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

[fishonjazz]

Why are people going on rants about our offense in a game where our offensive rating was 120?

Blows my mind.

Have to admit that 4 points total combined from your starting 4 and 5 isn't very good though right?

 

[fishonjazz]

BOler: Somehow Reddick outhustles Boris to get that ball.

Yep, somehow.

I want Hayward to get after those 50-50 balls.

I couldn't believe that boris didn't get that loose ball.

He looked extra slow all game imo.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Increasing my frustration and blues with the team is our backup PG position and our backup PF.

Exum is a #5 draft pick who can't beat out Neto and Mack.
Lyles is another lotto pick who can't beat out old Boris Diaw.

What would've been had either or both of these guys panned out the way they were supposed to?

Who else could we have drafted? Wasn't Booker selected after Lyles? We probably could've used his scoring last night...

We have two lotto picks that were supposed to be key members of our team who can't get off the bench. They either suck and are tremendous busts, which really makes me blue since we have a solid core right now. Or Quinn needs to play them so we can get some value out of our lotto picks.

We shouldn't have to rely on Neto, Mack, or Diaw.

And at this point, if we must rely on Diaw and Joe Johnson to play 4, we might not win another game.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Increasing my frustration and blues with the team is our backup PG position and our backup PF.

Exum is a #5 draft pick who can't beat out Neto and Mack.
Lyles is another lotto pick who can't beat out old Boris Diaw.

What would've been had either or both of these guys panned out the way they were supposed to?

Who else could we have drafted? Wasn't Booker selected after Lyles? We probably could've used his scoring last night...

Booker would have been behind Hood, Ingles and Hayward in the rotation anyways. He would not be the player he is today, imo. Hindsight is 20/20. You say Exum can't beat them out but I think it's just a matter of Quin not playing him. Surely he couldn't be worse than Mack.


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[Rubashov]

Woke up too early feeling blue. How's everybody doing?


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Six hours of sucking piss, saw a world class comic, still pissed off.

 

[Diamond77]

I want to see Lyles getting playing time. Some players are more motivated in the playoffs.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Because our offense wasn't good. Our starting frontcourt scored 4 pts. That's it. Don't mistake career games from Hayward and Hill as good offense. That's a big reason why we choked in the 4th. Hayward and Hill had carried us the entire game. Nothing left in the tank and the clippers knew they didn't have to defend certain players.

Blows my mind.

We dont need our PF to score a ton. WE just need them to be able to rebound and help on the weakside when Favors gets in a PNR.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I want to see Lyles getting playing time. Some players are more motivated in the playoffs.

It' be a prayer and probably have a similar effectiveness of a prayer.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Have to admit that 4 points total combined from your starting 4 and 5 isn't very good though right?

Yeah, but how many times are we giving them the ball in position to score?

 

[akirac73]

I think Griffin being out actually makes the Clippers more dangerous. Since Griffin is considered a "star", the Clippers are obligated to get him involved in the offense and take a lot of shots. But he's sort of like an Enes Kanter...a black hole when he get's the ball in the post. Their offense becomes one-dimensional and easier to guard. Him being out makes CP3 the clear cut go to guy on the team and he is ****ing dangerous. The Jazz have no answer for him.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I think Griffin being out actually makes the Clippers more dangerous. Since Griffin is considered a "star", the Clippers are obligated to get him involved in the offense and take a lot of shots. But he's sort of like an Enes Kanter...a black hole when he get's the ball in the post. Their offense becomes one-dimensional and easier to guard. Him being out makes CP3 the clear cut go to guy on the team and he is ****ing dangerous. The Jazz have no answer for him.

In theory I get what you are saying, but it also puts a ton of pressure on CP3 to carry the entire game. Griffin never played a great 48 minute game against the Jazz in the first two games, but he had stretches of dominance (or at least very good play) each game. But yeah, it does steer the Clippers away from some of the low percentage possessions they feel obligated to run for Griffin that dont always produce results.

Speights always has that scary potential of rattling off 3's and ****ing up your defense, but he is also a sieve on defense and not a great rebounder.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Worst part of all this **** is that Warriors fans are probably just sitting back and laughing that whoever they get out of Clips/Jazz, they are going to be injured as **** as they sleepwalk through the Blazers.