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Playoff Game 3: Jazz vs Clippers 8pm Mountain Time ESPN 2

Catchall said:
The winner of this series is going to get crushed by the Warriors. This season is a learning experience to find out what it takes to win.

Jazz would probably win this series if they had Gobert. It's impressive the Jazz are even competitive without him.

Losing Gobert is like the Clippers losing Chris Paul last year.
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I think if the Jazz had a healthy Gobert, they could have at the very least put a scare into the Warriors. An upset is extremely unlikely, but I think the Jazz had a much better chance at it than the Clippers do.
 
Oh and Bout time at the Gateway sucks monkey balls. First and last time I go there. Horrible service lame atmosphere, and despite being across the street from Vivint they had KUEN on one of their screens. Seriously ****ing public TV. Some medical show bs.
 
RJF said:
CPee3 got the EXACT same call. This isn't even a game if the refs call half the **** they missed.

[MENTION=2937]MT Steve[/MENTION]
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CP3 didn't even get touched on his 3. Literally zero contact. On that one, the fact that it was continuation isn't bull****, it's the fact that it was even called a foul at all.
 
MT Steve said:
CP3 didn't even get touched on his 3. Literally zero contact. On that one, the fact that it was continuation isn't bull****, it's the fact that it was even called a foul at all.
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It will be interesting to see the NBA's 2 minute report - and what it says about Diaw's 3, and if it was a continuation or not.
 
Comments on the game:

We lost :(

The game was fantastic to be at. The atmosphere was amazing, and it was my first live playoff game and I had the time of my life.

I got to cheer for Neto which is a dream come true, if you heard someone screaming Netoooooo it was probably me. My voice isn't as pleased as I am, but worth it.

I made a bad Withey joke.

I miss Rudy, he was in every huddle and I can tell he wants to be out there.

It was awesome catching up with jazzgal and I'm so glad she came...plus not too many harpring comments so win win ;)

Sucks that we lsot, but so glad I went and got to experience it.

Still don't understand that Boris shot. First how does that go in? Second why didn't it count? If they say it should have in the two minute thing what happens? Do they just say oops?

Get the next one Jazz!! I'll be watching from home.


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Saint Cy of JFC said:
Which highlights the problem of the Jazz ever switching someone else on DeAndre. Any soft miss around the rim, Jordan can rebound over anyone not named Derrick Favors, which is a big reason why Favors is so hesitant to ever leave Jordan.
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I agree with this, but sometimes I feel like Favors leaves to go help when cp3 drives and then can't get back to deandre before he gets a lob for a dunk. We just miss rudy, I'm proud of the fight the Jazz have been showing, Favors included. He did not go into this series expecting to play probably more than 20mins a game and he's doing his best.

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I'm not gonna dump on favors and blame the defensive failures on him. Paul is one of the top PGs in the league. He's easily the best player out there. We aren't going to shut him down. However, that doesn't mean we shouldn't re-analyze what we are doing on him. Why not give Exum some burn? He's long, like Jingles, but has greater close out speed and quickness. If we want to pest Paul, perhaps Raul should get some burn?

Also, Why not go underneath the screens? We seem to try to go over the top/fight through screens which leave to paul wrecking havoc inside.

Having said that...

The thing that concerns me the most isn't our defense, but our offense. How many other NBA teams could've beaten the Clippers tonight if their starting PF and C had given them merely 4 pts and 7 rbs??? Even Lebron had far more help when he was going nuclear the other night in game 3 as Thompson and Love gave him 22 pts and 16 rbs.

The lack of offensive production from our frontcourt is killing us. Thankfully in game 1, Favors had a good game and Joe was a miracle. But since then? We've gotten nothing. At this point, why the hell isn't Lyles playing over Diaw? What does Diaw do better than Lyles? Pass? But with Jingles we have enough passers in the starting lineup. We need scoring and athleticism. Why didn't whithey get any burn tonight? Especially when it was obvious that Favors was hurting and Diaw was as slow as ever.

If our offensive production from our PF/C doesn't improve drastically, it won't matter what positions 1-3 do or how good our defense is. That's what concerns me. Will gobert be a go in game 4? How diminished will he be? Can Lyles or Bolomboy be that energy guy to give us extra possessions, dunks, and offensive production? If gobert can't go on Sunday, Who is going to score for us from our 4-5? Is our only hope really that Joe turns back the clock to 2007?
 
What an absolutely disgusting game. How the **** do you give up a 15 point run at home in the 4th quarter. Totally and completely disgraceful.
 
Nate505 said:
What an absolutely disgusting game. How the **** do you give up a 15 point run at home in the 4th quarter. Totally and completely disgraceful.
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Paul goes nuclear, the refs give the clippers all the calls, and Hill/Hayward don't get any help.

If we just get 1 of our starting frontcourt guys into double figures today, we win. The mere fact that Raul Neto in his little stint outscored both Diaw and Favors for the game leaves me surprised that it was even that close. Had Hayward just had a mediocre game, the clippers would've won in a blowout.

The issue isn't defense, it's offense. We are playing 3 on 5
 
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