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LA Clippers Lob City vs. Utah Jazz Swat Lake City, Wed. 8:30 MT ESPN

I'm a harsh critic of Al, but he worked tonight on help. The guy isn't perfect but he has some nice parts to his game.

Yeah, I have said that a few times. In fact, THAT is the very reason that Verlin still is after me (or there could be an alterior motive, if you know what I mean...)
 
I disagree with your disagree. Burks always shows flashes. But he plays out of control. It's a learning process. He has to figure out when to use his aggression, and when those same instincts are leading him astray. And for Ty, he can't leave a player on the floor who is going to break down the offense like Burks frequently does.

I can see the reasoning, Burks shot his way onto the bench. I guess Corbin just had to play the guy he could trust to do what he was told over a guy that can score.

I just would rather Corbin chewed his *** and put him back out there. Those guys were not playing defense and Burks can put it in the basket.
 
Hayward had a nice game, and his defense lately has been very impressive. But he's got to learn to finish. It's maddening watching him miss layups or try a circus shot rather than getting physical. But on the plus side, I didn't see any of his trademark passes from under the rim tonight. He's definitely being more aggressive out there.

He had a rebound over Griffin toward the end of the game that was especially nice.
 
+1 on FREETHROWS. Kanter and Favors both made them to start the 4th then Millsap and company come in and go 1/2.
 
I liked the part where Evans came in...for one second.

Josh Howard is strugglin, looked totally different from earlier in the season
 
Yeah, I have said that a few times. In fact, THAT is the very reason that Verlin still is after me (or there could be an alterior motive, if you know what I mean...)

Ok I have more in me tonight. I like Jefferson just fine. I don't carry on a love affair with him like you do, but I see his value. You can keep thinking that I am chasing you around, in fact I think you would hope that's the case. Reality is that this is the internetzzzz so to answer some of your asinine questions , "I cant do anything about it", I can't " come to your office and make you" and I can't "chase you around with my alterior motives". But keep showing me how much you don't care Craig. It's working.
 
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Shaq is not even a good example because his size and power was so unique he was truly difficult to properly officiate
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Where in the NBA or any basketball rule book does it state that if you are large in size and powerful in body? Weight? you are allowed to level the defender then shoot. Rules are made for everybody. Paul made significant contact into the defender ( Ya, sure he flopped) and like i said i would have called it myself. When you lower your shoulder and make contact designed to give you space, that's a charge. The NBA calls it the way they do cause they think we all love scoring. I know i do!
 
I just rewatched the game and it was frusterating.

Missed free throws (especially the tech/defensive 3 sec), bad call on the flop.

Griffin was clearly falling down before contact was made and it was a light bump at that. Millsap looked lazy and out of place again tonight. To start the game he was standing on defense. I think he might be frusterated about something.

Jeffersons lazy foul on Blake at the end to give him the and 1 really killed me. Had he allowed the shot we could have tied with the last free throw, had he not allowed the shot and got in place and fouled there is a good chance Blake misses one or both.

The bright note for me is Kanter and Favors looked great when they came in the first half. I really wished they would have played more. They were much better on pick and roll, much better on FTs, much better help defense and their offense game was the best of the season. Both had great post moves. Both hit mid-range jumpers and made FT's. Corbin needs to sit Jefferson and Millsap when they play lazy defense the first time they stand and watch a guy come through the lane and dunk with no contest. Favors and Kanter are both capable of playing more time on any given night if needs be.
 
Maybe I missed one then? which game he made it?


I would write up which games but I really don't remember my friend, too much cafein in my veins now. And Actually he made 2 of them and missed 3 or 4 times. Now with this game I tihnk he made the third one. When I get it I post it.
 
Worst thing about this game was losing Earl.

Positives were Big Al, Miles, Hayward, and Favors. Kanter had some nice moments in the 1st half as well.
That move by Harris to set up Kanter was unbelievable.

Favors put in work at the FT line. Good job kid. I hope the rest of the team follows suit.
 
Yea the flop was a bad call but the Jazz blew many chances. I am encouraged with the loss because the Jazz went toe to toe with a real contender tonight. Losing sucks but lessons can be learned from losing tough games. It helps the next time when the Jazz are in a close game, its called gaining experience. Yes it can be painful. Think about some of the positives. Hayward got pissed tonight and didn't back down. Kanter's defense is encouraging. The team stayed right there even though both PGs got hurt. Jazz didn't do the little things to win tonight. They didn't get the key rebound or make their free throws nor did they shoot well in the 3rd quarter. Teams tend to lose when they shoot 24 percent for a quarter. Yet they hung in there. I know there are no moral victories but if teams are smart they can learn from this.
 
I see the Clippers the same way I see the Heat. They have superstars and that will get them far but they are a not a team. Not yet. Give them a year or two to pick up those surronding guys. (See Battier in Miami)

As far as the Utah loss I am looking at it like this. No one expected Utah to do much this year. Even with this loss they are 4 games above .500. Look at the loss last night, against Dallas (in Utah) and agaisnt the Lakers (in Utah). They were right there fighting for those games and all 3 were very winnable. They are already farther along then many of us expected. That is a good sign.

If they had beaten those teams (and the winnable Toronto game) Utah would be 16-4 instead of 12-8. I see a bright future that may be nearer than we thought.

Edit: Also Big Al had 4 assists last night. That was one of the 2 biggest complaints about him. Black hole and horrible D. Well he is passing more and his D is better. Not good mind you but better.
 
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I only watched the 1st quarter, but what the heck was going there? It was Lob City. Why didn't Ty call a TO and do some *** chewing? Sounds like Favors and Kantor played really well but got their usual mintues. The bit of Favors I did see he was looking tremendous, great post moves, good D on Griffin. I was praising Ty for his personel decisions the previous game but it sounds like he blew it last night.
 
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