He should be out there on offense for sure. On a last play scenario on defense I think it’s fair to question why he’d be out there. Gay has had some struggles on defense laterally but is worlds better as a secondary rim protector and we needed rebounding badly against this team.
I thought for sure they were going to get that put-back in.
This. When the game actually ended my dad and I were in a state of disbelief. Like, wait, the game's over? The game's over! We won! Weird possession to end the game for sure.
Cmon. What about this particular instance with 17.9 seconds against the Cavs?
Obviously this. Funny to see dudes glance off of discussing the specifics in the OP. And glance off the long history of end-of-game defensive and offensive substitutions.
We literally lost a game in Sacramento a couple years ago that Bogey missed a box out on Harrison Barnes. I was in attendance and very sad.
It's very easy really. Quin thinks "hmm Utah is a very conservative state, I can't be seen as going Gay the last few minutes."
I can see an argument for it. But I trust Bojan more in the situation. He isn't athletic but he blocks out more than others and tries to stay in front of his guy and has been extremely clutch his whole career and not just at shooting. He makes less dumb mistakes than a lot of people. Avoids bad gambles and bad fouls in this situations.
I've seen every player on the Jazz miss out on box outs, a lot. Gobert had missed some bad ones, but I would still always want him in. I would guess in that game he also made some big plays to help us make a comeback.
