takes the sting away that I expected the Jazz to lose tonight from the start, but the way they did it is so depressing.

 

[Deleted member 95]

Anyone want to come over to my place and re-watch the game? We can tune into the OKC broadcast to spice it up.

Lmao. You were going on twitter too, right? Masochist over here.

 

[MVP]

only 2 mins for exum ? another Good reason why Dante should not resign

Dante is a good reason to play him only 2 minutes. Go suck Simmons dick you troll.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The Jazz started feeling themselves too much. Started getting ****y and they relaxed. They thought it was too easy.

I think that even after the 4th foul with Rudy they should have gambled and left him out there to try and protect that lead. Hindsight 20/20, but it should have been considered. You are up huge and have momentum of your own. If you get through the 3rd quarter still up 25 and Rudy fouls out by the end of the 3rd, I think that feels different to OKC and they probably cant make that run in the 4th.

Mitchell also took a lot of bad shots during that run too. Just a lot of settling for 3's by him and some other guys.

And even though Crowder played great, and I'm not blaming him, it seemed because of the foul trouble and maybe Crowder's hot performance, Quin went away from the Favors/Gobert lineup that has been killing the Thunder.

 

[utahjazzz]

How long can dante put up this 5hit from snyder ?

Before it was mack and neto who got playing time ahead of him. Now it is Oneill. If i were dante, GTFO of Jazz as soon as possible. Unless.he wants to be a role player all his life!!!!!

 

[reignman40]

Anyone want to come over to my place and re-watch the game? We can tune into the OKC broadcast to spice it up.

Already did that having to watch on NBATV

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[elan_prodigy]

Meh their heroes heroed. It took 2 severely out of the ordinary games from 2 all stars to turn it around. At the same time we got complacent, stopped playing our game, had both of our bigs in foul trouble...and we were still within striking distance at the end. A strong lesson for our young Cinderella team. I think we close this sucker out solidly on Friday.

They hit open shots and got to the FL. I dont see that as out of the ordinary.

 

[magic]

Wrong. Overreaction to a bad game.

No, this has always been true because I'm not one to be clouded by the incessant need to be "positive" on this forum. O'neale and Crowder should play less minutes.

Also, I don't care that Crowder had a "good game" today, he still finished -9 and I'd prefer him off the court. O'neale straight up sucks.

 

[dong2ha]

730 pacific time??? ****. need to wait 46 hours. gonna be ****ing hard


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[JazzyFresh]

Westbrook has the talent to take this series all by himself. We had him on his heels but we allowed him to find his MVP self again.

 

[Coach Ellis]

If anything the Thunder will learn from this and attack Rudy and hope the refs give them bs calls. If Gobert didn't get into foul trouble we would have won this game.

Jazz need to follow suit and attack Adams again. Getting him into foul trouble was big in the three games that they won. It feels crappy right now, but the Jazz are still in the drivers seat. Just keep doing what was working. They had a 25 point lead in the 3rd, then started cranking up bad look threes and playing ISO ball. They’ll be fine. Quin will regroup and get them back on track. Hopefully Rubio has a better game.

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

Dante is a good reason to play him only 2 minutes...

He has turned over the ball on 31% of his possessions in this series. 31%!

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/exumda01.html#playoffs_advanced::none

 

[RJF]

Everyone calm the **** down please. We kind of expected them to lose this game anyway. Yes it sucks how it happened but let's get back to playing how they were all series before that second half and they'll be fine.

True, but not in such gloriously bad fashion.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The Jazz had won 3 games in a row and were up by 25. Gobert going out was a huge turn, but the Jazz became complacent in general. This is a good experience for them.

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

Whoever was telling us that Rubio is "not bad" as a finisher... turns out he's worst on the team:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/2018.html#shooting::14

Safe to assume .535 is at least in the bottom quarter of the association in that stat.

 

[oneye]

Westbrook has the talent to take this series all by himself. We had him on his heels but we allowed him to find his MVP self again.

This....I truly think this series changed on a monumental level tonight. You could see it. Westbrook has largely been eliminated. They just gave him life and he’s going to be the Westbrook of last year.

 

[Aneurism]

How long can dante put up this 5hit from snyder ?

Before it was mack and neto who got playing time ahead of him. Now it is Oneill. If i were dante, GTFO of Jazz as soon as possible. Unless.he wants to be a role player all his life!!!!!

Do you even watch the games.. most of the time when Dante plays he is all over the place in the most out of control way possible..He still needs a lot of development before he can even be looked at as reliable.. He might have the most rare short bursts where somehow he manages to do something useful..but doesn't ever last for prolonged periods..

Think about why Coach is willing to put Mitchell in the game but usually has dante and even alec on a short leash. Look at the other players that the Jazz have been willing to let go of and how they fare on different teams.

 

[sahlensguy]

Suffice it to say, but Friday's game is a must win.

 

[Zombie]

Guys seriously I think that game gave me cancer.

 

[Hotdog]

The Jazz had won 3 games in a row and were up by 25. Gobert going out was a huge turn, but the Jazz became complacent in general. This is a good experience for them.

Good experience if they win the series. If they lose its a horrible experience. One of those mistakes you'd rather learn from another team.