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Game Thread Apr 18, 2022 06:30PM MT: Jazz at Mavericks - Game 2

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It's been 3 years now, and I can't remember one playoff game where I can say "so glad we have Mike Conley because we don't win that game without him." Not one game.

And despite Rudy being as good as he is on defense, our defense doesn't work in the 4th. It's not his fault. It's not his teammates' fault. It's either Quin not being able to adjust or the FO failing. Probably both. It just doesn't work.

Our #1 offense is a farce. We are barely averaging over 100 points per game this playoffs. And Dallas is showing you don't need a rim protector if everybody buys in to a team defense approach instead of whatever modified mess we run.



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What kind of coach publicizes the fact that their center will be getting more touches before the game? There used to be this thing called strategy! (And this in the wake of the US throwing a news conference for every proposed offering to Ukraine - get those Jets yet Valinnski?). Anyway in our case it only proved to make everyone involved more self conscious about it. Passes were thrown a little too much in front or to the side and Gobert struggled to finish at the rim.

And talking about strategy, and with Kleber torching us in the second half, what became of Rudy Gay and the small ball option? Is there some kind of a mandate in big red letters in the Snyder Play Book that reads no more than nine players in the rotation PARTICULARLY IN THE PLAYOFFS!!!?
 
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That game was abnormal. Our offense was better than Game 1 - Mavs just played out of their minds. It's crazy they only had 3 turnovers and hit threes all day.

We're not so good on the road but are up there in home wins so going up 3-1 now is likely....
 
LoPo said:
It's been 3 years now, and I can't remember one playoff game where I can say "so glad we have Mike Conley because we don't win that game without him." Not one game.

And despite Rudy being as good as he is on defense, our defense doesn't work in the 4th. It's not his fault. It's not his teammates' fault. It's either Quin not being able to adjust or the FO failing. Probably both. It just doesn't work.

Our #1 offense is a farce. We are barely averaging over 100 points per game this playoffs. And Dallas is showing you don't need a rim protector if everybody buys in to a team defense approach instead of whatever modified mess we run.



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Did Rudy go 2-9 in the fourth? How many points did Rudy allow compared to Donovan and his "stifling" (non existent) defense?
 
kabenac said:
That game was abnormal. Our offense was better than Game 1 - Mavs just played out of their minds. It's crazy they only had 3 turnovers and hit threes all day.

We're not so good on the road but are up there in home wins so going up 3-1 now is likely....
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Weird how all of our playoff opponents tend to play out of their minds.

Or not really when professional basketball players get wide open looks all day long.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Worst part of losing is that trolls like Jom and this UtahJazz32 dude get to annoy the hell out of everyone with their dumbass takes.
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You get the most butt hurt when anyone disses your husband Gobert. Love makes us do some crazy things. How is your child with him doing?
 
MT Steve said:
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Trivia question for the "Gobert got exposed" truthers: What happens if Gobert stays on the perimeter to guard Kleiber?
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From the quotes after the game, from what I gather, is that Bogey is supposed to rotate down here, then House rotates to Bogey's guy and Donovan should rotate back up top to House's guy. Would be pretty simple defense actually. Our guys are being a little undersized and slow doesn't help our ability to rotate and help the helper, but specifically on this play it should have been easy. Mitchell needs to contain Dinwiddie better, obviously, but Bogey has to rotate. Maybe Juancho could have been better at recognizing the rotation here?

If our guards can't defend in isolation and our wings can't rotate then you have to find a way to get Gobert at the point of attack.
 
SteakNEggs said:
Did Rudy go 2-9 in the fourth? How many points did Rudy allow compared to Donovan and his "stifling" (non existent) defense?
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I didn't blame Rudy. I blamed the system. The same system Rudy Gay questioned and he hasn't played since.

It clearly doesn't work.

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SoberasHotRod said:
From the quotes after the game, from what I gather, is that Bogey is supposed to rotate down here, then House rotates to Bogey's guy and Donovan should rotate back up top to House's guy. Would be pretty simple defense actually. Our guys are being a little undersized and slow doesn't help our ability to rotate and help the helper, but specifically on this play it should have been easy. Mitchell needs to contain Dinwiddie better, obviously, but Bogey has to rotate. Maybe Juancho could have been better at recognizing the rotation here?

If our guards can't defend in isolation and our wings can't rotate then you have to find a way to get Gobert at the point of attack.
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bogey always gets lost in rotation. this goes back to the clippers series last year when he would occasionally bump with Joe.
 
Way too many BYU, Duke, and Baylor fingerprints all over this Jazz franchise. Basically the axis of evil for this USU and Kansas alum.

I guess it’s no wonder I find basically the whole lot of them sans Rudy unlikable as hell.
 
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