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Game Thread Feb 08, 2025 08:30PM MT: Utah Jazz @ LA Clippers

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This Jazz lineup couldn't be worse if they had Coach Hardy out there playing Center. We have to sit Collier and Kessler and Lauri and Collins and Sexton to tank properly.
 
Kessler being out is such a huge difference.
He needs to sit a bunch of games and the jazz will finish bottom 3
 
Also to note, there is a 40 point differential between Collier being on the floor compared to Keyonte. Yikes.
 
homeytennis said:
Key was -39 in the box. Outstanding!!!!
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I went back through the Play by Play to see if this was accurate. Keyonte was -10 in the 1st qtr, -11 in the 2nd qtr, and -13 in the 3rd qtr. So that's -34 heading into the 4th qtr. Incidentally, the Jazz entered the 4th qtr. down by only 8 pts. It's weird because no one else is within 20 pts of his +/-.

He took some bad shots and he had 4 TOs, but I think it's mostly his defense.
 
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I think the -39 comes down to two things:
1) Defense (d'uh, Captain Obvious)
2) His offense slowly morphing into THT. The reckless drives with absolutely ridiculous degree of difficulty attempts. Not only are those extremely low percentage shots, all four other Jazz players are standing flat-footed - leading to easy offense for any opponent.
 
Key's offense is not morphing into anything nor was it much worse in this game than it is on average. He did have few ugly dribble turnovers when driving inside which lead to fast breaks... but thats maybe -6 or something like that for his box.

Main reason for Key's -39 was due to the fact that the Clippers kept switching him to Zubac or DJJ and throwing lobs inside. They got a lot of free buckets all game because they forced Key to defend inside, which he cannot do due to his size combined with his poor defensive instincts and lack of defensive hustle. It was clearly something they had scouted and Key was targeted. It does not redeem Key at all, but if we were trying to win Hardy should have also changed things up and bench Key in favor of Juzang or someone who has a chance to get a hand on those passes. I guess he wanted to collect some tape or something.

Also the book is definitely out on Key's transition defense, and there is absolutely no one in the NBA who declines a fast break 1on1 against him. He usually just does the matador defense in those situations anyways.
 
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