We’re going to win the series

[Handlogten's Heros]

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So he got a solid knee to the thigh and it hurts a lot. He should play through that. I thought he was grabbing his hammy which would mean he's out. I guess this is good news.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

This isn’t a positivity thread. This isn’t about there being evidence that we should win, because there isn’t. This isn’t because we have a winning mentality, because we don’t. It’s not because I think there are reasons to be optimistic, because there aren’t. Just a feeling. And I feel we’ll win despite all those things, and not actively because of us. That’s a big blow out last night that changes emotion for Dallas. They may feel fairly comfortable and in the driver’s seat and, even if losing game 6, feel comfortable in what they’ve shown thus far to close things out. I think they could drop game 6 pretty easily, and before game 7 realize they’re in an elimination game and go toe-to-toe with the best team in the league for who can collapse the most. We just may be the biggest beneficiary and, as the winds blow from the karma gods, we just may see ourselves left standing.


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There’s no bloody chance in hell or heaven the jazz win on Thursday let alone the series. It’s not happening

 

[homeytennis]

Basically it's a bruised thigh and those can hurt like crazy. The key will be to get it too loosen up so he can do things basketball players normally do.

 

[LoPo]

Mitchell's MRI negative; Jazz hopeful he plays

An MRI on Donovan Mitchell's hamstring was negative, and sources said the Jazz are optimistic he plays in Game 6 against Dallas.

www.espn.com

I hope he plays. We need him. This hasn't been a great series for him, but he has been giving everything he has the last two games. The shots will fall next time out.

 

[jumpin bean]

Mitchell banged up , we need a curveball .something they havent seen , bogey just wore himself out for shooting by picking doncic up full court on d,game 6 had to be an ugly denfensive game to our liking with the crowd bringing audible mojo the entire time

 

[Avery]

I admire your optimism and it's definitely not over, just hard to see if this team can have that killer instinct.

The only thing holding this team back is themselves. Last night was 100% winnable - if we even shot 30% which is lower than our yearly average from deep, we would have won.

We just need to mentally sack up.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Looking at how negative Royce has been this series... I think you need to swap him out for Juan or House and really limit his time out there. Both guys seem more decisive and better on offense and I think Juan both could switch on to Luka allowing Bojan to rest a bit.

Knowing Quin we will do nothing different.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Looking at how negative Royce has been this series... I think you need to swap him out for Juan or House and really limit his time out there. Both guys seem more decisive and better on offense and I think Juan both could switch on to Luka allowing Bojan to rest a bit.

Knowing Quin we will do nothing different.

I super love Juancho and House, but neither have been good offensively this series. Royce is actually getting up more shots per minute and shooting a higher percentage than house (he's actually 3rd highest 3pt attempts on the team on the 2nd highest 3pt percentage). But I don't know, just a change and their energy could spark something.

As much as I love Conley, I think he's the one that needs reduced minutes. You aren't going to be able to impact a lot with the usage that Royce is getting, but might be able to impact a lot more with replacing Conley's usage.

 

[homeytennis]

The Mayo Clinic website says the average stay on the sideline for DM's injury is between six and sixty days depending on severity. I will be amazed if he plays game 6.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I super love Juancho and House, but neither have been good offensively this series. Royce is actually getting up more shots per minute and shooting a higher percentage than house (he's actually 3rd highest 3pt attempts on the team on the 2nd highest 3pt percentage). But I don't know, just a change and their energy could spark something.

As much as I love Conley, I think he's the one that needs reduced minutes. You aren't going to be able to impact a lot with the usage that Royce is getting, but might be able to impact a lot more with replacing Conley's usage.

We need something… I think both guys are slightly better attacking close outs and both guys are playing better defense right now. They might get more looks playing with the starters. I think the energy component is big.

It likely doesn’t matter either way… I think we are cooked. We needed to be up 2-1 in games they didn’t play with Luka. 3-0 preferably but I thought that was optimistic. We lost the series when we didn’t have any killer instinct. Now Luka is back and in a rhythm… it’s over.

 

[infection]

I admire your optimism and it's definitely not over, just hard to see if this team can have that killer instinct.

Hey, first line of OP definitely says this is not an optimism thread. I'm not saying that I feel we'll win because I'm optimistic.

 

[Jingled]

Looking at how negative Royce has been this series... I think you need to swap him out for Juan or House and really limit his time out there. Both guys seem more decisive and better on offense and I think Juan both could switch on to Luka allowing Bojan to rest a bit.

Knowing Quin we will do nothing different.

I would love to try a starting lineup of Don/Clarkson/Bogey/Juancho/Rudy in game 6. It gives us more length and athleticism, JC would give us the scoring punch we need and Juancho would help the defense.