Game Thread May 16, 2021 07:00PM MT: Jazz at Kings

[Isaiah 1:13]

My play-in guess:

LAL > GSW for #7 seed
MEM > SAS for #9 seed
GSW > MEM for #8 seed

Yeah, not groundbreaking and most would vote that way. I'd love for the Spurs to win two in a row but that ain't happening.

Let’s hope for a Spurs upset of the Grizzlies, because based on what I saw in their match-up yesterday, Memphis has zero chance against Golden State.

 

[SteakNEggs]

Not one mention of us on ESPN.com but Nets locked in the 2 seed, Knicks clinched the 4 seed, Wizards lock the 8 seed, and Morris apologized to Luka.

 

[jumpin bean]

WE NEED TO BRING THE NOISE, With 13 plus thousand people screaming at home, these teams wont handle it well because they have been playing to a few scragglers and cardboard cutouts. lets use this homecourt advantage to get this franchise a title and make the media shake our hands with a fake smile as we get the ship

 

[enchilada_style]

Rudy is burning a hole through my phone screen with those eyes


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[jazzVA]

Tonight was the first time I've watched a game in real time in years. I'm getting a new TV and if I understand correctly you only get a 4k signal for live or streamed content but DVR recordings are in regular HD. New TV gets here on Thursday so I needed a little warm-up.

A little warm-up, link

 

[bopahull]

If the Jazz are indeed the best team in the NBA as their record shows, it shouldn't matter who our next opponent is. A post season of Lakers, Clippers, Suns and Brooklyn, Bring it on, I believe this team can beat them all.

 

[NAOS]

The only teams that scare me in the West are the Lakers and Suns, and hopefully, both of them will be on the opposite side of the bracket.

I'm worried about how we'd score against them, and on the other end CP3 gives Gobert real trouble. I'm not worried at all about being able to score against the Clippers, and Gobert is a bad matchup for them.

If you don’t fear the Clips defense, then have a listen to Locke’s show today. If you put their healthy playoff roster on the floor, the filtered stats show and absolutely elite defense. An elite offense, too.

Nobody should sleep on the Clippers.

 

[MTS]

If you don’t fear the Clips defense, then have a listen to Locke’s show today. If you put their healthy playoff roster on the floor, the filtered stats show and absolutely elite defense. An elite offense, too.

Nobody should sleep on the Clippers.

My thing is, the Clippers really can't counter Gobert as effectively as the Lakers/Suns/Nuggets. We have fared well against them at full strength the last couple seasons - their one win post-Clarkson trade, we got them into the shot profile we wanted, and they honestly just shot an unsustainably high percentage from mid-range.

 

[NAOS]

My thing is, the Clippers really can't counter Gobert as effectively as the Lakers/Suns/Nuggets. We have fared well against them at full strength the last couple seasons - their one win post-Clarkson trade, we got them into the shot profile we wanted, and they honestly just shot an unsustainably high percentage from mid-range.

They’ll counter Gobert by playing Ibaka at the 5. And that’ll work pretty damn well.

 

[MTS]

They’ll counter Gobert by playing Ibaka at the 5. And that’ll work pretty damn well.

It sure didn't work in their two full-strength games against us in the regular season.

 

[framer]

If you don’t fear the Clips defense, then have a listen to Locke’s show today. If you put their healthy playoff roster on the floor, the filtered stats show and absolutely elite defense. An elite offense, too.

Nobody should sleep on the Clippers.

The filtered stats over the season is kind of garbage for a team like the Clippers who did so much load management. There is no load management in the playoffs. According to Locke's filtered stats the Warriors are the most dangerous team in the playoffs, simply because they sat Wiseman and Oubre. Stats are a useful part of the story, but they aren't all the story. Clippers are good, but they are properly rated as is.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The filtered stats over the season is kind of garbage for a team like the Clippers who did so much load management. There is no load management in the playoffs. According to Locke's filtered stats the Warriors are the most dangerous team in the playoffs, simply because they sat Wiseman and Oubre. Stats are a useful part of the story, but they aren't all the story. Clippers are good, but they are properly rated as is.

There are also no back-to-backs in the playoffs which is the scenario that load-management most-often targets.