NON-JAZZ NBA PLAYOFF thread

[Sean]

I’m very nervous about this series... I think the Clips are the toughest west team left for us. It isn’t a dire situation like with Houston or the Warriors a few years ago where there isn’t hope.

I think the winner of this series ends up representing the west. If Mike is healthy I’d give us a real good shot at it... if Mike doesn’t play or is really limited I think we might be screwed.

Im expecting Morris to shoot like 75% from three and for PG to look more like playoff P than playoff pee. I think they bring Bev back for the series too to guard Don and/or Mike. If serge can’t play that’d be helpful.

If I had to guess... I think there is a 40% chance we beat them.

I really don't have a strong feeling either way. I think it'll be a challenging series but I could see the Jazz winning it in five or six, and also losing it in six or seven (hard to imagine only getting one win in this series, tho). But really, I think this series is really going to be defined by the first two games. I fully think we can win at Staples, especially with their limited capacity. So, if Utah can jump on them and go up 2-0, get a win in Los Angeles, I think we'll be sitting pretty .

IF the Clippers come out and steal game one or two, tho, I don't know ... yes, we came back against Memphis and won four straight. But this ain't Memphis. Like I said, I think we could win on the road, so, I won't panic too much (unless we go down 2-0 like the Clips did to Dallas lol) but I do think 2-0 is pretty important for the Jazz, especially at keeping this series from going seven.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Hopefully Ingles seeing playoff P will get his juices flowing.

 

[JazzForLifee]

40+ min for the last few games. Then coming to utah to play. They will be tired for sure.

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[Agent#00]

They need 7 games to beat dallas.
We are better than dallas.

We got this!

 

[Sean]

They need 7 games to beat dallas.
We are better than dallas.

We got this!

I wish things transferred like that. Some teams are just match up hell for other teams.

The Jazz needed five games in 1998 to beat the Rockets (back when the first-round was best of five). I don't think that really meant much of anything beyond the fact the Jazz struggled for that series with Houston and eventually turned it on, blowing past the Spurs 4-1 in the semifinals and then sweeping the Lakers in the WCF.

 

[Getting Traded]

They need 7 games to beat dallas.
We are better than dallas.

We got this!

Did you see how pathetic Dallas's rebounding was. It was why they lost.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

We need Bubble Mitchell, and we need Gobert to dominate the paint. We also need both Clarkson and Conley to score effectively.

 

[Agent#00]

Did you see how pathetic Dallas's rebounding was. It was why they lost.

Last time we met them they beat us 116-112, They got 45 rebounds compared to us 38. But I thought it was Lou williams who killed us, he dropped 19 pts off the bench. Now he's gone.

Dm scored 35 and Mike scored 33 against them in the regular season.

Luka scored 40, 39, 44, 19, 42, 42, 46. Luka destroyed Beverly, he isn't an elite defender as the media made him out to be.

Kawhi and PG played 40+ minutes in 6 out of 7 games vs. Dallas.

I think the key would be clarkson and our bench and hopefully Joe wakes up.

Still it can go either way. Go jazz!

 

[DasJazz]

Our bench is always the make or break reason for our overall success. If they play to their strengths we win this series in 6 games.

 

[fishonjazz]

Last time we met them they beat us 116-112, They got 45 rebounds compared to us 38. But I thought it was Lou williams who killed us, he dropped 19 pts off the bench. Now he's gone.

Dm scored 35 and Mike scored 33 against them in the regular season.

Luka scored 40, 39, 44, 19, 42, 42, 46. Luka destroyed Beverly, he isn't an elite defender as the media made him out to be.

Kawhi and PG played 40+ minutes in 6 out of 7 games vs. Dallas.

I think the key would be clarkson and our bench and hopefully Joe wakes up.

Still it can go either way. Go jazz!

Beverly didn't even play in game 7 btw

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[yamers]

Last time we met them they beat us 116-112, They got 45 rebounds compared to us 38. But I thought it was Lou williams who killed us, he dropped 19 pts off the bench. Now he's gone.

Dm scored 35 and Mike scored 33 against them in the regular season.

Luka scored 40, 39, 44, 19, 42, 42, 46. Luka destroyed Beverly, he isn't an elite defender as the media made him out to be.

Kawhi and PG played 40+ minutes in 6 out of 7 games vs. Dallas.

I think the key would be clarkson and our bench and hopefully Joe wakes up.

Still it can go either way. Go jazz!

beverly is an elite foul machine. an absolute ****ing clown of a player.

 

[MTS]

I wish things transferred like that. Some teams are just match up hell for other teams.

The Jazz needed five games in 1998 to beat the Rockets (back when the first-round was best of five). I don't think that really meant much of anything beyond the fact the Jazz struggled for that series with Houston and eventually turned it on, blowing past the Spurs 4-1 in the semifinals and then sweeping the Lakers in the WCF.

The Rockets were the 8 seed that year because of injuries. They were absolutely one of the best teams in the West at full strength, which they were for the first 3.2 games of that series.