Game Thread Dec 01, 2024 06:00PM MT: Los Angeles Lakers @ Utah Jazz

[Agent#00]

i'd let sexton do his thing at that moment. He had 8 points in the 4th. Calling a timeout smells like tanking or just glory coaching. The play after that timeout was trash anyways.

 

[SojoDave]

If Larry H was still around, he would have come out of the stands and fired Will Hardy on the spot.

 

[Peter_Mentor]

I think it was a bad TO, but not egregiously so. Should have called it earlier.

I think it was a god tier TO.

Of course, Hardy has publicly admitted that he made a mistake. That doesn't mean Hardy wouldn't do it again if given another chance.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

It was a great timeout if you're trying to win.

 

[underdog]

Great result. Losses like this can make the difference between us snagging a stud or missing out on draft night. As for Hardy’s timeout, I wouldn’t make a big deal of it. He saw Sexton dribbling and going sideways with Rui in front of him and Davis at the rim and made a quick decision. And anyway, Davis, who noticed Hardy running and heard the whistle, stopped playing and let Sexton make his shot.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

If Larry H was still around, he would have come out of the stands and fired Will Hardy on the spot.

Then the next day give a tearful press conference apologizing for the outburst and rehire Hardy. Lol

 

[homeytennis]

The thing that doesn't get mentioned is that AD's man (either Kessler or Collins) can move into the vacated area and get a dunk or layup off the action if AD comes to block the shot.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

The thing that doesn't get mentioned is that AD's man (either Kessler or Collins) can move into the vacated area and get a dunk or layup off the action if AD comes to block the shot.

Or Kessler is right there for a putback.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

The thing that doesn't get mentioned is that AD's man (either Kessler or Collins) can move into the vacated area and get a dunk or layup off the action if AD comes to block the shot.

IMO in that situation Sexton has his blinders on and shoots anyways, but in the end I’m just glad Will called time out. Lol

 

[MTS]

Some of these comments are flat out bizarre. Sexton wasn't "robbed" of anything, he was dribbling around in circles without any idea what he was going to do when Hardy stepped on the court, called timeout and the Lakers obviously stopped playing. No wonder Collin was able to get to the basket with the defense standing around going "WTF you doing, bro?"

Sexton was terrible all game, and the fact that the Jazz are now "putting him on the trade block" (as if he hasn't been there all along) is hilarious.

What a clownshoes take.

He was already past Rui when the whistle blew. and Rui didn't stop defending until well after the shot was attempted.

Maybe AD comes to contest if there's no whistle, but then there's two players (Kessler and Laur) in great position at the rim to dump it off to (or to even put it back in if Sexton still attempts the shot but misses).

Is there a guarantee the Jazz score? Obviously not. Would it have been better than whatever the mess was they ran out of the timeout? Obviously.

 

[KqWIN]

I don’t think Sexton scores there if the Lakers keep playing, but pretty comical the way it looks.

Calling a TO with less than 2 seconds on the clock just isn’t a great decision though. If he was going to call a TO he was a few seconds too late.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I don’t think Sexton scores there if the Lakers keep playing, but pretty comical the way it looks.

Calling a TO with less than 2 seconds on the clock just isn’t a great decision though. If he was going to call a TO he was a few seconds too late.

It looked to me he had gotten by the defender in the middle of a clear path to the hoop when the whistle blew and half a second later the shot was up. No one stopped playing. No one has that good of a reaction time. He would’ve scored.