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GAME 1: Little Ricky's journey to the playoffs -- Jazz @ Thunder 4/15/18 4:30 pm MST

Deron Williams said:
I've pointed this out before, but in 2009-10, the Jazz

1) lost the final game of the regular season to miss out on HCA in the 1st round
2) played Melo's team in Rd 1
3) suffered an injury (Memo) in the first game of that series, which they lost.

They won of the 4 of the next 5 and won that series pretty convincingly.
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That Jazz team was an offensive juggernaut and Deron Williams was playing MVP level basketball.
 
l Abach l said:
That Jazz team was an offensive juggernaut and Deron Williams was playing MVP level basketball.
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Deron Williams was never anywhere near an MVP. The 2010 offensive "juggernaut" finished 8th in offensive ranking and 10th in defense. They were 3rd overall in SRS. This year's team finished 16th/2nd/4th in off/def/srs.
 
l Abach l said:
I think that (and I'd love to be wrong) both Rubio and Ingles' game is better suited for the regular season. You could tell that both of these guys were bothered by the physicality/intensity of the playoffs. This may be an overreaction after one playoff game, but let's face it... Ingles had Redick guarding him last year in the 1st round.
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It would help if they could create their own shot.
 
Ron Mexico said:
Exum played solid defense even on Westbrook. He started to take over the game but they just kept hitting threes. He also had some bad turnovers. Although I think he was fouled on 2 of them, but thats how it goes sometimes.
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Totally irrelevant. But a quick look at the boxscore, they have Burks 4/4 and Exum 4/6. I think Burks last missed drive they attributed to Exum lol

DM held his own. Not too much more can be said I reckon...
 
l Abach l said:
I think that (and I'd love to be wrong) both Rubio and Ingles' game is better suited for the regular season. You could tell that both of these guys were bothered by the physicality/intensity of the playoffs. This may be an overreaction after one playoff game, but let's face it... Ingles had Redick guarding him last year in the 1st round.
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good point ... this time of the season is where the physical superiority rises....
 
Douchebag K said:
good point ... this time of the season is where the physical superiority rises....
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It also highlights how important Ingles offense has been to our incredible run to finish the season. If he is unable to contribute on that end due to PGs defense that puts a ton of pressure on Mitchell and Rubio to pick up the slack.
 
Tough lost tonight. Any word on Donovan? Sucks that he got hurt in his first playoff game. If he misses the next game, we are in big ****
 
Ellis269 said:
Royce played great against KD just last week. And he’s been an honerable mention All Defensive player mentioned by numerous pundits. C’mon man. Burks got hot in garbage time and knocked down shots. For whatever reason, he’s fallen out of the rotation. I’m glad he shot well tonight, but let’s not overreact.

If you want to say that the Jazz should have gotten someone who offers more than Royce for the playoffs - then that’s fair. But he’s played well as a rotational player and should be the top option off the bench. I just wish he had more confidence in his offense right now.
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I remember O’Neal locking down harden quite well too. Anyone who doesn’t think he is a great defender hasn’t been watching.
 
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