Game Thread: Game #78: Bland Antonio Spurts, Tuesday April 5th (7:00 PM MST)

[mellow]

What happened to Brad Jones?

Nothing yet, but it seemed obvious he was on the out. For people who have worked in a political or cut-throat office, it is clear when someone is out.

 

[MTS]

Hayward gets fouled a lot, and doesn't get the calls, I think it is because he is just so slow. The ref came over and apologized to Hayward during a timeout for missing the critical no-call in the fourth.

Did he apologize for possibly screwing the Jazz out of a playoff spot too?

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

Did he apologize for possibly screwing the Jazz out of a playoff spot too?

Yeah. No thanks for the apology. Just call the damn game correctly.

 

[LifeOnaPlate]

Great post, mellow

 

[fgcamel]

We need to win some of these damn games man. Moral victories don't get you playoff berths.

Hood has stones. Love me some Rodney. Gordon, cut your damn hair.

Let's not forget the great play Gordon made to level it before Kawhi's shot.

 

[Gameface]

Let's not forget the great play Gordon made to level it before Kawhi's shot.

That was a hell of a good shot.

 

[fishonjazz]

Different kind of sting. Feels like the Spurs got super lucky with that Parker shot.

Ya that shot was the dagger.
Warriors loss is worse though simply due to 44% free throw shooting from the jazz.

 

[fishonjazz]

In a sense, yes. I've done research in disability studies, intellectual disabilities in particular, so a lot of people I know, myself included, find the word offensive. You're of course free to continue using the term. Or you can take my free advice and find a more respectful way to be disrespectful that doesn't cash in on people with disabilities.

Not surprised that ignacio didn't respond to your post with any sort of apology.

Feels like we've been really unlucky this season with other teams making crazy difficult clutch shots against us.

This

to the idiot who was saying Kawhi outplayed Hood tonight:

Kawhi Leonard was -18 in a two-point win tonight.

Was obvious that hood was the better player than Leonard tonight.

Shows how bad our bench played this game. Each time the bench went on huge scoring droughts.

While I was watching the game I kept thinking that the spurs should just roll with their bench... But I guess guess it had more to do with our bench.

I wish Trey Lyles would have just shot the three balls

I agree. He passed up too many open threes.

 

[Lost_Jazz_Fan]

The game was there for the taking and the Jazz just didn't get the bounces at the end. Tough break. But, we still have a few games left to put our stamp on the season and get into the playoffs this year.

I wouldn't put it past them to win out at this point.

 

[candrew]

Something about the Jazz playing the Spurs is so ****ing infuriating. They are just so crafty, even though were in this I still feel like the Spurs will pull something out of their ***.

This is how I've felt for the last 15 years. Watching The Jazz play the Spurs is like getting root canal done. It's so god damn tedious. It's by far the least fun I have watching The Jazz play - low scores, long scoring droughts and just when you think they're going to make a run, SAS finds a different way to shut you down or score points.

I'd rather Utah get the 8th seed and play GSW in the first round.

 

[fishonjazz]

Chris johnson last night: 0-2, zero points, zero rebounds, zero assists, zero steals, zero blocks. At least he had zero turnovers. (in his defense he only played 2 minutes according to the box score.)

Raul neto last night: 0-2, zero points, 1 rebound, zero assists, zero steals, zero blocks, 2 turnovers in 13 minutes.

If burks was back then cj gets zero minutes and the triple wing lineup takes some of neto's minutes too.
Jazz gotta keep cashing in those insurance checks doe.

 

[mellow]

A couple of other things I wanted to mention, Shelvin Mack has a tremendous floater, the Spurs were willing to let him take it. They were willing to let lyles shoot mid range jumpers too. Amazing how the Spurs defense allows for the low percentage shots. It must be really hard for the players to pass up open shots to find higher percentage shots.

Mack could restrain from shooting those okay shots, so he played a lot of minutes. Lyles could not keep from shooting so he got pulled.