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sgjazzfan said:
Just finished watching. Jazz could have won if they didn't play burke the last 5 minutes. Hayward did not get the ball enough because he was forcing up bricks, and his defense on Lillard was horrible. Other than that, fun game. Jazz had way too many unforced turnovers in the second half though.

Oh, and I hate that Matthews is on the Blazers. Think if the Jazz had him instead of Ingles (I know the Jazz wouldn't have the same team, but it still hurts they lost him for nothing)
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lol

Lillard turned it on. Exum wasn't going to stop him and Exum was an offensive burden. Srsly I've been bitchin about Burke longer than most but let's not be ridiculous. Nobody on our roster was going to keep Lillard from doing that tonight. The shots that he was hitting weren't easy. Dude is a stud. He beat us.
 
mhindy said:
To be fair, the Jazz aren't being held back by their frontcourt, still, it's a travesty that Rudy isn't starting.
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I guess with Exum and Ingles starting, you need Kanter's scoring. If Burks or Hood were healthy and ready to start, then Rudy and Favors should be starting for sure. I love the future lineup of Exum, Hood (or next years draft pick), Favors, Hayward and Rudy. Burks as your 6th man, Kanter as well (if not too expensive). Our starting lineup could be the best defensive team in the league.
 
heyhey said:
lol

Lillard turned it on. Exum wasn't going to stop him and Exum was an offensive burden. Srsly I've been bitchin about Burke longer than most but let's not be ridiculous. Nobody on our roster was going to keep Lillard from doing that tonight. The shots that he was hitting weren't easy. Dude is a stud. He beat us.
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I was more upset about Burke forcing up shots early in the clock. Who knows if Exum would have done better or not, but at least someone else would have been taking shots at the end.
 
sgjazzfan said:
I was more upset about Burke forcing up shots early in the clock. Who knows if Exum would have done better or not, but at least someone else would have been taking shots at the end.
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Burke was in so that the Blazers couldn't double team Hayward. Quin made the right call by playing Burke.
 
framer said:
BTW, after seeing what Rudy just did to Aldridge is there anyone left that thinks that Giannis is a better player than Rudy?
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sgjazzfan said:
Just finished watching. Jazz could have won if they didn't play burke the last 5 minutes. Hayward did not get the ball enough because he was forcing up bricks, and his defense on Lillard was horrible. Other than that, fun game. Jazz had way too many unforced turnovers in the second half though.

Oh, and I hate that Matthews is on the Blazers. Think if the Jazz had him instead of Ingles (I know the Jazz wouldn't have the same team, but it still hurts they lost him for nothing)
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Gordon Hayward forcing up bricks? As in the guy that shot 10 for 16, and 3 of 4 from the perimeter? Also, I don't want to hear **** about his defense... Ever. Dude may not be elite on defense, but he sure as hell never stops playing.
 
mhindy said:
To be fair, the Jazz aren't being held back by their frontcourt, still, it's a travesty that Rudy isn't starting.
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Another way to look at it

Our second Unit outscored Portland 18-5 in the first half. Rudy had a lot to do with holding them to 5.
 
hawkeye said:
Gordon Hayward forcing up bricks? As in the guy that shot 10 for 16, and 3 of 4 from the perimeter? Also, I don't want to hear **** about his defense... Ever. Dude may not be elite on defense, but he sure as hell never stops playing.
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He was referring to Burke.
 
Cy said:
So who should take shots then? Should we just give Hayward the ball all the time and let him take the shots (like last year when his % where awful)?

Burke takes bad shots so other players don't have to. We just don't have any shot creator outside of Hayward other than Burke on the team. So if Hayward isn't creating offense or taking a shot, it kind of has to be Burke. Hayward doesn't want/can't do all the work 100% of the time.

Does Burke bring some of these bad shots on himself? Yeah, but it's not all his fault. The team makeup partially forces a lot of these shots on him.
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That makes sense. Let's have our PG (ball distributor) not distribute the ball. Thank you Trey, for taking bad shots, because evidently if you don't, someone else has to.
 
JAZZGASM said:
That makes sense. Let's have our PG (ball distributor) not distribute the ball. Thank you Trey, for taking bad shots, because evidently if you don't, someone else has to.
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Problem is...Dante was the PG when the Blazers started off the game strong and then in the 3rd when they erased a 3 pt lead and went up by 11. Sure Trey had some bad shots. But Dante was giving Utah NOTHING. Even when Dante, with his supposedly elite speed, had a breakaway layup he got run down and stopped. Exum had some decent defensive plays, but not enough to justify his playing time.

I'll be honest, with Hayward, Burks and even Ingles running the offense, the Jazz need less of a PG than just a scorer. The type of player who would be perfect in this offense (and it pains me to say this because I hate the guy) is a Derek Fisher in his prime.
 
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