Max Porter
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I like this idea he has a long wing span and is pretty quick for his size.
Game Thread May 26, 2021 08:00PM MT: Jazz vs. Grizzlies - Game 2
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Uhh. Good? The point of making the calls is to deter further fouling.
If their strategy is to maul the Jazz and get away with it, then they shouldn’t be in the playoffs.
*first quarter
And he’s mistake-prone and can’t shoot to save his life in moments that matter.
The consistent problem here is the Jazz force Gobert to single-handedly save the defense. He needs ANY help in situations like that, and against a kid that can only hit stand-still, wide-open shots, these errors are inexcusable.
In the plays you just described, there are supposed to be at least two defensive players. As Jazz fans, we have learned to assume there is only one.
They played Donovan on a minutes-restriction and it worked. I’m not advocating sitting players.
Max Porter
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We don’t need his offense though we need his defense. I’m not talking about the whole game I’m saying give Royce a few minutes away from morant and just see how well he can defend him. Because last night was a morant buzz saw. We need to try something otherwise they will win this series.
Watching Ja torch us for 47 was unnerving, especially after what Murray did to us last year. The key difference, however, is Murray was doing it off of crazy long distance shot making, and Ja basically made all of his shots on lightly contested 5 footers. Fixing for what Ja did to us should be much easier, but I still don't have any confidence given our track record.
SteakNEggs
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I don't think we have an answer for Ja but I also don't think they have an answer for DM, Conley, Bogey, Ingles, and Clarkson combo. The only way they stop us is by us not hitting our shots.
l Abach l
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I don't have a sensical reason for why the Jazz are treating Ja like 2016 Curry. I know this sounds crazy but Ja should be getting the Giannis treatment - the defender should sag and take away the easy drive to the lane / floater. Ja's not going to torch us from 3 ball land, and I'd rather take my chances with that than seeing him shoot >50% with >15 FTs a game.
This all goes back to Snyder's moneyball approach. Take away the 3 and "funnel" players into the midrange game. The problem with the moneyball approach is that regular season stats hardly ever translates into post season play. Just look at Clarkson's 3 pt %. Here's to hoping the Jazz make some adjustments vs. Ja...
This all goes back to Snyder's moneyball approach. Take away the 3 and "funnel" players into the midrange game. The problem with the moneyball approach is that regular season stats hardly ever translates into post season play. Just look at Clarkson's 3 pt %. Here's to hoping the Jazz make some adjustments vs. Ja...
Has anyone mentioned how good Rudy looked catching passes in traffic, and fluidly going to the rim? He was amazing.
The problem though is our offense is predicated on spacing. Even if we do not need his scoring, we need his defender to stay relatively close to him to accomplish the spacing we need. Oni or Forest would be a nice defensive option to throw out there for a few minutes, but it might come at the expense of our offense as well. Might work better if one of them was out there with Donovan though, as he doesn’t need the same spacing as the rest of the team.