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

[Jingled]

I love how Andy's not afraid to tell it like it is.

 

[idiot]

I told a coworker Laker fan that we either blow them out or they beat us in a squeaker!

Got it right, unfortunately

 

[SoUjazzfan]

Mitchell was the only one with juice the whole game and when the Lakers built the entire defense around shutting him down, we didn't have a counter.

Or a coach willing or able to find one

 

[NUMBERICA]

You notice how one player was killing the Lakers?

You mean Lebron at the 5? What's this team's answer?

You're probably right about a lot of ****, but Quin being creative on the fly ain't really his thing.

 

[infection]

Well this has at least put my mind much more at ease about booking that Canada trip in June.

 

[MTS]

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.

This is sort of where I'm at, although I don't know how optimistic I am that they'll figure out their clutch issues.

I wanted to lose by the end, just because I hope a painful loss like this right before the all-star break gets the coaches to take a very serious look at them.

 

[jom2003]

maybe Quin can learn a thing or two from Denver's comeback W in GS.

Uncle Jeff was struggling hard so Malone took him out of the game early and he only saw 18min as a starter after having a +/- of -10 when he was on the floor. Will Barton also logged 20min after struggling with his shot.

If it's Quin coaching the Nuggets, both Uncle Jeff and Barton will get 30min in a blowout loss.

 

[TheGoldStandard]

Hope it’s not a preview of the post season but if we draw the wrong team in the first round it’s very possible.

Sadly, I hope it is, as it may be the only way to get ownership/management to blow **** up.

I think it is mostly on Quin, but either way, something needs to change.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Mitchell was the only one with juice the whole game and when the Lakers built the entire defense around shutting him down, we didn't have a counter.

This is true. The Lakers were trapping him and getting the ball out of his hands. He had a couple bad misses though.

 

[Agent#00]

whats going on with conley? its been several games now

 

[akirac73]

We are to the Lakers what the Denver Nuggets are to us...a bright spot during a miserable stretch of poor play. Now watch the Lakers go back to normal and lose 10 in a row.

 

[fishonjazz]

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.

I might be wrong on the westbrook play but on the lebron one i was mentally yelling at gobert to close out on lebron. I knew he was shooting a three and I knew it was going in. I think everyone did. Sure it would allow lebron to get to the paint. But at least then maybe someone can challenge and make him miss. If not, 3 points is more than 2.