Jazz@hawks, 3.25.12, 4:00 p.m.
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I'm sure Ty's vast knowledge of 4OT's really helped him manage the game tonight.
TheSilencer1313
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The Jazz should've won the game in regulation, but the refs didn't call the obvious foul on Millsap.
"Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin
"Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin
InGameStrategy
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The principle of putting out the best combinations on a given night would have circumvented any lack of experience for 4 overtimes--and probably would've avoided any or all of them anyway.
It's the same ol' thing; Corbin put Kanter and Favors together for a large chunk of the second quarter, despite the fact that playing Favors or Kanter alongside Millsap or Jefferson had worked so well. If you avoid the obvious and do what you've always done, then expect the same results.
Corbin is following the flawed Sloan practice of playing the "vets" and starters mostly together and relying on the starters toward the end of the game. Jefferson was scoring, but his defense was poor (as usual) and his aggressiveness was subpar (as evidenced by zero FTs).
Better substitution strategy could've won it long before the last shot.
Sloan is in the Hall of Fame...just sayin.
As for Jeffy, his game is not about drawing fouls. You might find yourself some peace if you stop expecting Al to be a combination of Karl Malone, Moses Malone, and Kareem Abdul Jabbar....just a thought
And also, Jeffy was fouled a bunch of times. The refs weren't very good tonight...maybe you noticed?
Well, the hawks think the refs did a good job, and the hawks fans would have thought the same, if any of them had been at the game
addictionary
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Good loss for the Jazz. I thought it'd be a hard loss but everyone worked pretty hard, didn't fall off the pace and didn't lose concentration. Harris made me proud to take the clutch shots, only to miss'em by chance, disprove me about my thoughts on him being a necessary trade, useless pg. Sap lacked confidence when taking the last shot. Jazz got close to win many times, but it's a good loss and it will have good effects on staying hungry rather than getting devastated win a huge gap.
That scene is from the last shot on the 2nd OT, where we can see the bench's reaction. Favors statue is a part of that chemistry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7WxEjtemyk
That scene is from the last shot on the 2nd OT, where we can see the bench's reaction. Favors statue is a part of that chemistry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7WxEjtemyk
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InGameStrategy
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And Sloan had two Hall of Famers/top 50 players to hitch a ride to who helped him hide his in-game ineptitude for nearly 20 years. He was a good motivator and probably a good teacher, but a poor game manager and not a particularly good player developer; Stock, Malone, and more recently Millsap were primarily products of their own motivation. By contrast, see Gregg Popovich. Just sayin'.
Cue the violins; blame it on the refs. Who's asking "Jeffy" to be a Hall of Famer? Just asking for enough aggressiveness to draw some fouls and enough defense not to be a liability.
Oh, and just asking for a coach to identify the best rotation on a given night and then play them. Yesterday, the best rotation wasn't playing Kanter, Favors, and Carroll together in the second quarter (and it often isn't). And it wasn't to play almost exclusively Millsap and Jefferson at the 4-5 spots during extended time, especially when Favors and Kanter had shown the ability to play well in the clutch.
Best strategy was (and usually is) to pair Jefferson or Millsap with one of the young bigs for large portions of the game. In Q1 the young bigs didn't come in until 2 minutes left; in Q3, until 1 minute left. And Teague sat down with 3 minutes left, leaving the opportunity for Tinsley to run with Hinrich.
Just sayin'.
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