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Game Thread Apr 16, 2022 11:00AM MT: Jazz at Mavericks - Game 1

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SoberasHotRod said:
I think it's a must not collapse in the 4th quarter game. If we have a bad shooting night or they have a great shooting night, that will be easier to come back from. If we lose another big lead in the 4th quarter, I don't think we recover.
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I think we'll save the 4th quarter collapses for the next round against the Suns.
 
fishonjazz said:
Our horses are not tired. They are healthier and more rested than ever. Jazz offense was literally the best offense in the nba this season so your last point is kinda dumb.
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It was not a good O when they've got to make some little points to use 20+ cushions to actually win games... :p
 
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Release the Kraken said:
That view might could change under a better coach though.
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Indeed. However, a better coach would be a top tier one (Nurse? Lue? Monty?...) and those probably are not coming to the Jazz.
Anyway, Rudy ain't be taking middies or developing a hook or punishing lesser defenders. And that's IMHO exactly what separates THIS roster from contention (assuming Don's got his playoff self yet)
Quin is a damn good one. And I think he knows the issues and the solutions.
Now he's just got to evolve enough to understand that there's a time for loyalties and a time to mix and match the players you need on court.
He'll get there. I hope he's still with us when it happens.
 
outerspacefan said:
Indeed. However, a better coach would be a top tier one (Nurse? Lue? Monty?...) and those probably are not coming to the Jazz.
Anyway, Rudy ain't be taking middies or developing a hook or punishing lesser defenders. And that's IMHO exactly what separates THIS roster from contention (assuming Don's got his playoff self yet)
Quin is a damn good one. And I think he knows the issues and the solutions.
Now he's just got to evolve enough to understand that there's a time for loyalties and a time to mix and match the players you need on court.
He'll get there. I hope he's still with us when it happens.
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The other side of that is that you also want to be predictable for your players. If they know they're coming in to start the 2nd quarter, that's what they always do, then they can get themselves mentally prepared, pay attention to the flow of the game, instead of just having in the back of their mind "Am I going to play tonight?"

There is value to that, the question is whether that value is higher than the value of changing based on specific matchups.
 
outerspacefan said:
It was not a good O when they've got to make some little points to use 20+ cushions to actually win games... :p
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That was called rope-a-dope. Its playoff time now.
 
fishonjazz said:
That was regular season. Forget about that. Jazz about to go off in the clutch in the playoffs.
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The question is can the players forget about it, because over the last few weeks of games the 4th qtr breakdowns were definitely affecting them mentally.
 
TheGoldStandard said:
The question is can the players forget about it, because over the last few weeks of games the 4th qtr breakdowns were definitely affecting them mentally.
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I have it on good authority that they haven't forgotten about it.... instead of forgetting about it they learned from it. So its ok for us fans to forget about it. Playoff time baby!
 
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