Game Thread Dec 11, 2021 05:00PM MT: Jazz at Wizards

[LifeOnaPlate]

Ingles really gave us nothing in the first half. I expect ingles, clarkson, and conley to play better in the second half. I think we win by double digits.

I wasn't so optimistic! Being at the end of a roadie I thought we might be cooked!

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

Clippers game on Wednesday. Nice needed break for us.

I think we usually struggle after a long break though. Makes me nervous.

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

7 wins in a row and now we have 3 days off before starting a 6 game home stand. I Wouldn't be surprised to see us win all 6 and extend our win streak to 13.

We've dropped home games this year that should have been gimmies. I love how they're playing right now, much improved, but they gotta prove they can win at home again with consistency.

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

Why can’t we focus on feeding the bigs every game like we’ve done the last two? We had weeks and weeks of ignoring our bigs to Chuck up 3s. Now we’re feeding them and we’re just murdering teams.

We haven’t gotten offensive production from bigs like this since prime Memo and Boozer.

It's because the Wiz schemed to deny the corner three, which we got very few of. That's the choice teams have to make with us when they don't have effective switching defenses.

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

I’m not saying it’s all that matters, but you can’t ignore the way difference in the way teams play. Some teams are going to take Rudy away first and foremost. Doesn’t mean we hit him every time we could, but that’s the reality of how some teams are going to defend. CLE was hard set out on taking away the big. Joe Ingles was literally walking to the basket and laughing as he took free layups because the Cavs wouldn’t leave him. He probably could have gotten a couple more shots, but there’s no way he was going to get a ton of good looks just because of how they were playing defense. Feeding him inside was not the way to play against that team.

During this win streak, the amount of shot attempts is almost exactly the same for Gobert and Whiteside. Whiteside didn’t even play in all of them so there was no big to feed for some portions of those games. The difference hasn’t been feeding the bigs more, it’s more accurate shooting. The Jazz have shot 44.4% from 3 since this winning streak started. Before that it was just 34.4%. That’s 5 more threes a game.

This isn’t to say that we’re not missing the bigs sometimes, but it’s pretty obvious where the difference has been. When shoot like **** and Gobert has 4 shots….yeah those times where we missed him are going to burn in our memory. But you’re not going to notice as much when you’re making 20 three’s a game.

There’s a method to the madness. I don’t think the Jazz get the best shot every time and there’s some things they could do better….but they are the best in the league in terms of taking the right shots. That’s why they’re having a historically great offensive season. They were near the top of the league all season long, but once the shooting came back (and Gay started taking JC’s shots) they elevated to this historically good level.

brilliant analysis.

 

[homeytennis]

For real? I thought he'd be out of the league at that point. He was so badly exposed in the playoffs it was painful. I love his heart and determination and I'm glad he's finding places to play, but come on.

Think about it, he was a salary cap casualty replaced by NWG. Is he better than Butler? Jury is out on that one.

 

[Thejazzkickazz]

I just read a great Nick name for our twin towers. “H n R block”. Haha

Ken Jennings wouldn't get that reference.

 

[infection]

Ken Jennings wouldn't get that reference.

I got it. Apparently Hassan did, too.

 

[Thejazzkickazz]

H.R. Pufnstuf

Great reference. But let's slightly adjust it to H.R. StuffnStuff.