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Game Thread: State of Utah @ Land of Cleve, Jan 4, 5:00 pm

I think Quin is staggering minutes differently knowing that they have a game tomorrow night that should be tougher than this one (in theory).

I feel like Ricky got subbed out earlier because he wasn't playing well, Dante provided a spark, then had 2 turnovers and rightly Ricky came back in slightly earlier than normal and played well. No complaints about the PG rotation right now.
 
Still think the Jazz will get this one fairly comfortably, seemed like the Cavs just hit a bunch of tough ISO looks that don't seem sustainable to me for a whole game.

Rubio and Mitchell were both great in that 2nd quarter, and I thought Exum in his minutes was fine too. Ingles/Crowder/Korver going 4/14 and 1/9 from deep hurt more.
 
Correct Answer: No

Break that down for us without using +/- which is a flawed measure.

Exum played half as many minutes and had 2 assists to Rubio's 3
They both had 2 turnovers
Rubio shot 3-7, Exum 2-4
They both have 1 rebound
Exum played with mostly the 2nd unit whereas Rubio played mostly with the starters

How can anyone say that it's a clear decision that Rubio is outplaying Exum? Sure, he might have a very slight edge tonight, but neither is worth praising or bashing.
 
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