akirac73
Well-Known Member
For me, the keys to the game is Hood and Favors. Hood needs to have a breakout 20-25 point game and Favors needs at least a 15 pt/8 reb type game while playing good defense.
Not really concerned about Ingles getting shut out in the scoring column because he can do other things on the court to still be valuable (defense, steals, passing). However, if Hood isn't scoring, it's like the Jazz only having 4 players on the court because he doesn't contribute in any other way. I think Hood absolutely needs to have a big game if we want to win Game 7, The Clippers are betting that Hood can't hit an open shot with their strategy to double JJ every time he gets the ball. Favors needs to get on track because it's gotten to the point where the Clippers defense isn't giving Gobert or JJ any good looks in the paint, and the only other low post threat we have is Favors.
Not concerned about Hayward, Hill and Gobert...I think they're all reliable and will show up to play. We need a "surprise" player to step up to win game 7, and that player is Rodney Hood. I think he's a totally unreliable streak shooter like a JR Smith or CJ Miles or (gulp) Trey Burke, but I hope he proves me wrong.
Not really concerned about Ingles getting shut out in the scoring column because he can do other things on the court to still be valuable (defense, steals, passing). However, if Hood isn't scoring, it's like the Jazz only having 4 players on the court because he doesn't contribute in any other way. I think Hood absolutely needs to have a big game if we want to win Game 7, The Clippers are betting that Hood can't hit an open shot with their strategy to double JJ every time he gets the ball. Favors needs to get on track because it's gotten to the point where the Clippers defense isn't giving Gobert or JJ any good looks in the paint, and the only other low post threat we have is Favors.
Not concerned about Hayward, Hill and Gobert...I think they're all reliable and will show up to play. We need a "surprise" player to step up to win game 7, and that player is Rodney Hood. I think he's a totally unreliable streak shooter like a JR Smith or CJ Miles or (gulp) Trey Burke, but I hope he proves me wrong.