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Utah Jazz @ Atlanta Pigeons- 5:30 MST

The Thriller said:
This isn’t an isolated event. Favors has been awesome this season. Offensively, he’s our best pick and roll player. The jingles/favors pick and roll is money. He should be getting much more playing time and more touches than he currently is. Crowder honestly is the most one dimensional and overrated player on the team (with the exception maybe of Exum).
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Agree. Im actually having Favors over Rudy thoughts moving forward.
 
Tough loss, but this one comes down to variance. When these scrubs hit 19/40 from 3 and score something like 15 points more than they average from the same kind of spots all season, it will be hard to win.
 
Hedda Gambler said:
Tough loss, but this one comes down to variance. When these scrubs hit 19/40 from 3 and score something like 15 points more than they average from the same kind of spots all season, it will be hard to win.
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We scored something like 4 pts in the final 5 mins. It wasn’t so much their offense that won the game as it was ours.
 
The Thriller said:
We scored something like 4 pts in the final 5 mins. It wasn’t so much their offense that won the game as it was ours.
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Sure, we botched the endgame. Had they played to their normal level, though, there would never have been any clutch minutes at the end. It obviously sucks that we lost, but with all these 3s flying around, there are bound to be some nights where your opponent hits just one too many for us to keep ut with.
 
This was a garbage loss and it pisses me off.

We beat them in rebounding and even turnovers but since they were hitting threes 12% above their season average we end up losing. Damnit.
 
Hedda Gambler said:
Tough loss, but this one comes down to variance. When these scrubs hit 19/40 from 3 and score something like 15 points more than they average from the same kind of spots all season, it will be hard to win.
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Yup. Bazemore is a 31% 3pt shooter who hit 4 of 6. That's just garbage, and not much can be done about it.
 
Y'all are missing something significant here. Could it be possible that Rubio is FINALLY locking in this season? Dude went 6-10 (2 of 3 from 3), hit all 3 free throws, and had 17 points with 7 assists and only 2 turnovers, along with some big steals. If he keeps this up Utah will be a much stronger team going into the playoffs. Might even get through round one with him playing like that.
 
The Thriller said:
We scored something like 4 pts in the final 5 mins.
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Well, Quin has a system in place that is suppose to prevent that type of scoring drought. I don't know exactly what happened as I was unable to watch this game....maybe we just missed a bunch of easy shots? Unforced turnovers? I can hardly believe it was the Hawks defense that shut us down! You tell me!
 
LifeOnaPlate said:
Y'all are missing something significant here. Could it be possible that Rubio is FINALLY locking in this season? Dude went 6-10 (2 of 3 from 3), hit all 3 free throws, and had 17 points with 7 assists and only 2 turnovers, along with some big steals. If he keeps this up Utah will be a much stronger team going into the playoffs. Might even get through round one with him playing like that.
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For that game? Sure

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elan_prodigy said:
I dont see him as a long term piece. Seems to have everyone fooled though, Jazz love the sentimental ****.
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Zach Lowe on Royce:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26320441/ten-things-like-including-terrifying-giannis

In July 2017, this dude showed up in Salt Lake City as an unsigned practice player with Utah's summer league team, got his tooth knocked out during a scrimmage, went to the hospital, and came back that night for another practice. That's how desperate O'Neale was for an NBA job.

Now he's a rotation fixture for playoff team, mostly because of plays like this:

Luol Deng leaning away from him to bother Joe Ingles, and knows he has an alley that will close fast.

He does not pause. He does the opposite of pausing. He is already running toward the rim before Ingles' pass hits his hands, to the point that he risks leaving the ball behind. O'Neale is so decisive, and shifts into top gear so fast, it's almost alarming. You worry he's going to crash into the basket stanchion, or just lose control of his body and fall over.

But O'Neale understands how the defense will rotate once he beats Deng, and when Derrick Favors might come open. Snuff that, and O'Neale toggles to another option; he has the floor mapped in his head:

Jae Crowder in the corner -- so O'Neale, under the rim and in midair, mind you, throws a fastball to Donovan Mitchell.

O'Neale knows he's not going to play 30 minutes or take a bunch of shots, so he goes all-out on defense. He's feisty, and often guards the best opposing scorer. He's really strong. Oh, he's also shooting 40 percent from deep.
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yamers said:
Just weit until next game where rubio goes 1-20 then he has a good game after and we start talking about rubio locking in again and then fools gold again?
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Like it or not, we are stuck with Rubio.....but that's not really a bad thing! The kid is a pass first point guard who loves his job! He knows how to get the ball to the big boys down low! We lead the league in DUNKS and it's mainly him that's responsible! Even when he has a bad shooting night he still ends up with 10 assists and minimal turnovers! We all recognize his outside shooting leaves a lot to be desired....but it is what it is!
 
r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t said:
Zach Lowe on Royce:

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/26320441/ten-things-like-including-terrifying-giannis
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I love Royce and think that he, more than anyone else on the team, should be getting more minutes.
I also think he has more potential and room to grow than anyone on the team other than perhaps Spida. Perhaps
He had a very tough left hand finish through contact (it was an and one play) last game against the Hawks. I think he can create and be more of a scorer than he is being allowed to be right now.
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