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We need a game thread -- Pacers at Jazz, 20131204, 7pm MT

Kanter came back, but man I hate watching him make stupid mistakes on defense.
The good thing is that these mistakes are not a lack of trying, but over trying.
Once he figures out how to stay to his man, he'll get more minutes.
 
All of the core played great games, maybe with the exception of Hayward. There's not much to complain about, Kanter/Favors with Burke as a PG is a trio to build around.
 
Harcher said:
also, can the effectiveness of the Jazz be attributed soley to Burke's arrival? I'm thinking all the messing around by Corbin with the ultra weird rotations and non-existent offense was pure tankification. The amount of Alfense is about gone. The running of an offense.

its just hard to imagine that Burke changed everything. I'll stay with this theory if we have some Boozer-quality injuries occur throughout the season I guess, otherwise it is Burke...

With 62 games left and the 4-16 record, and without looking, I'll assume 31/31 home and road games, I would guess about 10-21 road and 21-10 home for a 35-47 record without out some tanking effort. That's not good (bad) enough for a top 3 pick.
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It also puts everyone else a step back into positions where they are more comfortable. Hayward and Burks are not being the primary options as much anymore and can attack off of Burke drive-and-kicks. Burke's arrival is huge in that respect. Adding another solid option in this year's draft, either a #1 or #2, would push everyone else back even further and make the team even better.
 
Just the sort of game I hope for - the five top minutes played were Burke, Burks, Hayward, Kanter and Favors, we competed for 3 and 1/2 quarters, but ultimately lost. Also, JLIII was restricted to towel waving. Downside - we could have had more Gobert and less Beidrins.
 
Harcher said:
also, can the effectiveness of the Jazz be attributed soley to Burke's arrival? I'm thinking all the messing around by Corbin with the ultra weird rotations and non-existent offense was pure tankification. The amount of Alfense is about gone. The running of an offense.

its just hard to imagine that Burke changed everything. I'll stay with this theory if we have some Boozer-quality injuries occur throughout the season I guess, otherwise it is Burke...

With 62 games left and the 4-16 record, and without looking, I'll assume 31/31 home and road games, I would guess about 10-21 road and 21-10 home for a 35-47 record without out some tanking effort. That's not good (bad) enough for a top 3 pick.
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21-10 is an insanely high home prediction, but the 10-21 road prediction is even crazier. Our 43 win near 8th seed playoff team last year won only 13 road games. We are not going to go .500 the rest of the way.
 
I think if we stand pat we are looking at 26-27 ws if we can lose a little depth soon I think we could make that 22-23
 
candrew said:
I counted literally about a dozen wide open 15-18 footers for Scola and West tonight. No one was coming out to guard them.
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theres this one play i remember where after some screens david west got the ball around the elbow with kanter lagging slight behind in the paint because of the screens... and then kanter never moved. just stood at the top of the restricted area with his arm up. i swear i could hear david west thinking 'are you seriously gonna give me this jump shot?' for like 2 seconds before draining it.
 
Sneakers said:
They have to stop trying to make Hayward point-forward happen. He's a good passer, but he's a mediocre ball handler. And his offense initiation these days is less ball movement/ teamwork and more "ima get mine" Tmac style jacking
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Yes his shot wasn't working tonight, but for the most part he took good wide open shots within the offense.
Lattimer said:
Pacers have a legit shot to talent all. No three peat
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Siro said:
That's okay! I like the attention.
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attention hog:)
fishonjazz said:
Burks put in another nice game..... that makes four in a row
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It's no coincidence he's doing good since Burke got back. Now he can play mostly sg instead of just playing pg. I've said it since his rookie year he shouldn't play pg.
Harcher said:
I think that was the perfect game... competed but lost. Problem is, the Pacers are "the best team in NBA" according to Harpring. So we'll still win more games than I'd like.

Everyone showed well in the exact manner of who they are and will be. for example, Favors showed a shooting touch on some stop 'n pop jumpers - dispelling anxiety over something that many have wondered about, which is his touch. Kanter showed some shooting skills that will only get better. Some of his blunders go away by end of the season. No worries about those blunders from me. Trey was asked by Corbin (according to Phil J.) to come out passing - he showed he's got the skills. I heard on pre-game comment from Booner, that "Burke wouldn't be that much of an assist man." I agreed with comment. And only 3hours later I'm disagreeing. Burks continues to play as we'd hoped/expected/desired. Favors and Kanter performed well against a 7'2" DOPY... not bad. Between that game and Houston, there is a lot to optimistic about. (with the exception that the tanking championship is in jeopardy)
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Burke could've had around 13-14 assists last night. He does play a lot like Cp3 in that he's good at getting into the paint and either drawing a big freeing up Favors for a dunk or getting Kanter or a wing a wide open shot with the kickout, which are things that cp3 does really well.
David Stern said:
All of the core played great games, maybe with the exception of Hayward. There's not much to complain about, Kanter/Favors with Burke as a PG is a trio to build around.
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Actually he had a nice game other then his shot being off. I remember him being 2-8 in the first half, but thinking how good he was looking and a big reason the jazz had a lead, all though he didn't affect the second half like he did the first half.
 
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