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Game Thread Oct 23, 2024 07:00PM MT: Memphis Grizzlies @ Utah Jazz

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Would be kind of fun to win the home opener of the season...

They'll probably start Morant, Smart, Bane, Aldama and Edey. Their bench is a bit patchy due to injuries--Clarke, LaRavia, Vince Williams and Pippen Jr. maybe. Could be winnable. They don't have a great defensive matchup for Lauri.
 
I will be looking for the Kessler-Edey matchup. Also, if Lauri or Hendricks could exploit the mismatches: one of them will likely be guarded by a much smaller player. With Kessler-Hendricks-Lauri the Jazz are really long in the frontcourt but it would be useless unless they can effectively use this size advantage against teams like Memphis.
 
MEM should be an interesting team to watch this year. I still think they are more of a regular season team than a contender type team…but they are very good when healthy.
 
Actually, the first two games, against Portland and GSW, are exactly the games where you want to go all out and compete for wins.

- you need some wins to build confidence of young players. The first two games - against strong, non-tanking teams (but not contenders) are exactly the games you can get hard-fought victories, especially at home

- these are two first home games: you need to give something positive to fans and make sure that they keep buying tickets and coming to the next home games

- also, the entire team needs something to raise their mood after the recent disaster in Portland
 
Teams sitting their stars in Utah, already happening.
I mean this one is just an injury. Normally they miss because of how Utah sits on their travel schedule.

Point does stand though. Because we are generally good at home and because we get a schedule advantage there... our homes games will be pretty competitive. Those are the games we need to experiment with Taylor as a pg and Kessler as a shooter.
 
They'll probably start Morant, Smart, Bane, Aldama and Edey. Their bench is a bit patchy due to injuries--Clarke, LaRavia, Vince Williams and Pippen Jr. maybe. Could be winnable. They don't have a great defensive matchup for Lauri.

I remember Bane few times doing pretty well against Lauri. Especially if we're going to keep training Lauri iso sets, Bane will be stealing the ball few times.
 
The conflict starts already? Cheering for wins, but hoping for losses. Talking about losses, but secretly happy for wins. Can't wait for these conflicting seasons to be over.
 
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