Game Thread Feb 16, 2022 08:00PM MT: Jazz at Lakers

[homeytennis]

Nice choke job in the 4th. Is Quin ever going to win a close game? And the dagger was put in by a freaking undrafted rookie free agent. SMH.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Mitchell with 37 points and nobody else wanted to show up and help. Sad.

 

[outerspacefan]

What happened to playing aggressive?....

If you play hard and aggressive Coach is gonna sit you.

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[Jingled]

The only thing worthwhile about that finish was Doris Burke talking dirty

What did she say?

 

[Elizah Huge]

The Warriors lost tonight too smh. Could have gained another game on them. ****ing Rudy and Mike. Royce sucked too.

 

[fishonjazz]

Again Royce as a player isn't the problem

But having him logging 30+ min every night is a major problem

This. Royce is fine as a energy guy off the bench playing 15-20 minutes.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Yep. I was hoping and praying Westbrick would shoot that. Rudy sags off lebron (a pretty damn good shooter) and gets all up in westbricks face (a horrible shooter). KYP

I don't think this is at all true. He sagged off Westbrook and actually got a decent contest Lebron's three. Everyone in that building knows that if Gobert plays him close that far out that the rim is wide open for him.

Part of the problem is that the team is not only going to have to devise a system for these situations (maybe they have?), they are going to have to trust it.

 

[fishonjazz]

I can't believe Westbrook made both free throws. I thought for sure he'd miss one of them.

Me too.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I'm actually not too bummed about this. This is the type of game the Jazz need to figure out how to deal with. Lebron played a small-ball 5 in the 4th quarter. Jazz players were hedging. If Lebron doesn't make a shot, someone like Austin Reaves is open. The Jazz just really struggle with a 5-out who can both shoot and playmake.

 

[fishonjazz]

Lots of blame to go around tonight. We are near the bottom of the league in clutch performances and games like tonight show why.

I think we’d all be surprised if we somehow get past the first round this year as this team just isn’t built right.

I would be surprised if we dont get past the first round.

 

[KqWIN]

I really don't know; what was he supposed to do?

You notice how one player was killing the Lakers? Yeah, they ran a simple trap at him and it completely neutered the entire offense. We did nothing to change or take advantage of that defense. Just let it happen. Don was completely taken out of the game in the 4th by one adjustment. The Jazz are playing with 3 shooters and the best rim presence in the league, and we can't figure out how to score when they send a double team at Don? Pathetic.

You notice how one player was killing the Jazz? The Jazz didn't do ****. We were completely scrambled and couldn't get the ball out of the hands of the one player that was scoring. The Lakers were out there with 2 non shooters, and we couldn't find a way to double or make things difficult on LeBron? LeBron is playing with WB, Monk, THT, and Reaves. Are you kidding me?

Yeah, there's a reason why we completely suck year after year in the clutch. It's the same reason why we suck badly in the playoffs and especially bad later in the series. Game goes off script, Quin is a ****ing robot who can't make a change. The last time we blew it against the Lakers is because we couldn't stop Stanley ****ing Johnson running a PnR as the ball handler. It's embarrassing that Quin can let this happen to him for years and not get better. He gets embarrassed by any coach with half a brain.

 

[outerspacefan]

I'm sorry, but Mike Conley has to have a bigger impact than this.

Really bad Conley game.
Forrest was far better when allowed to play.

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