Game Thread Oct 26, 2021 08:00PM MT: Jazz vs. Nuggets

[The Thriller]

Imagine if they still had Murray. They might score 200 on us

 

[LogGrad98]

Officiating is **** again. Shocker.

 

[The Thriller]

Our defense goes from elite to league bottom when teams pull Gobert out of the paint. Which we will inevitably run into every playoffs.

It's going to be hard to get too emotionally invested in the regular season knowing we have that facing us again, and we've still proven to be completely ineffective against it.

Right? I get that structurally we’re not built to beat small ball. But can we at least try a zone or something? We can’t keep giving up wide open 3s and layups… right? @fishonjazz i remember you felt this way last year against the clippers. Why aren’t we trying something… anything? Go smaller. Go zone. try something different

 

[LogGrad98]

Quin using a challenge three games into the season. Things getting serious.

He lost a bet.

 

[LogGrad98]

Huh a guard/wing player is killing us again. Imagine that.

 

[fishonjazz]

Whiteside took Barton's soul

 

[The Thriller]

Can Rudy gay play the 5 in small ball?

 

[The Thriller]

I miss the offensively stupid denver team with Melo, JR, and Kmart. Instead, this damn denver team is cohesive and efficient even without their top 2 players.

 

[NAOS]

I'm gonna be ****ing pissed if we lose this game. Unacceptable with Jokic's absence. And on the back end of a b2b.

 

[LogGrad98]

Whiteside took Barton's soul

Is that why he's an unstoppable killing machine?

 

[NAOS]

Can Rudy gay play the 5 in small ball?

yes. Where have you been for the 1000 discussions on this topic?

 

[Goodluckchuck]

Can Rudy gay play the 5 in small ball?

I think he can. But not sure it would help. We look slow on defense rotations. So not sure adding him would speed that up.

 

[KqWIN]

Can Rudy gay play the 5 in small ball?

Sure...but it does absolute nothing to address our problems against small ball. Matching up to small ball with a small C is worthless if 1-4 can't guard a traffic cone.

 

[infection]

Would be nice to have Dunn. I guess we don’t really need him because everyone else who can’t defend needs to get minutes.

 

[LogGrad98]

I'm gonna be ****ing pissed if we lose this game. Unacceptable with Jokic's absence. And on the back end of a b2b.

Can't be helped. They have wings. We can't be expected to guard that.

 

[The Thriller]

Is it just me or does Joe look (slower) than usual?

I’d sell my firstborn to get the Jazz an athletic 3/4 like Grant. That Udoh pick over McDaniels was just so bad.

 

[LogGrad98]

Donovan is here tonight, right?

 

[The Thriller]

This reminds me so much of game 6. Just no defense whatsoever.

 

[KqWIN]

Jazz just quitting on defense now. Euro fouling when they are in the bonus. Embarrassing 3rd quarter.

 

[LogGrad98]

Makes it a lot easier for the nuggets when they can mug everyone going to the rim.