carolinajazz
Well-Known Member
EASILY the best overall game I've seen from the Jazz. They clamped down the D from the opening tip and never let up. Defensive rotations were spot-on, despite some good passing and penetration by the Griz. Amazing how much easier offense comes when the focus is on the D. Yes, and Jazz passing was SO much crisper, which it needed to be as the Griz are very quick at getting into passing lanes and coming up with steals.
The offensive rebounds by the Griz early bothered me, but they were team-crashing the boards to get them. That exposed their defense to more fast breaks, which we executed to near perfection many times when we got the rebound.
LOL; so much for Marc Gasol > Jefferson...
...so you obviously saw the same things I saw! Great minds see alike! If the Jazz played like this every game, they'd be in every game and win 70% of them! But they won't for some reason.