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Round 1 Game 2 Utah Jazz at L.A. Clippers 8:30pm MDT

Ellis269 said:
#1. Having Bogut right now would have been nice.Thought it was a mistake to pass on that opportunity and I'm even more certain about it. Hopefully Rudy can go so that Withey can find his spot on the bench again.

#2. Starting with the same lineup was a mistake. Jazz started slow last game, down 7-1 before they started clawing their way back and down 12-3 early in this one - from which they never Ed recovered. Should have started Withey, Johnson, Hayward, Ingles and Hill. Then brought Favors, Diaw and Hood off the bench.

#3. Bolomboy should have played. Favors and Withey were trash tonight and JJ/Boris at the 4 will never win the rebound battle. They were playing with house money and needed some rebounding and energy. Bolomboy would have brought that in spades.

#4. When somebody hits them, I wish they'd hit back. Rudy and Jingles talk **** all night and back it up. Jazz need some more swagger out there when things get rough. Something to rally behind.

#5. Griffin, Jordan and Paul won this game. They combined for 63 points, 22 rebounds and 14 assists. I know that we're trying to keep JJ Redick from getting going, but the goal should be to shut down Chris Paul and Blake Griffin. Make Jordan and Mbah a Moute beat you.
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Its been clear for sometime that we've lacked toughness and swagger. Sure we have a little but not enough. Through our good times, and a lot of wins we clearly needed a Booker mean energy type of hustle player. I told you that Withey will let you down. Hes a solid 3rd big nothing more. I'm disappointed in Favors tonight if anything.
 
Hack a Jordan can only work in certain situations. First you can't foul him off ball in the last 2 mins. Second you have to be in the penalty.

The Jazz just need to be OK with fouling him. No easy dunks and hang on him when he goes for a board. Favs should have fouled out but that doesn't mean put in a scrub to put us in the penalty for the whole game. CP3 will take advantage of that, guaranteed.
 
Thought we did good, all things considered. Aside from their scorching hot start, it was a pretty even game, despite them exploiting the **** out of Gobert's absence. The Jazz played a little content, but they played hard and executed throughout the game.

With Gobert, I think the series is a done deal. It is doable without him. But it'll be tough.
 
I am going to lay an assist for the next person to post the 1000th comment for this thread.

Ooops.

Sorry guys, the lane opened up and I just had to finish with the hammer :cool:
 
mellow said:
Boston's problem is similar to the Jazz right now--they cant rebound. Jazz will get better when Rudy returns, even if that is next season. Boston is stuck with Horford and crew for a while.
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They should sign Bogut 

(Might get a few minutes of rebounding)
 
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It was mentioned earlier in this thread, but no one is challenging BJ.
He is picking his moments when to leave his man and influence the play.

But there is not much dribble penetration designed to challenge him at the rim.
A lot of the penetration is shallow and designed to get open looks for JJ and Hayward.

I get that penetrating might be suicide. But it felt too easy for BJ today.
 
Et tu Brute said:
It was mentioned earlier in this thread, but no one is challenging BJ.
He is picking his moments when to leave his man and influence the play.

But there is not much dribble penetration designed to challenge him at the rim.
A lot of the penetration is shallow and designed to get open looks for JJ and Hayward.

I get that penetrating might be suicide. But it felt too easy for BJ today.
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Who is this BJ you speak of :.. and are you deliberately saying penetration and BJ .... rude .....
 
I didnt get to watch the 2nd half. Why the hell is Quin refusing to play Exum and even Lyles? Favors can go play 33 minutes with crappy D and only 7 rebounds. Lyles is that bad?

Last night was THE best time to play Exum. We already stole game 1. Even if we lose game 2, we have homecourt. So when we come out as flat as we did, why not give Exum a shot? Plain stupid in my opinion.

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LoPo said:
I didnt get to watch the 2nd half. Why the hell is Quin refusing to play Exum and even Lyles? Favors can go play 33 minutes with crappy D and only 7 rebounds. Lyles is that bad?

Last night was THE best time to play Exum. We already stole game 1. Even if we lose game 2, we have homecourt. So when we come out as flat as we did, why not give Exum a shot? Plain stupid in my opinion.

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I was kind of disappointment when I heard AB wasn't suiting up, was hoping Quin would throw Doc an entirely different look by throwing AB and Dante in to up the tempo and challenge DJ at the rim. I know we kept it close-ish today but imo the Clippers always had total control.
 
The Clippers threesome of (Jordan,Griffin,Paul) finished 29/47 for 63 pts while Jazz (Hayward,Favors,Hill) finished 15/34 for 45 pts.As game 3 comes around the teams are getting to know each other real well.I'd prefer that the Clippers big 3 didn't excel in their win .Jazz need to slow one of these guys down.
For the Jazz ,my biggest fear is they can't score enough points even when they had Gobert.The veteran presence of JJ,Diaw,Hill and Ingles keeps the Jazz games close but they don't score enough to create big worries for the Clippers defense to fear. Toss in only 15 assists to 13 turnovers for the Jazz and the Jazz offense is being squeezed tighter.Jazz need some spark on offense.
 
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