Game Thread Jun 12, 2021 06:30PM MT: Jazz at Clippers - Game 3

[Handlogten's Heros]

Torrey Craig was traded for cash considerations... we traded a second for Matt Thomas... Austin Rivers was sitting at home... we declared Oni our best perimeter defender before the season... I watched him foul and get stuck to screens like Velcro. We never got him enough action before the deadline or last year to figure it out.

Even a hustle guy like Alize Johnson could have been useable.

Sloppy ****

 

[Elizah Huge]

Terrible games from Rudy and Bogey tonight. **** happens. We will be ready to go Game 4.

 

[DasJazz]

As much as I would have loved to win this game, in most series it's almost a given that down 0-2 the home team wins game 3.

Honestly, as long as Donovan's okay, we're still right where we want to be, which is the drivers seat of this series.

 

[gandalfe]

Every Jazz player was in the minus. Every Clippers player was in the positive.

 

[latin jazz]

I’m curious about Donovan, because to me it looked more like he tweaked his knee by the mechanism and perhaps the ice is just a red herring.

Yeah, to me it looked like he bumped his right knee into George.

 

[MTS]

When will Niang show up in the playoffs for us like that, if ever

Niang was great in the Memphis series.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I’m curious about Donovan, because to me it looked more like he tweaked his knee by the mechanism and perhaps the ice is just a red herring.

The ice was clear dumbass.

 

[infection]

Reggie Jackson and alike Kennard’s shooting should come back down to earth. Unfortunately Morris is 1/16 from deep and is a 47% three point shooter.

 

[Sean]

I don't trust a word the Jazz say about injuries, unfortunately.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

True that he is still elite, but when he gets stretched out of the lane, he simply cannot impact the game with his elite skill set at the same level.

A team that knows how to execute will make him a lesser player. That's why playoff basketball shows that his skill set doesn't translate against every opponent.

If Batum is allowed to play 32+ minutes and shoot 40% from 3, Rudy cannot impact the game the same way. At the very least, he has to get a ton more rebounds. 10 rebounds is disappointing.

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You have to have the right personnel... clips do... but the big issue has always been that he can’t punish them for being small. If they want to go small that’s fine... Rudy can still impact the defensive side of the ball on many plays. If they go small he needs to have like 20 points through lobs and offensive rebounds. It has to be a trade off and it hasn’t been.

 

[Jingled]

Once Conley gets back we need to cut the rotation down to 8 and sit Niang and Oni. Niang has been absolutely awful. We started coming back early in the 4th and had a lot of momentum and he pretty much single handedly killed it with two turnovers in a row, a bricked 3, a foul and bad defense.

 

[Deleted member 365]

(Before garbage time btw)

But wait, how can this be? I thought Snyder was “dog walking” Lue?!