Uta vs. Hou: Game 2 off/def strategy change up?

[homerjbirch]

EXCLUSIVE TRANSCRIPT OF GAME 1 PREGAME STRATEGY TALK:

Alex: hey, Quinn, what if we try to trick harden by getting out of his way and letting him dribble right into the paint?

Quin: WTF? Wouldn’t we be playing 4 against 5?

Alex: um yeah…but the thing is, that’s the last thing he’ll expect us to do

Quin: ok, I’m listening. How could this blow up in our face?

Alex: I’m not exactly sure since I’ve never seen a team at any level in basketball purposely remove a defender and play 4 against 5.

Quin: hmmm, ok, well, what’s the best that could happen?

Alex: harden won’t shoot those step back 35-foot three’s! He’ll drive right into the lane and Boom! That’s where we’ll get him!

Quin: I like your thinking

Alex: that’s not even the best part…when the rockets see us doing that to Harden, they’ll be tempted to try the same thing on Jae – chase him off the 3 point line! No more 1-9 from 3 nights!

Quin: What the hell, let’s do it! Hey do you have any crisp dollar bills? I’m meeting Jonny Football in the bathroom in a few minutes and he’s bringing the pixie dust!

 

[Jazz Spazz]

We can rip on it, but I believe the Jazz used the Bucks strategy for Houston. The Bucks made it work, the Jazz could not.
I don't fault them for trying, but clearly we did something different or don't have the same athletes to recover/help.

 

[Stoked]

Put in Allen and have him play this defense on Harden and the Rockets.

 

[Gobzilla]

Fouling harden is exactly what the rockets want. 1.7 points per possession, I believe. What purpose does fouling him on purpose serve?

Except when you foul him, you foul him HARD. Put him on the ground. Make him think twice about driving to the lane.

 

[Blue Waffles]

The Jazz have a top 3 defense, let's try using that instead of this insane 4 on 5 strategy that is a gimmick. They actually ran it last year too, just not so obvious, but they did give CP3 and Harden an open lane to the right all series long. So now were in the second series of a similar defensive strategy that isn't making enough impact to make it worth trying anymore.

 

[homerjbirch]

The Jazz have a top 3 defense, let's try using that instead of this insane 4 on 5 strategy that is a gimmick.

yeah we can only hope they abandon this bad excuse for a strategy...but then I see this:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-sixers-might-be-in-trouble/

"Rubio told reporters after the game that the Jazz are committed to playing Harden the same way throughout the series."

 

[SCS]

I wished we had Lou Williams for this series, he's become one of my favorite players in the league.

Fixed

 

[Goodluckchuck]

yeah we can only hope they abandon this bad excuse for a strategy...but then I see this:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-sixers-might-be-in-trouble/

"Rubio told reporters after the game that the Jazz are committed to playing Harden the same way throughout the series."

I want to see if it works when it's clicking. I think the strategy we should use is to have Gobert and Favors in the game together whenever Harden is in the game, and give Udoh the backup 5 mins.

 

[JAZZGASM]

EXCLUSIVE TRANSCRIPT OF GAME 1 PREGAME STRATEGY TALK:

Alex: hey, Quinn, what if we try to trick harden by getting out of his way and letting him dribble right into the paint?

Quin: WTF? Wouldn’t we be playing 4 against 5?

Alex: um yeah…but the thing is, that’s the last thing he’ll expect us to do

Quin: ok, I’m listening. How could this blow up in our face?

Alex: I’m not exactly sure since I’ve never seen a team at any level in basketball purposely remove a defender and play 4 against 5.

Quin: hmmm, ok, well, what’s the best that could happen?

Alex: harden won’t shoot those step back 35-foot three’s! He’ll drive right into the lane and Boom! That’s where we’ll get him!

Quin: I like your thinking

Alex: that’s not even the best part…when the rockets see us doing that to Harden, they’ll be tempted to try the same thing on Jae – chase him off the 3 point line! No more 1-9 from 3 nights!

Quin: What the hell, let’s do it! Hey do you have any crisp dollar bills? I’m meeting Jonny Football in the bathroom in a few minutes and he’s bringing the pixie dust!

 

[Sean]

Break Harden's leg.

 

[Jingled]

Use Sefolosha as our secret defensive X factor. What do you think about switching up the starting 5 and bench to put Harden in check? What do you think about using Sefolosha as our secret defensive weapon? He is known for his lock down defense. Any thoughts on our next defensive scheme to stop Harden?

He was known for his lockdown defense earlier in his career but since joining the Jazz he definitely hasn't been a lockdown defender. He seems to have lost a step or two and he just isn't quick enough to guard Harden anymore. I think that's a lot of the reason Quin has played him mostly at power forward, he's better at guarding 4's at this stage of his career.

 

[MVP]

Break Harden's leg.

How about you jump of the bridge?