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Game Thread Dec 20, 2022 05:00PM MT: Jazz at Pistons

Added to Calendar: 12-20-22

Handlogten's Heros said:
Vando was more active in the offense and it worked well… found the gaps to get open.

Lauri was not messing around tonight… yeesh dude is on a heater. Let’s have him shooting like 4-5 more shots per game coach… he can handle it.

We are good again.
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Yeah, this was probably Vando's best offensive game of the season, and one of his best games overall.

Right now Lauri is taking 15 shots a game. I would love to see him get up to around 17 or 18 a night.
 
I'm starting to heat up to the idea of Doc getting more minutes here and there. He played well in the limited minutes he had. At six eleven 270 pounds, he's no push-over.
 
Agent#00 said:
All you Rudy Gay haters need to apologize now. He's +30
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Nah. His plus/minus doesn't excite me. His is way too old to help this team when we would need his help. He is the worst shooter on the entire team. Even if he were good I wouldn't want him getting minutes knowing he will be gone when we are actually serious about winning.
 
underdog said:
I'm starting to heat up to the idea of Doc getting more minutes here and there. He played well in the limited minutes he had. At six eleven 270 pounds, he's no push-over.
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Very good vertical too. He is a bit of a freak of nature. Just wish he were more competitive and disciplined.
 
fishonjazz said:
Very good vertical too. He is a bit of a freak of nature. Just wish he were more competitive and disciplined.
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He still isn’t sure what to do out there… I watched JC literally take him by the hand and put him in the spot he was supposed to go. Made him set a screen for him and made laugh… it was just gentle and supportive.
 
When the game started I was wondering if the giant DP on the court was double entendre. I mean, there are two cylinders firing at the same time there.

It was confirmed when Markaanen scored nearly 40 points on 17 shots. He was definitely firing from multiple "pistons".

Pew pew!

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The difference between the Cleveland and Milwaukee defense from the previous games and Detroit last night was pretty drastic. It was interesting watching a worse defense than us. Detroit is just really bad which was nice for us playing on the back end of a back to back.

Not that we didn't already know this, but our team is pretty firmly in the middle tier of the NBA. We aren't nearly as good as the top teams and not nearly as bad as the bottom teams. It feels like there are giant leaps for us to get to either the top or bottom, and I guess that's how teams get stuck. We certainly don't want to give up a talent like Lauri, but it's going to be hard to bottom out with him in order to surround him with the type of talent we need to compete with the top teams.

Sorry to be a downer, probably the worse I've felt after a win this year.
 
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