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Let's show em' how it's done in Detroit tonight

Looking at the Detroit board and it is interesting to see that they are pining for someone who can be trusted to close out games. "Someone like Hayward. . ." Hayward starting to get some calls too.
 
GVC said:
I think the biggest issue right now is the Jazz might be better with more shooting and defense, since the offense is looking better overall and Hayward's drives and pull-ups are working out.
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Right, so even though he isn't playing great basketball, since he is giving them those two things, it seems to be working out okay anyway. Hopefully, once he gets more comfortable with the offense, he can get back to his slashing, drawing fouls game we're used to.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Right, so even though he isn't playing great basketball, since he is giving them those two things, it seems to be working out okay anyway. Hopefully, once he gets more comfortable with the offense, he can get back to his slashing, drawing fouls game we're used to.
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I'm not sure I follow. I'm only saying Burks is a bit redundant out there right now. What you lose in slashing ability you might be able to make up in shooting or defense with a specialist.
 
GVC said:
I'm not sure I follow. I'm only saying Burks is a bit redundant out there right now. What you lose in slashing ability you might be able to make up in shooting or defense with a specialist.
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Ahh...I thought you were paying him a compliment. 41% 3pt right now and his defense tonight was very good, IMO.
 
Dante has to learn how to navigate screens. When he was matched up against Jennings, they were putting him in pick and rolls every time down the court. He also has to get down into a proper defensive stance. As Jordan Farmar showed, Dante can be crossed pretty easily playing so upright.

Also, why were the Jazz going over screens set for Brandon Jennings?
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Ahh...I thought you were paying him a compliment. 41% 3pt right now and his defense tonight was very good, IMO.
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He did a good job against Jennings. He's doing a much better job defending picks and rolls this year (he got buried on so many screens last year).

Nitpick: He's shooting .389 from 3 after tonight's game.
 
GVC said:
He did a good job against Jennings. He's doing a much better job defending picks and rolls this year (he got buried on so many screens last year).

Nitpick: He's shooting .389 from 3 after tonight's game.
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You're right. I was looking at the numbers through 6.
 
Nice win. The Pistons are better than their record shows and they have a good amount of talented players.
 
framer said:
Looking at the Detroit board and it is interesting to see that they are pining for someone who can be trusted to close out games. "Someone like Hayward. . ." Hayward starting to get some calls too.
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Wow, to think Detroit passed up Gordo in 2010 and picked Monroe.

Right guys? Right???? Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
GVC said:
Dante has to learn how to navigate screens. When he was matched up against Jennings, they were putting him in pick and rolls every time down the court. He also has to get down into a proper defensive stance. As Jordan Farmar showed, Dante can be crossed pretty easily playing so upright.

Also, why were the Jazz going over screens set for Brandon Jennings?
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I believe this might a conditioning/strength issue too. Staying in a defensive stance for a long time is hard.
 
Just finished watching the game.

Someone said trey sparked the comeback.... he came in at the end of the 3rd with jazz down 4 and left the game with about 5 minutes left and the jazz down by 5.

Favors had a good all around game imo.
Exum was fantastic for the most part.
Ingles was good.
Burks jumper was off but he had 4 really nice buckets in the paint, played really good defense, and had some good passes.
Trey struggled.
Hayward didn't seem to have enough plays run for him early on.... then played great to end the game. (He had a couple of very good rebounds at the end)
Gobert played good defense but was always out of position for rebounds after the good defense.
Booker was ok.
I thought kanter was better than he was given credit for. His mid range jumper was on tonight and I saw him shut down his man a handful of times (maybe 4 or 5 times) He rebounded well too and had some tough matchups.... He is what he is, his defense will never be great but I didn't think it was that bad tonight. He also had a couple of really tough calls go against him.
 
fishonjazz said:
Just finished watching the game.

Someone said trey sparked the comeback.... he came in at the end of the 3rd with jazz down 4 and left the game with about 5 minutes left and the jazz down by 5.
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Correct. Not that it's a reliable indicator of a player's worth over a small sample size, but Trey had the lowest +/- for the game (-8). Obviously most of it was due to the Jazz falling behind big in the 3rd quarter while he was in and not being in the game for the final push when Utah took the lead and held on (that was Dante who had a +11).

Bench definitely won the game for us, outscoring the Detroit subs 29-19 while playing a collective 8 mins. less.
 
The funny thing is that I actually believe that we got Detroit's best shot. They played about as well as they ever do and we were good enough to top them on the road. In other words, beating them wasn't a fluke. As green as we are, I think the Jazz are currently the better team. Detroit is going to fight for the playoffs in the EC. We are definitely ahead of schedule.
 
framer said:
The funny thing is that I actually believe that we got Detroit's best shot. They played about as well as they ever do and we were good enough to top them on the road. In other words, beating them wasn't a fluke. As green as we are, I think the Jazz are currently the better team. Detroit is going to fight for the playoffs in the EC. We are definitely ahead of schedule.
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It was impressive that the team got up early, gave up the big lead, couldn't hit a shot or make a stop...but kept fighting. It was ugly, but this was a good lesson in playing until the end.

Utah is just awful, though, when Hayward holds the ball until there are 7 seconds left on the shot clock. Couple of horrible possessions vs. Cleveland and more of the same tonight.
 
I need to see some real games to properly evaluate Kanter. But from the little I've seen, he's being asked to do something he's too slow
(take your pick) to do, defensively. Like his hero.
 
Hayward and Exum are a lot of fun to watch together. Both have high BBIQ and above average court vision.

They need each other.
 
As a Kanter supporter let me just say that I'd like to have him come off the bench. Start Booker.

Let Kanter figure out the defensive schemes against back ups. He'll like that more and let's just be honest, until Exum starts, the ball moves better with the bench unit.
 
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