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We can blame Trey's shooting slump... blame Kanter for his defense.... etc, etc, etc.


But at the end of the day, we had more talent than that Pacers team.


We should have beaten them.


Plain and Simple.
 
I think you're spot on. People can point at all the shots we missed and say what they want, but we shot the same percentage from the floor as they did, the biggest stat for me from the pacers game was they took 16 more shots than us.

That comes down to rebounding and turnovers. And watching the game those things both seem to be a matter of focus and effort right.

Of course with that being said, with a young team at this level, staying focused and giving 100% for 48 minutes, every night of a long season is probably the toughest thing to expect.
 
fgcamel said:
I think you're spot on. People can point at all the shots we missed and say what they want, but we shot the same percentage from the floor as they did, the biggest stat for me from the pacers game was they took 16 more shots than us.

That comes down to rebounding and turnovers. And watching the game those things both seem to be a matter of focus and effort right.

Of course with that being said, with a young team at this level, staying focused and giving 100% for 48 minutes, every night of a long season is probably the toughest thing to expect.
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100 % agree. This is a really really young team, i believe that they will start figuring out. This is a tough road trip. 5 games in 7 days. There will be some good games and bad games.


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Kanter´s DFG % was 60 % before the last two games. After the game against Detroit it was 56 % and after last game it is at 53 %. So no one can say that Kanter sucked defensively the last two games and he played very good offense. Only problem was his rebounding against Pacers and his TO early in the 1st quater. He was still + 17...

Trevor Booker who is called as a good or tough defender has a DFG % of 53 %, so he is as bad as Kanter was and he played most of his minutes against bench players.
 
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fgcamel said:
I think you're spot on. People can point at all the shots we missed and say what they want, but we shot the same percentage from the floor as they did, the biggest stat for me from the pacers game was they took 16 more shots than us.

That comes down to rebounding and turnovers. And watching the game those things both seem to be a matter of focus and effort right.

Of course with that being said, with a young team at this level, staying focused and giving 100% for 48 minutes, every night of a long season is probably the toughest thing to expect.
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And the Pistons had 21 more and Dallas 20. We had 5 more FG attempts than Cleveland, but they also had 40 FT's compared to 22 for us.
Have to limit the offensive rebounds by opponents. Quite a few times we stopped Indiana early in that game but they tipped the ball out and retained possession (and then scored).
 
ONE LOVE said:
We can blame Trey's shooting slump... blame Kanter for his defense.... etc, etc, etc.


But at the end of the day, we had more talent than that Pacers team.


We should have beaten them.


Plain and Simple.
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If you've added a healthy Paul George to that line up in comparison to Hayward playing for the Jazz, that would be a different story.
 
Guys, if we just play better, we'll win more games.

Nowhere else do you get this kind of expert analysis.
 
ONE LOVE said:
We can blame Trey's shooting slump... blame Kanter for his defense.... etc, etc, etc.


But at the end of the day, we had more talent than that Pacers team.


We should have beaten them.


Plain and Simple.
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We weren't hungry enough. If only we had drafted Randle.
 
fgcamel said:
I think you're spot on. People can point at all the shots we missed and say what they want, but we shot the same percentage from the floor as they did, the biggest stat for me from the pacers game was they took 16 more shots than us.

That comes down to rebounding and turnovers. And watching the game those things both seem to be a matter of focus and effort right.

Of course with that being said, with a young team at this level, staying focused and giving 100% for 48 minutes, every night of a long season is probably the toughest thing to expect.
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dong2ha said:
100 % agree. This is a really really young team, i believe that they will start figuring out. This is a tough road trip. 5 games in 7 days. There will be some good games and bad games.


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Ty Corbin didn't let them blow us out last season with Paul George and Lance Stephenson.

Blaming this loss on youth is a horrible excuse.
 
franklin said:
Ty Corbin didn't let them blow us out last season with Paul George and Lance Stephenson.

Blaming this loss on youth is a horrible excuse.
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Agree, but I'm not quite sure where I should place blame. For now, I'll go with refs. That is, unless you have a better idea for placing blame. I'm all ears.
 
freakazoid said:
Agree, but I'm not quite sure where I should place blame. For now, I'll go with refs. That is, unless you have a better idea for placing blame. I'm all ears.
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There has to be someone to blame? Teams have bad nights. This was one.
 
freakazoid said:
Agree, but I'm not quite sure where I should place blame. For now, I'll go with refs. That is, unless you have a better idea for placing blame. I'm all ears.
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I don't know if you're joking or what but the refs have been awful to the Jazz this season. I hate to blame refs because it goes both ways, but there have been stretches in several games where they look like they had a vendetta to settle.


Blaming a new system is probably the most reasonable answer, or simply that the Jazz just aren't that good to begin with.
 
To me this all goes back to Sunday night's game against Detroit. They won because Hayward got hot at the end and Jennings got cold at the end. In all other aspects of the game The Jazz either got outplayed or played about even with The Pistons. This is why I said in the game thread that the game was going to be a struggle Monday night even against the most depleted team in the league.

10 minutes into the game I knew The Jazz were probably going to lose - even though The Pacers couldn't throw the ball in the ocean. Jazz were up by 3 at the end of the first quarter and they should have been up by 15 easily. Jazz came out like the win was going to come to them - like on Sunday night. This is what happens with young inconsistent players.
 
franklin said:
I don't know if you're joking or what but the refs have been awful to the Jazz this season. I hate to blame refs because it goes both ways, but there have been stretches in several games where they look like they had a vendetta to settle.


Blaming a new system is probably the most reasonable answer, or simply that the Jazz just aren't that good to begin with.
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Yeah, I was joking. Just trying to bait you into blaming the coaching. No worries, though, as I'm quite sure someone else will start very soon. The losses are coming, and it's going to be entertaining to see the Quin worshipers desperately grasping to all the claims they've made as to his superior coaching ability. Just like the changing of the leaves in the fall, when the losses stack, the true colors of Jazzfanz will begin to show.
 
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