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jazz is at -4.5, blazers at +4.5 in Bovada

Didn't get to watch the game last night, but living in Portland, I was able to listen to some of the post game on the way home from work. Apparently Portland played amazing defense and they will be a borderline playoff team that will be close to .500 this year...
 
sgjazzfan said:
Didn't get to watch the game last night, but living in Portland, I was able to listen to some of the post game on the way home from work. Apparently Portland played amazing defense and they will be a borderline playoff team that will be close to .500 this year...
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Their D wasn't terrible but the Jazz missed a bunch of open shots. It was a Jazz failing more than a Portland D thing. At least the shooting. They clogged the lane but Burks still shredded it on drives.
 
I'll give Portland more credit than that. They had a game plan and they executed it well. That's true on both sides of the ball. They have a long and versatile roster. They won't be as bad as most people thought.
 
“I thought we played really well in Hawaii. I thought we played really hard. I thought our energy was good,” Hayward said. “We just kind of stagnated in Phoenix, fatigued mentally and physically"
 
It's preseason.. Jazz were 6th in the NBA last preseason in 3-shooting % and finished the season 19th. Whether you think the Jazz will regress, improve, or stay the same from last season, it is stupid to base anything off preseason play. Trey Burke shot 47.2% from 3 in 7 preseason games last season.
 
fishonjazz said:
“I thought we played really well in Hawaii. I thought we played really hard. I thought our energy was good,” Hayward said. “We just kind of stagnated in Phoenix, fatigued mentally and physically"
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Yes, Phoenix was a legit fatigue excuse. Having two days to rest after is not.

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King Cy said:
Yes, Phoenix was a legit fatigue excuse. Having two days to rest after is not.

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Depends on how hard they practiced those two days really
 
fishonjazz said:
Depends on how hard they practiced those two days really
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They've only practiced 3 times in last 11 days according to Andy Larson's podcast today. So they probably practiced once in that two day span, or possibly not at all.

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They looked tired to me.

I don't really need some formula for days rest and number of training sessions to tell me that.
 
fgcamel said:
They looked tired to me.

I don't really need some formula for days rest and number of training sessions to tell me that.
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They looked tired of sucking. I mean, even in the phoenix game where there was legitimate fatigue, we looked amazing in the first quarter. That tells me it's more mental from the offense constantly stalling out.

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King Cy said:
You know the Jazz have a lot of free cap room? Spending 6 million a year (what Marco got) is worth it for a 40% career shooter who won't hesitate to drop bombs.
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I agree with you...a player like Belinelli could have fitted very well in Quin's system.

This team needs sharpshooters. We have too many mediocre players in the team that do not excel in anything.
 
This is honestly the first time I've seen this much panic over a preseason basketball game like ever. It's that bizarre combination of hilarity and disgust. Get a grip people. These types of games happen in the regular season, where the games like actually matter. The trick is that they hopefully don't happen very often.
 
Stoked said:
Lol, tbh I am surprised it took 4 preseason games for the doubt to start.

Jazz left Hawaii on Thursday. But they didn't go to Phoenix for that game. They went to Utah and then traveled to Phoenix on Friday before the game. Then back home for Mondays game.

Hawaii to SLC isn't a 1-2 hour time difference it is 4 hours. Then they were basically allowed no chance to rest before traveling again and playing another road game.

Jazz had several good open looks and the shots just were not falling.

Favors 2-11
Hayward 3-15
Burke 2-8
Ingles 3-8
Hood 3-12

Only Burks had a good night. When that many players can't make a shot that is fatigue. Jazz shot 31% FGs, 22.7% 3s and 68.3% FTs.

Jazz now have 6 days off to rest up and practice. They will look much better next game on Sunday the 18th.

preseason lol.
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Two days after losing to us for the second time in Hawaii the Lakers played the raptors in Ontario (holy ****, that's a six hour time change) where they lost again, and then on the 11th they finally won... but it was against a team I've never heard of before.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
Two days after losing to us for the second time in Hawaii the Lakers played the raptors in Ontario (holy ****, that's a six hour time change) where they lost again, and then on the 11th they finally won... but it was against a team I've never heard of before.
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Um...ok?
 
Stoked said:
Um...ok?
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Lol. I realize that I went a bit off topic and did not connect the dots. I looked at the Lakers results because of your comments that the Jazz results were understandable given the difficult travel schedule from Hawaii. I wanted to determine if they were thrown off their game as much as we appear to have been. As a result I was surprised to discover that whoever set the Lakers pre-season schedule is apparently trying to kill them. I'm in favor of this plan.
 
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