Game Thread Nov 26, 2022 07:00PM MT: Jazz at Suns

[fishonjazz]

He was trade eligible. We traded Beverley.

How does it work that some dudes cant be traded until a certain date and others can?

 

[sip]

View: https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1596723319319166977

Hardy does some of the most head scratching stuff and being a rookie head coach is no excuse for it.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

That decision not to foul was so bad it can really only be explained by tanking. There is no way Hardy is that dumb.

 

[MT Steve]

Will Hardy post game: "We did not rebound well at all and did not execute well defensively down the stretch at all".

Damn, who could have predicted attacking Olynyk relentlessly down the stretch would have resulted in bad defense and bad rebounding?

 

[Elizah Huge]

How does it work that some dudes cant be traded until a certain date and others can?

They’re eligible 30 days after trade by themselves or 60 days to be aggregated with others. Something like that. The Gobert trade happened July 1st.

 

[homeytennis]

What was our last lead with about 8 minutes left? It's like we couldn't get a stop or a rebound. We might as well have lost by 45. I don't know why either Dok doesn't get a run or they let Potter play some. This game was just frustrating.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Will Hardy post game: "We did not rebound well at all and did not execute well defensively down the stretch at all".

Damn, who could have predicted attacking Olynyk relentlessly down the stretch would have resulted in bad defense and bad rebounding?

Also crazy that him knowing they weren't rebounding well he bet on the Jazz being able to secure a rebound in a last second opportunity instead of fouling

 

[sip]

Lauri and KO are not big or bulky enough to stop Ayton, they were just exhausting themselves which hurts their offensive game also.

It is crazy that he seems unwilling to use Kessler at times that are a no brainer like we saw in the sixer game.

 

[str8line]

Hardy just gave a lot of praise but said the defense at the end was not good enough and on the last play they should have fouled once the ball was out of Booker's hands. He also said it was his fault for not communicating better.

 

[fishonjazz]

Ayton destroyed us inside we had no answer. Thst said he was over the back on LM a few times and got away with it.

We had some answers. We just never use them.

 

[MT Steve]

Hardy just gave a lot of praise but said the defense at the end was not good enough and on the last play they should have fouled once the ball was out of Booker's hands. He also said it was his fault for not communicating better.

Wow.

 

[sip]

What was our last lead with about 8 minutes left? It's like we couldn't get a stop or a rebound. We might as well have lost by 45. I don't know why either Dok doesn't get a run or they let Potter play some. This game was just frustrating.

Why would you think of those guys over Kessler.

 

[fishonjazz]

He better do something cause our rebounding down the stretch is what sealed it.

Ya but our interior defense and rebounding has been killing for most of the season and he hasn't made a change yet so I dont think he is going to. Maybe they are trying to raise KO trade value to trade him.

 

[fishonjazz]

Honestly, hitting a game winner with 0.8 seconds left seems a lot more probable than the Jazz getting a clean rebound with Olynyk inside.

From the 9:57 mark (when Kessler checked out) to the 0:58 mark, the Jazz got one defensive rebound.

The Suns got 8 offensive rebounds in that span.

Good job Hardy.

OMG I didn't think it was THAT bad. That is elite suckiness on the glass. Like holy ****.

 

[homeytennis]

Why would you think of those guys over Kessler.

Coach wasn't using Kessler so why not try something different?

 

[fishonjazz]

Seriously we could have fouled Payne. He’s not a bad FT shooter he’s around 80% but it’s better than Booker for sure.

Could have fouled bridges too. I dont know what his free throw percentage is but I doubt its as good as booker either. Could have fouled bridges first and didn't. Then he passed to Payne and we chose not to foul again. smd.

 

[MT Steve]

OMG I didn't think it was THAT bad. That is elite suckiness on the glass. Like holy ****.

You know what's really crazy? I was wrong.

The Jazz got "ZERO" defensive rebounds in that span. The one stop they got was when the ball when out of bounds on the Suns and the Suns challenged it and lost. It's credited on the play-by-play as a "Jazz defensive team rebound", but it isn't actually that.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Clarkson 22 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists

Sexton 20 points (7-11), 5 assists, 2 steals

Markkanen 15 points 4/13), 10 rebounds, 2 assists

 

[Elizah Huge]

Literally the difference in the game was they had 18 offensive rebounds to our 8 and Ayton had 9 by himself.

 

[fishonjazz]

Lauri and KO are not big or bulky enough to stop Ayton, they were just exhausting themselves which hurts their offensive game also.

Yep. This is why I think coaches should make some adjustments on a game by game basis on occassion. Plus both KO and Lauri played big minutes last night. Tonight might have been a good time to play kessler more and maybe even Dok.