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Game Thread: OKC Thunder vs Utah Jazz 3/28/15 @ESA 7 PM MT

LjJazzman said:
I haven't seen it mention yet but Jingles was trash talking Kanter almost non stop during the game. When he was on the court he was and when he was on the bench.

Jingles and Booker need to sign 5 year deals after this game.
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The point in the game where Ingles was clowning Kanter on offense was one of the highlights of the game for me. He just baited him into sagging too far off and buried a jumper in his face. Damn Kanter is completely worthless on defense.
 
Nate505 said:
The point in the game where Ingles was clowning Kanter on offense was one of the highlights of the game for me. He just baited him into sagging too far off and buried a jumper in his face. Damn Kanter is completely worthless on defense.
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Didn't jazz shoot less than 40%< on the game? It wasn't OKC's defense that sucked but their offense this game. At least in comparison to Utah's defense/offense.
 
I was listening to the game as I sat around the campfire and enjoying every minute of it.
I had always liked kanter..... after those comments from him, **** him.

Awesome game.


I actually kind of liked listening to locke for the first time ever too
 
Our players must have loved playing against Kanter because of his non-existent defense. I mean Trey was driving almost every time.
 
Regarding PG contribution, we haven't had very good offensive games from either, but Exum generally plays good to excellent defense. That is a positive contribution. Unfortunately it doesn't exactly show in the box score statistics, so many of you miss it. Hell, Exum limited Westbrook for most of the 2nd half, was that not a positive contribution?
 
The Blue Elephant said:
https://stats.nba.com/player/#!/202...ll-Star&DateFrom=03/28/2015&DateTo=03/29/2015

Enes Kanter allowed only 33% shooting vs him vs the Jazz

https://stats.nba.com/player/#!/203...Games=1&DateFrom=03/28/2015&DateTo=03/28/2015

Rudy Gobert allowed 44% vs the Thunder.
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Here is why this stat is incredibly deceptive:

A) It doesn't take into account that Kanter was going against far weaker offensive players than Gobert.
B) It doesn't take into account that OKC actively tries to hide Kanter on defense whereas the Jazz have Gobert helping out all over the place.

The variables, they matter.
 
KD's Framily said:
Here is why this stat is incredibly deceptive:

A) It doesn't take into account that Kanter was going against far weaker offensive players than Gobert.
B) It doesn't take into account that OKC actively tries to hide Kanter on defense whereas the Jazz have Gobert helping out all over the place.

The variables, they matter.
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No doubt it doesn't show everything but it does support the notion that Kanter wasn't as exposed vs the Jazz as everyone thought he was. He had a good game. Jazz just had a better game.
 
The Blue Elephant said:
No doubt it doesn't show everything but it does support the notion that Kanter wasn't as exposed vs the Jazz as everyone thought he was. He had a good game. Jazz just had a better game.
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I wouldn't even say this is true. The Jazz were having a very easy time getting points in the paint, because Kanter would stand flat-footed outside the paint and offer little help. Gobert was always rushing over to help contest the shot. Sometimes he couldn't quite get there in time, other times Westbrook made the shot anyway because he's an elite talent, and other times the shot would miss, but because Rudy was out of position contesting the shot, another player would grab the offensive rebound and put it in.

All of that counted against Rudy in the stat you posted. Whereas Kanter standing flat-footed did not count against him, because he never made an effort to contest the shot to begin with.
 
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