jom2003
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with clarkson we are still sitting in the bottom of the league in bench scoring... playing our starters heavy minutes right now is really gonna hurt us comes playoffs
Jazz @ Pelicans 1/16/20 6 PM MT Going For 11 Straight Wins Game Thread
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Jazz have won 8 of their last 10 road games.
yamers
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Rejoice
jazfan23
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I think they just had a little more juice then us ... give them credit , Pelicans are a good team that pushed us hard ..
Jazz have used up some gas in the past few games , after we beat the Nets , their next game they had a drop off so you could see what we took out of them.
Im not so hung up on blaming Bradley , we made some bad choices down the stretch ..
My concern still is the PF position ... we still need a back up , I don’t mind Royce starting, he gives his all , but Niang worries me a lot ... come playoff time , when Royce struggles to guard the bigger player , we need someone to step in and help ...
Jazz have used up some gas in the past few games , after we beat the Nets , their next game they had a drop off so you could see what we took out of them.
Im not so hung up on blaming Bradley , we made some bad choices down the stretch ..
My concern still is the PF position ... we still need a back up , I don’t mind Royce starting, he gives his all , but Niang worries me a lot ... come playoff time , when Royce struggles to guard the bigger player , we need someone to step in and help ...
jjscap
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I just watched the condensed game. It looked like another W until they run out of energy. Bojan and Ingles couldn't grab an easy defensive rebound with about 1:30 left and NOP got the ball and made an instant three to cut the lead from 4 to 1.
DM's shots were smart. It wasn't hero ball at all and he was more energetic than other scorers. He constantly took advantage of his defenders particularly off the dribble. Only blatantly bad shot was the most crucial one, an 18 foot jumper with 10.5 seconds left in regulation, 6 seconds on the shot clock. Donovan makes this mistake frequently, he should manage the clock better. How about a long rainbow three about 5 seconds later? I mean even if it hadn't gone in NOP'd have had two or three seconds left to live.
DM's shots were smart. It wasn't hero ball at all and he was more energetic than other scorers. He constantly took advantage of his defenders particularly off the dribble. Only blatantly bad shot was the most crucial one, an 18 foot jumper with 10.5 seconds left in regulation, 6 seconds on the shot clock. Donovan makes this mistake frequently, he should manage the clock better. How about a long rainbow three about 5 seconds later? I mean even if it hadn't gone in NOP'd have had two or three seconds left to live.
candrew
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Sunk cost....this FO is known for it. When you pick diamonds out the rough that others aren't seeing (Mitchell, Gobert and to a lesser extent Royce) you start to believe you can work miracles.
Basketball John
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Amen. Towns can be terrifying though! I freaking hate it when that matchup comes. That fool chucks the ball up from 5 beyond the arc like he's throwing stones in the ocean and when he is on, NOBODY can guard it. It has very little to do with Rudy's perimeter defense. Just a tough shot to contest no matter who you are.
I do think that this will be a little better when Mike gets back because I think that Mike and Joe will start and we'll have Royce coming off the bench which will reduce the minutes/role of Niang a little bit so we can use him in a more ideal role of specialist sniper.
sahlensguy
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Donovan was great but he needs to stop swapping his shirt. He couldn't find a taker and Ingram ripped his heart out.