Precisely. Thank you.
Spurs @ Jazz :: 1.26.2011 :: 7pm Utah Time
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Precisely. Thank you.
vegas
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went to the game...a couple (ok a long list) of observations
The Spurs were spotted at least 10 points off of bad calls at least from what I saw and the replays on the Jumbotron. There was a charge on Manu at the end where Raja got a blocking foul. In the third when the second unit made a the big run, three or four times in a row the spurs were bailed out by the refs on what looked to be bogus fouls. These calls were real momentum killers. It was like there was a wall at nine points deficit.
I'm not big about blaming things on the refs, but the crowd was unusually disturbed by the calls tonight.
Raja is obviously in a major shooting slump and tonight was no exception. He did play good defense on Manu down the stretch imo. He is obviously playing with a lot of emotion the past two games--if he ever makes it out of his shooting slump he will be the valuable piece we hoped for, if a bit slower than the past.
Jeremy Evans is guaranteed a couple of oops before the oposing team catches on. He has some work to do on D--RJ had a couple of wide open Js he was responsible for. He also seemed like the only Jazz player working for rebounds. Rookie mistakes caught up to him tonight and Sloan had to limit his minutes imo, but he is a blast to watch!
Deron was a GTD with the flu. I could just end it there and let his stats speak. I will only add that he is far from giving up on this season. At one point he injured a knee or rolled an ankle and sloan was ready to sit him, but he waived off sloan and limped down the floor and played like nothing was wrong. He got shook up on another play later. Kid is tough as nails. Oh yeah and it is a big deal that he shot 75% from the field.
Al was pwning Duncan in the first half. I don't mind him taking guys when he is one on one if he can perform like that. 18pts in the first half. He also did a good job on Duncan on D. He has a long way to go helping the guards when they get burned. In the second half he only got 4 pts because the spurs doubled him and I think Duncan figured him out as well. When Al learns to pass out of the double team I think he becomes all-star material. Will we see it?
Okur was not looking good at all tonight. He is painfully slow. I don't know how he wasn't exploited more by the spurs.
Sloan made a good adjustment (a bit late, I was asking for it in the second quarter). Watson guarded Parker to take Dwill off of him. He was burning Dwill every time he wanted. Give Duncan a lot of credit for this. He must set the best screens in the game. It's a thing of beauty. The spurs offense is running at a much more perfected level compared to the Jazz. It's almost like clockwork. You know what's coming, but you don't know what to do about it. I love Watson's tenacity on the perimeter and the pressure he puts on.
Milsap was also a GTD with a sprained thumb. I guess he chose to play. He looked active at first, but then disappeared. At halftime shootaround I saw him miss a lot of shots...His fg% doesn't show it, but outside he was passing up his normal jumpers once or twice and missed one or two he would normally make. Hopefully he can get things back as well.
Finally we could not stop parker and ginobili from driving the lane until we started putting pressure on them on the perimeter. That killed us. I don't know how many times I saw that tonight.
Overall I am very optimistic about this team. I expected them to get destroyed tonight. Perhaps we can even get a win on Thursday. Once they regain their confidence we will be in good shape. Some of the players already have.
The Spurs were spotted at least 10 points off of bad calls at least from what I saw and the replays on the Jumbotron. There was a charge on Manu at the end where Raja got a blocking foul. In the third when the second unit made a the big run, three or four times in a row the spurs were bailed out by the refs on what looked to be bogus fouls. These calls were real momentum killers. It was like there was a wall at nine points deficit.
I'm not big about blaming things on the refs, but the crowd was unusually disturbed by the calls tonight.
Raja is obviously in a major shooting slump and tonight was no exception. He did play good defense on Manu down the stretch imo. He is obviously playing with a lot of emotion the past two games--if he ever makes it out of his shooting slump he will be the valuable piece we hoped for, if a bit slower than the past.
Jeremy Evans is guaranteed a couple of oops before the oposing team catches on. He has some work to do on D--RJ had a couple of wide open Js he was responsible for. He also seemed like the only Jazz player working for rebounds. Rookie mistakes caught up to him tonight and Sloan had to limit his minutes imo, but he is a blast to watch!
Deron was a GTD with the flu. I could just end it there and let his stats speak. I will only add that he is far from giving up on this season. At one point he injured a knee or rolled an ankle and sloan was ready to sit him, but he waived off sloan and limped down the floor and played like nothing was wrong. He got shook up on another play later. Kid is tough as nails. Oh yeah and it is a big deal that he shot 75% from the field.
Al was pwning Duncan in the first half. I don't mind him taking guys when he is one on one if he can perform like that. 18pts in the first half. He also did a good job on Duncan on D. He has a long way to go helping the guards when they get burned. In the second half he only got 4 pts because the spurs doubled him and I think Duncan figured him out as well. When Al learns to pass out of the double team I think he becomes all-star material. Will we see it?
Okur was not looking good at all tonight. He is painfully slow. I don't know how he wasn't exploited more by the spurs.
Sloan made a good adjustment (a bit late, I was asking for it in the second quarter). Watson guarded Parker to take Dwill off of him. He was burning Dwill every time he wanted. Give Duncan a lot of credit for this. He must set the best screens in the game. It's a thing of beauty. The spurs offense is running at a much more perfected level compared to the Jazz. It's almost like clockwork. You know what's coming, but you don't know what to do about it. I love Watson's tenacity on the perimeter and the pressure he puts on.
Milsap was also a GTD with a sprained thumb. I guess he chose to play. He looked active at first, but then disappeared. At halftime shootaround I saw him miss a lot of shots...His fg% doesn't show it, but outside he was passing up his normal jumpers once or twice and missed one or two he would normally make. Hopefully he can get things back as well.
Finally we could not stop parker and ginobili from driving the lane until we started putting pressure on them on the perimeter. That killed us. I don't know how many times I saw that tonight.
Overall I am very optimistic about this team. I expected them to get destroyed tonight. Perhaps we can even get a win on Thursday. Once they regain their confidence we will be in good shape. Some of the players already have.
vegas
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You can never blame the game on the refs, but this game was not called fairly imo.
There was a lot to like about the game last night but in the end the most obvious difference is the Jazz are not a good jumpshooting team. For all the criticism DW has gotten he played like a monster last night. If he could have gotten just a little more offensive help then the Jazz would have won.
or defense...
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When hasn't he been in a major shooting slump this season?
I think after a guy has sucked for 3 months you can stop calling it a slump and just call it who he is. He's an old vet with deteriorated skills. Time to retire.
thankfully we have him for 2 more years! brilliant KOC!!
Thee Jazz Fan
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Couldn't find the game what station was it on