Utah Jazz @ Miami Heat - 11/12/15 - 5:30pm ROOT
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FalseFlagg K
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lol touche !
♪alt13
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Honestly he has been reminding me of Marvin Williams. MW isn't horrible but not all that good either. Hopefully this is a phase.
mellow
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Lebron, Kobe,Jordan, Magic, ?
I would love to see a healthy Exum and Russell Westbrook play with Rudy, Favors and Hayward.
J
JAZZGASM
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I hate Hayward deniers. Scientists have definitively concluded he exists. There is ample data to show that he warms up as the season goes on, and he gets better from season to season (a trend known as gordan warming). A short cooling period does not buck the trend.
As Ive stated before Hayward is not a #1 player on a championship team. Really good player, love him, but not a top elite player.
Favors has really been the best player early this season. He said he was going to bring it, and has. Really impressed with his game.
Still Favors isnt good enough to carry us either.
We are a team full of good, and we have to have ALL of them playing well to beat good teams. And wait for Hood to develop.
Once Hayward and Favors put it together we'll be closer to where we want to, but will these close losses early in the year hurt us
come crunch time? The answer is yes.
Crawlnstall
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I'm not concerned with the loss, Miami is a solid team and we have a bunch of road games to start the year.
What concerns me is that we are getting destroyed by opposing guards night in and night out.
What concerns me is that we are getting destroyed by opposing guards night in and night out.
Right now we are a team with 3 pretty good scorers who are all kind of firing off at different times. We just have to get the big 3 (Burks/Hayward/Favors) all going at once.
and we will. I just hope its sooner rather than later so we can win more of these close games. The news isnt bad. We are playing East confrence playoff teams close on the road. The only thing I'm slightly concerned with is the secondary players, and how they will perform in the next 4 weeks. I cant believe how little Booker is giving us.
Coach Ellis
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They absolutely should have beaten Detroit, Cleveland and Miami, but I have to temper my expectations with understanding reasonable growth. . .
Last year, through the first 10 games, Jazz were 4-6 and gave up an average of 102.2 ppg while scoring 97.8 ppg (point differential of - 4.4). So far this year, they're 4-4 and only give up an average of 90.0 ppg while scoring 95.6 ppg (point differential of +5.6 ppg). That's a point differential swing of 10 points for the beginning of last year compared to this year. And that's with Exum injured and Hayward/Hood in a shooting funk.
Also, after the Jazz got their 5th win last year, they lost 12 out of 13 games (including 9 strait losses). They'll be fine. It would have been nice to win a couple of the close games, but the the experience these young guys are getting is invaluable.
Last year, through the first 10 games, Jazz were 4-6 and gave up an average of 102.2 ppg while scoring 97.8 ppg (point differential of - 4.4). So far this year, they're 4-4 and only give up an average of 90.0 ppg while scoring 95.6 ppg (point differential of +5.6 ppg). That's a point differential swing of 10 points for the beginning of last year compared to this year. And that's with Exum injured and Hayward/Hood in a shooting funk.
Also, after the Jazz got their 5th win last year, they lost 12 out of 13 games (including 9 strait losses). They'll be fine. It would have been nice to win a couple of the close games, but the the experience these young guys are getting is invaluable.