Here are some ideas:
-keep Gobert going for the offensive boards, playing to his strengths, saving some energy, and forcing Houston to compensate if that becomes a problem for them. Gobert grabbing offensive rebounds is one of the few problems Utah could pose to them.
- Let whoever is back first sprint and beat Capella to the paint, and everyone be prepared to take charges (something this defense could emphasize more, Gobert or not). I'm somehow skeptical Capella has the brakes or the innate side-to-side offensive ability for this approach to be useless.
-Gobert has to guard more on the perimeter, and just resign himself to closing out with his arms up, knowing he'll probably get blown by. In that case, he just needs to be prepared to trail the play end either affect the pass, the shot from behind, or rotate. (At least in the case with Harden, and probably Paul [anyone with a deadly off-the-dribble 3]).
-in the above scenario, the team needs to totally revamp their rotation strategy, but that's been a long time coming, especially since if the Jazz get past the Rockets, they'll have to have similar set of answers for the Warriors. To be specific, you have to send the closest help to either plant and take a charge or seriously contest. If a player can beat the ballhandler to outside the restricted circle and plant, they will either get a charge, or slow down the ballhandler, which might be enough for a trailing Gobert to make a play
-Gobert is going to have to play fewer minutes in any case, in my opinion. If only so he gets more rest so he can be effective in the minutes he IS on the floor, because he's going to be run ragged.
Alec Burks should also be on the floor for every single minute Paul and Harden aren't. At a certain point, you gotta keep pace with the scoring, but Burks' defensive lapses can be killer.
The Jazz have to take their tailored game plans to a whole new level of detail, depth, and execution if this is to be a series, and I think anyone paying the slightest bit of attention already knew that.
