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Jazz vs. Mavs in round one

cowhide said:
I think the Jazz are more athletic and have more options but they don't seem to be as consistent shooters as in the past. They certainly have had trouble holding onto leads. They blew an 11 point lead in Dallas but managed to hang on. It was a nice ugly win but in the playoffs all you want to do is win and move on. Look what happened to Memphis, they looked like contenders all year and they laid a big egg on their home court. Now Minnesota looks tough to beat.
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In the playoffs, it's hard to get a read after just one game. Plenty of series where one team looks lost in game one and then come out and win the series going away. I anticipate Memphis does just that.
 
cowhide said:
I think the Jazz are more athletic and have more options but they don't seem to be as consistent shooters as in the past. They certainly have had trouble holding onto leads. They blew an 11 point lead in Dallas but managed to hang on. It was a nice ugly win but in the playoffs all you want to do is win and move on. Look what happened to Memphis, they looked like contenders all year and they laid a big egg on their home court. Now Minnesota looks tough to beat.
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Jazz had never played against that Dallas team before. Quin is famous for using Game 1 to feel a series out, test rotations and tighten the game plan going forward. It's great that the Jazz got a win in Game 1, because they'll be more focused and confident for the rest of the series.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
The Jazz's shooters of the past, like Ingles and Niang, could be neutralized by switching defense that stifles the Jazz's ball movement. Those guys both had a bad series against the Clippers once the Clippers went small. That's what the Jazz have been contending with.
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And it's what the jazz never addressed. The most glaring weakness everyone could see we did nothing about it. Perimeter D and dealing with small ball switching defense.
 
LogGrad98 said:
And it's what the jazz never addressed. The most glaring weakness everyone could see we did nothing about it. Perimeter D and dealing with small ball switching defense.
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The hope was that Rudy Gay would be able to attack a switch, but he hasn't moved well enough or been consistent enough to keep on the floor. Eric Paschall is a guy who can attack from about 12 feet and in. He can also make passes out of the short roll, so it wouldn't surprise me if he got some time in the series. The problem with Paschall is that he doesn't rebound much, and the Mavs have been very guard-centric, meaning that Paschall might have to guard Brunson or Dinwiddie on some possessions.

What the Jazz need is a wing with some size/length/athleticism who can guard switches, make 3s and attack offensively. That's a very valuable player in this league. You see the Jazz chose to close yesterday with Royce, and you saw what happened when he put the ball down and attacked the paint. Fortunately, he got his own rebound and got an open look to knock down the dagger 3. Mavs might back off of him and ask him to prove he can do it consistently though.

House scored a couple buckets, plus a corner 3. I'd like to see him get more minutes going forward. I think Quin trusts Royce to make good decisions under pressure because he's been there before. Unless Royce is getting toasted defensively, I think he'll continue to get minutes with the closing lineup.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
The Jazz's shooters of the past, like Ingles and Niang, could be neutralized by switching defense that stifles the Jazz's ball movement. Those guys both had a bad series against the Clippers once the Clippers went small. That's what the Jazz have been contending with.
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To say Ingles and Niang were both bad in the Clippers series is simply not true. Ingles was absolutely terrific and Niang was awful. Joe averaged 14 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds on 54% shooting and 46% from 3. Niang on the other hand averaged less than 1 point a game and shot 15% from the field and 10% from 3. Ingles was one of our best players in that series and Niang was by far our worst.
 
The NBA just announced that game 5 will be Monday at 7:30 MT on TNT.
 
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