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Game Thread Apr 21, 2022 07:00PM MT: Jazz vs. Mavericks - Game 3

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outerspacefan said:
Fellow posters... this Jazz roster offers right now only one way to fix the issues.... Rudy's got to punish small ball lineups on offense...
There's just no other logical turnaround, unless they shoot unnatural % on treys or any other outlier alike...
So sit comfortably and just enjoy watching them play some competitive postseason ball while you still can, because this off season will mark the start of a looooong and painful rebuilding proccess
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There is still no good reason why they can't hit Rudy when he is directly under the basket with a tiny guard behind him. Makes it that much more frustrating.
 
KqWIN said:
Some things that a human coach might consider doing in game 3:

1. Actually have defensive rotations off the ball outside of Gobert. The Mavs don't have a lot of great shooters. Quin's approach has been to allow the "worst" shooter to have a wide open 3 with no resistance. If Maxi Kleber is 7-9 from 3 and is wide open in the corner, try defending it. This should be really easy to implement. When Gobert helps, someone else covers rotates to cover the guy Gobert was guarding. Make them complete at least one more pass, or a more difficult pass to the wing, instead of allowing a wide open uncontested 3. I think pro players should be able to handle this simple concept, but who knows at this point.

2. Acknowledge that Mitchell and Conley can't defend, so trap every time they try to get the switch. This is what the Mavericks do with Bertans, and although it opens up some gaps, it's better than having Bertans on an island guarding 1v1. Give up on the idea that Conley and Mitchell can stay in front. Trap and get the ball out of Brunson's hands.

3. Go full Harden mode and allow the drive. Accept the reality that we cannot defend, so instead of trying to stay in front just give up and try to rotate out to a shooter. Gobert is going to have to rotate anyways, so you might as well try to be useful. This works great in tandem with the first point. This may sound crazy, but Luka coming back might actually help us in this regard. Brunson may play like Luka Doncic against us, but he's Jalen Brunson and we haven't accepted reality that he will dominate our perimeter defense. With Luka, Quin might treat him like Harden and deploy the same type of doggy style defense. Some combination of treating Luka like Harden and Luka not being 100% might work.

In any case, I think we need to give up on the idea of staying in front of the ball handler. We don't have the defensive talent to stay in front of Brunson and Dinwiddie. Conley and Mitchell are two big of liabilities and everyone else is having a hard enough time anyways. We know they're going to get burnt and the solution has to be better than leaving Kleber wide open from 3 or giving up the free layup. The Mavericks still chop us up if they're forced into their own version of the blender, but I prefer the 3v4 defensive situation more than the 1v0 situation where it's Maxi Kleber vs air at the 3 point line. If we wanted to rely on proving some kind of resistance at the point of attack we needed to make trades. Can't do that now. Understand that we cannot defend on the perimeter and Gobert will have to help. It's a losing position but we have to live with it. We can't live in fantasyland where Conley and Mitchell can defend Brunson or giving up uncontested corner 3's is a better outcome.
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I would rather try going under the screen and making players take pressure longer distance 3s vs wide open corner shots. That is the only way the guards will have a chance to stay in front of their man (I'd actually prefer they anticipate and slip screens, but that seems to be outside their capability).

The lack of rotations on defense drive me crazy.
 
outerspacefan said:
Fellow posters... this Jazz roster offers right now only one way to fix the issues.... Rudy's got to punish small ball lineups on offense...
There's just no other logical turnaround, unless they shoot unnatural % on treys or any other outlier alike...
So sit comfortably and just enjoy watching them play some competitive postseason ball while you still can, because this off season will mark the start of a looooong and painful rebuilding proccess
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Mavs arent playing any small-ball lineups. Kleiber and Powell arent small. When they have played Bertans we have destroyed him. The Jazz have a 24-9 advantage in offensive rebounds for the series.

When Rudy gets an actual small on him, the Jazz need to be trying to get him the ball. All I see right now is some weird *** mandate from Quin to give Rudy the ball to start the game so him and Donovan dont get criticized for Rudy only getting 1 pass from Mitchell (in the backcourt lmfao) and Rudy only having 1 shot.

They dont need to shoot a crazy % from 3. They just need to shoot what they usually average and get more attempts up.
 
TheGoldStandard said:
I would rather try going under the screen and making players take pressure longer distance 3s vs wide open corner shots. That is the only way the guards will have a chance to stay in front of their man (I'd actually prefer they anticipate and slip screens, but that seems to be outside their capability).

The lack of rotations on defense drive me crazy.
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They aren't exactly setting screens with Gobert's man, especially not late in games when the game went to hell. We are getting beaten 1on1 without screens. I suppose we could fight harder to not give switches onto Conley/Mitchell, but tbh I don't think O'Neale can guard Brunson/Dinwiddie anyways.

In general, however, I agree that we need to make Brunson/Dinwiddie take off the dribble 3's. It's than free Kleber uncontested 3's in the corner. It's fine that Gobert is cutting off the drives, but we cannot be content with the corner 3. At least make them make one more pass.
 
I'm expecting the Jazz to easily win tonight. If Dallas is able to steal a game in Utah, I think it will be game 4.
 
Devin Booker is out 2-3 weeks with a grade 1 strain in his right hamstring.

Bring the ****ing intensity tonight.
 
Elizah Huge said:
Devin Booker is out 2-3 weeks with a grade 1 strain in his right hamstring.

Bring the ****ing intensity tonight.
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The reports are saying that he *could* be out 2-3 weeks, not that he will be. Since it's the playoffs, he'll most likely be back sooner than that.
 
Jingled said:
The reports are saying that he *could* be out 2-3 weeks, not that he will be. Since it's the playoffs, he'll most likely be back sooner than that.
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Considering the initial report was a few days and now it’s 2-3 weeks I would expect it to be longer than that. They won’t rush him back.
 
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