Game Thread Oct 29, 2025 07:00PM MT: Portland Trail Blazers @ Utah Jazz
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Shad
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And they will be terrible the entire contract
I know people here don't like when I harp on Clayton going under the basket on defense for that sweet rebound or steal. But there was a play at 1:38 left in the 1st that just made me irrationally mad. WCJ suddenly abandoned his man in the corner, went under the basket and decided to stay there for good, even when there were Nurk, Lauri and Hendricks at the same time. Another Blazer player ran past Clayton to the corner: now there were TWO wide open players. But Clayton did not budge. Instead, he directed Svi to abandon his man and cover his own former defensive assignment, while Hendricks had to run away from under the basket to cover the second wide open player.
Svi, of course, was late, and Clayton's guy shot a wide open three - but all of that did not matter because by then WCJ finally achieved his goal of being the main potential rebounder (instead of Hendricks). It just baffles me why Clayton is repeatedly doing stuff like that: he usually plays really smart.
Svi, of course, was late, and Clayton's guy shot a wide open three - but all of that did not matter because by then WCJ finally achieved his goal of being the main potential rebounder (instead of Hendricks). It just baffles me why Clayton is repeatedly doing stuff like that: he usually plays really smart.
Shootings not great but 29 points on 14 shots is outstanding. His ability to get to the line is elite. How’s he looked so far? The Jazz media pushing the “he’s matured” narrative in a united front has me skeptical but his numbers do look better.
Basketball Novice
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Don't want to take away from Key and his performance but it's misleading to say 29 points on 14 shots, the free throws also use possessions. 15 FTs is ~7 shots. 29 points on 21 possessions is still great but a bit more informative.
