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Jazz vs. Mavs in round one

KqWIN said:
Jazz going up 3-0 and then blowing it would be right on brand. This team makes history…it’s what they’re good at.
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My prediction is up 3-0 and up 25 in the second half... then they go on a huge scoring run and we lose. I will not feel good until we win every game... no collapse is too big for this team.
 
Jingled said:
Agreed. I just don't see how the Mavs could possibly score enough points without Luka to beat us.
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Clippers without PG and Kawhi put an all time offensive output against us. I think anyone can put enough points to beat us. Our defense is terrible and you don’t need top end talent to get by our defenders.

The Mavs have also been pretty good without Luka on the court the past few years. Luka is not one of those stars with a gigantic on/off differential. The Mavs have good systems and good talent all around, which is a recipe for disaster for the Jazz.

On paper, the Jazz should beat the Mavs with or without Luka. But this Jazz team is unbelievable/illogical, and they can very easily embarrass themselves against the Mavs with or without Luka.
 
infection said:
Nobody would care. Officiating can also swing momentum with plenty of cover because “that’s just what the Jazz do.”
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A clear scheduling BS move though just means the NBA is looking more and more like WWE... Also they should not tempt the basketball gods... they already did it once.
 
KqWIN said:
Clippers without PG and Kawhi put an all time offensive output against us. I think anyone can put enough points to beat us. Our defense is terrible and you don’t need top end talent to get by our defenders.

The Mavs have also been pretty good without Luka on the court the past few years. Luka is not one of those stars with a gigantic on/off differential. The Mavs have good systems and good talent all around, which is a recipe for disaster for the Jazz.

On paper, the Jazz should beat the Mavs with or without Luka. But this Jazz team is unbelievable/illogical, and they can very easily embarrass themselves against the Mavs with or without Luka.
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Imagine Luka doesn't play and the Mavs grind out game 1... are we going to punch back? what makes someone believe we would?
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
A clear scheduling BS move though just means the NBA is looking more and more like WWE... Also they should not tempt the basketball gods... they already did it once.
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Every time they do it, they’ve been rewarded with the almighty dollar. When has it ever backfired? Not even Stern going out with a presser saying Donaghey cooked games had any lasting power behind a couple days and a few people online.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
My prediction is up 3-0 and up 25 in the second half... then they go on a huge scoring run and we lose. I will not feel good until we win every game... no collapse is too big for this team.
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I think Luka comes back for game 4, we are up 25 and on our way to a sweep. They shut down Luka bc it’s seemingly over. Jalen Brunson turns us into traffic cones and it leads to death by Maxi Kleber 3’s.

The one thing everyone can agree on is exactly what you said. No collapse is too big for this team and major collapses are to be expected.
 
infection said:
Every time they do it, they’ve been rewarded with the almighty dollar. When has it ever backfired? Not even Stern going out with a presser saying Donaghey cooked games had any lasting power behind a couple days and a few people online.
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They rescinded a tech for Luka and the basketball gods took his calf muscle... they are not to be messed with.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Imagine Luka doesn't play and the Mavs grind out game 1... are we going to punch back? what makes someone believe we would?
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It's a good point. We can talk for days about the X's and O's and our poor roster composition, but when it comes to last year's LAC series the Jazz should have absolutely won. They just get shell shocked when something goes wrong. I've never seen a team more in sync and on the same pages as the Jazz are when something goes wrong. It takes a team effort to collapse and fall apart as well as they do.
 
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