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Just have a feeling that we are happy to be where we are and are going down with smiles on our faces
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Western conference semi-finals: Game 1 — Jazz @ Rockets 4/29/18 1:30 pm MST
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LoPo
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Sure. No problem. Hey guys, it's 1:30am. Go home, get some sleep. Then wake up, pack and meet at the airport. When we get to the hotel, we'll have time to eat dinner. After dinner, we will go over all the film of the Houston/Minny series. Since we won't have time to sleep before the game, we can have practice at 10am-12pm. Then we can go to shoot around and play at 2:30.
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Isn't the job of the assistant coaches job to prepare for the next opponent?
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midnight_hwy
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Locke said on his live Facebook show last week that Alex Jensen would be responsible for the scouting report on the Rockets, and once the Jazz were done Friday night, that he’d give the report to Quin and that they’d (coaching staff) more than likely be up all night game planning for Houston due to the quick turnaround.
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Stars Fan
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He played the rest of the game with no problem, and the Jazz have been mum on the issue. When I first saw it, I thought it was the end of his season. I don't know how he came out of that without a serious injury. The only explanation that makes sense is he must have made a Faustian pact with the devil. Hope he sold his soul for a couple of titles, not something trivial like ROY.
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Yep, according to Locke and his numbers this series is over we should be happy we are here and roll over the Houston's greatness.
Where are the Jazz bruising defense now? We need to double Harden on those screen and rolls. Why can't we play a zone?
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You have yet to post an example of a team getting as short of a break between games as us while switching series.
I will wait
Feel free to wait, of course.
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Yep. I saw that surrender coming a mile away.
LoPo
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Yeah, I gave up a few hours ago. Thanks for sticking with it.
What surrender? Was I in a fight with either of you? If you want to believe that the Jazz have been uniquely disadvantaged, over the course of the last 70 years of NBA playoffs, is there a reason I should care enough to go through years of schedules to find another case when the last team to play game 6 on Friday night had game 7 on Sunday afternoon in order to change your minds? You both would just pick out some other reason the Jazz were uniquely disadvantaged anyhow.
LoPo
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The situation was very rare and a massive disadvantage for our team. We didn't lose because of this very rare scheduling situation, but it didn't help. The NBA should provide at least 48 hours between the end of one series and the start of another. I would say this for all 30 teams.
This "rare scheduling situation" happens every year in the first round of the playoffs. Outside of that, I have nothing more to say on the matter.
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LoPo
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You have provided zero proof of another team that had less than 40 hours from one series to another while also traveling. Zero proof.
You have nothing else to say on the matter because you have nothing valuable to contribute to the conversation.
Ellipse
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The same thing happened in 1988(?). The Jazz wrapped up their 1st round series on a Friday night, then had to be in LA for a Sunday matinee against the Lakers. It had two differences, however: 1) they didn't have TNT/ESPN back then, so the Friday night game started on hour earlier, 2) the Jazz gained an hour traveling to LA, instead of losing an hour traveling to Houston.
That said, the Jazz got blown out by Lakers in game 1. (Frank Layden knew the team was tense, so he ran a comb through his hair to mock Pat Riley's perfect looks -- the only one who didn't laugh at that was Riley, who wasn't watching when he happened.) The Jazz then surprised the Lakers by stealing game 2.
Edit: I believe the Jazz flew commercial back then, so the airport delay probably ate up the time zone saving.
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“If you want to believe that _______ have been uniquely disadvantaged, over the course of the ________, is there a reason I should care enough to go through years of _______ to find another case when ________ in order to change your minds? You both would just pick out some other reason ______ were uniquely disadvantaged anyhow.”
Fascinating template.
If I recall correctly, Quin mentioned in his post-game interview that the coaching staff were working on the game plan, but that there wouldn't be much time for them to impart it to the players.
I don't know that the guys got much sleep. At 3am after Friday's game, at least Ricky, Donovan and Joe were tweeting each other about being unable to sleep. I get that - I couldn't sleep either.
Whether it has been done previously or not, it is unfair. There is no reason the game couldn't have been played tonight since the next game isn't until Wednesday.
We are dealing with humans, after all. Are you saying that I'm wrong about the schedule, or are you criticizing my assumptions about the posters?
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Agreed, but we just gave them a free pass in the series. One we probably couldn't afford.
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