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Disappointing facts: Jazz vs. Playoff Teams

fishonjazz said:
Eh, I have not been frustrated with this season at all. Especially considering the injuries.
We have an all star plus another guy very deserving.
We have an above average starting caliber pg.
We have a coach who I have heard mentioned in coach of the year discussions.
We will be in the playoffs! And have a good shot at homecourt advantage in a stacked western conference!
Top 10 ranked offense and defense!
Lots of national recognition.
A guy in the top of the league in three point shooting.
Tons of depth.
Veteran experience and leadership.
Positional versatility.
Have not even had to use any of our future assets to achieve all this either so we still have tons of picks plus salary cap room plus lots of players on good contracts to improve things if there are any deals to be had to make us better.
And we are finally almost healthy.

This season has been fantastic imo and I think it's just going to get better.
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all good, i haven't been frustrated at all until maybe the last 5-6 games, even the games we've won. For some reason i'm just feeling the need to temper my expectations. Then again that might change if/once we click into gear and play as well as i think we can.
 
There's a tweet showing who we are missing in our loses v .500+ teams. It's obviously a big negative factor.
 
akirac73 said:
Jazz have an amazing record vs. non-playoff teams: 21-3, and pretty bad record
vs. playoff teams: 9-16

I found this to be disappointing:

Jazz record vs. Playoff Teams when:
Trailing at the end of the 1st Quarter: 0-8
Trailing at Halftime: 1-13
Trailing at the end of the 3rd Quarter: 0-12

Final Score point differential vs. Playoff teams when:
Trailing at the end of the 1st Quarter: -11.4 (Jazz 90.3, Opp 101.6)
Trailing at Halftime: -9.2 (Jazz 90.6, Opp 99.9)
Trailing at the end of the 3rd Quarter: -11.5 (Jazz 89.3, Opp 100.8)

Conclusion:
When playoff teams jump on us early, you can stick a fork in the Jazz...game over.

This sucks...
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It's definitely disconcerting but if you drill down into those games on the losing side, how many times did the Jazz have injured starting players? I haven't gone through this thread to see if this has been brought up.
 
cleveland just lost to dallas but at least dallas isn't a playoff team and is almost in last place in the west so that probably makes cleveland fans happier with the loss than if it would have been to a good team.
 
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VINYLONE said:
It's definitely disconcerting but if you drill down into those games on the losing side, how many times did the Jazz have injured starting players?
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We have only had all of our starters for 2 games against playoff teams (we won 1 and lost 1), so almost all of those games were with us missing starters.
 
In the latest NBA Power Rankings by Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes the Utah Jazz jumped three spots, up to No. 3.

Of Utah's recent play, he wrote, "The Utah Jazz haven't been world-beaters lately, but they're not so far removed from a six-game winning streak that ended Monday. And it's easy to rationalize a pair of losses, one that came via a Russell Westbrook game-winner and another in Denver on the second night of a back-to-back set."

Hughes continued, "Boasting a 15-3 record in games when both Gordon Hayward and George Hill play, Utah's only clear weakness remains health. And with Alec Burks returning to the fold (and showing an athletic burst nobody else on the roster can touch), the Jazz are as close to whole as they've been all season."

https://www.deseretnews.com/article...power-rankings-Whittingham-Sitake-ranked.html
 
Yeah its January in the nba. Worst basketball of the year

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