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Jazz 2017/18 Playoff Bus! All Aboard!

str8line said:
Crazy that eight of those twelve wins against the toughest teams were on the road. Defense travels. And in looking at the scores so does offense apparently.
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Which is a crazy turn around. The first half of the season we had the best home defense and the worst road defense in the NBA, which is quite extreme.
 
Ron Mexico said:
They won all the games that actually mattered and most of them very convincingly.

Every team in the NBA has had some losses down the stretch. Some of them that mattered and some that didnt matter so the team put in a low effort. Just like the Jazz put in a low effort in a meaningless game against Portland and Warriors put in a low effort in a meaningless game against the Jazz, NBD.
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Yes, the game was meaningless. Why would we possibly have wanted home court.
 
I was looking at my posts from this thread and I nailed the playoffs a month ago lol

SCS said:
Looking at our remaining schedule 14-4 looks extremely doable. 48-34 wouid get us into the playoffs with room to spare I would think.
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^ Quote from March 6th

SCS said:
So these are the teams I think will make into the playoffs after looking at the remaining schedules, team statistics, and so on

Houston Rockets (51-13)- Obviously
Golden State Warriors (51-14)- Obviously
Portland Trailblazers (39-26)- It would take an epic collapse for them to fall completely out of the playoffs with the cushion they have in the standings right now. I don't see it happening. They could drop in the seeding though.
New Orleans Pelicans (38-26)- I don't think that this team is anywhere near as good as their current winning streak, record, or seed suggests. However, just like the Blazers it would take an epic collapse for them to fall out of the playoffs. I think they're in but will drop in the seeding.
San Antonio Spurs (37-28)- I hate the Spurs. I really really do. But until they actually miss the playoffs I'm not buying the idea of their demise. Even without Kawhi they are still a quality team. Especially on the defensive end. I expect them to find a way in.
Oklahoma City Thunder (38-29)- They are top 10 in both offensive and defensive rating and they have a good point differential. I don't see Westbrook allowing them to miss the playoffs.
Utah Jazz (35-30)- We're gonna get in y'all. We're simply too good of a team with a healthy Rudy Gobert to miss the playoffs.

That leaves 1 playoff spot. I think that the Timberwolves will get it but they are in danger without Jimmy Butler. They are a team that relies on outscoring opposing teams because they are bad on defense. Without Butler's offense they struggle to outscore opponents. They are going to have to pull it together quickly to hold on. I think they probably will by the skin of their teeth. Which means that the Clippers and Nuggets will end up missing out. I have no idea what the seeds will look like.
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^ Quote from March 9th
 
Ron Mexico said:
Players don't care about home court advantage. They are who played the game.
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Do the players also not care about winning playoff series?
I don’t know how to look it up but I’m guessing that teams with homecourt win playoff series more often than the teams without it.



Also in the first round prediction thread I keep seeing people picking the jazz to win in 6. Those that are saying which specific games they think the jazz will win are saying the jazz will win 1 of the first 2 in okc and all the jazz home games. Seems like people think the jazz are more likely to win the games at home in this series than the games in okc.

I think the jazz (and every team in he history of the nba) want to have homecourt in the playoffs. Portland is just a good team at home with rest that played us on an off night and beat us. I definitely think that game mattered to the jazz.
 
I think there's no question they'd prefer HCA. At the same time, I don't think they were desperate for it. I think getting secured into the playoffs was a huge psychological burden lifted. I like the phrase "let go of the rope," which Doc Rivers used to describe what the Clippers did against the Jazz. All season they fought, but when they played Utah he said that's the first time he sensed them "let go of the rope." I think once we were secured into the playoffs the guys knew there was solid ground under their feet. They would've preferred to hang on a little longer, but if they let go they would land safely on the ground in the playoffs either way. But whatevs.
 
I've come to the conclusion that it's a whole lot easier to sit on the couch complaining about the team you are a fan of not winning every single game than it is to be a player on the floor trying to actually win every single game.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
I've come to the conclusion that it's a whole lot easier to sit on the couch complaining about the team you are a fan of not winning every single game than it is to be a player on the floor trying to actually win every single game.
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No doubt. After what the jazz have done this year its really shocking to me that people would be unhappy with almost anything about the team.
I mean about the only complaint i conjure up if i try really hard is crowders shot selection. Thats really it and its minor.
 
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