Not anymore. They moved up 3 spots after last night and are now merely the 5th worst 3-point shooting team in the league.
2-5-2011 OKC Thunder @ Utah Jazz 7PM MST
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Not anymore. They moved up 3 spots after last night and are now merely the 5th worst 3-point shooting team in the league.
Steve Kerr, a few years back when he was doing commentary, said that "shooters eyes light up" when they come to SLC, because they "know they are going to get a lot of good looks." Its been that way for about 23 years now. We have to stop Ibaka donchya know and not worry about those other guys like Durant and Green and Westbrook.
David Stern
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I'm going out on a limb here and saying that Hayward is probably our best defender right now.
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Man was watching the game with pbash and before the game I said Durant and Westbrook will get theirs limit everybody else and maybe they'd have a chance at half time I said I was worried because Westbrook and Durant haven't been killing us and they probably will in the 2nd half, then mid way through the 3rd I said how much do you think the Jazz will get blown out by. Damn I hate being right and I'm not usually the pessimistic negative type.
I loved how the Jazz started out obviously your not going to keep shooting that hot (unless your the Thunder apparently) but that first qtr the Jazz where hustling more defensively and didn't the rest of the game especially in the 2nd half. I mean the Jazz might have lost this game no matter what with the way the Thunder shot, I mean a 25% 3pt shooter in Westbrook goes 4-4 or 5-5 whatever it was and Maynor goes 2-2 as well as at one point early in the 4th qtr the team was shooting in the mid 70% from the 3pt line.
But despite that they Jazz could've been more hustle disruptive on D and maybe put a press on especially Watson or Price since they're the defensive pests but the Jazz just sit back and took the shooting barrage without changing much anything up and that was kinda frustrating for sure.
I loved how the Jazz started out obviously your not going to keep shooting that hot (unless your the Thunder apparently) but that first qtr the Jazz where hustling more defensively and didn't the rest of the game especially in the 2nd half. I mean the Jazz might have lost this game no matter what with the way the Thunder shot, I mean a 25% 3pt shooter in Westbrook goes 4-4 or 5-5 whatever it was and Maynor goes 2-2 as well as at one point early in the 4th qtr the team was shooting in the mid 70% from the 3pt line.
But despite that they Jazz could've been more hustle disruptive on D and maybe put a press on especially Watson or Price since they're the defensive pests but the Jazz just sit back and took the shooting barrage without changing much anything up and that was kinda frustrating for sure.
currently half the teams in the NBA are giving up a better percentage from the three point line than the Jazz.
if the Thunder really want to beat us by having guys like Maynor and Green (and Collison?!) bomb away from the outside, then it doesn't "seem" like a bad play to just let 'em try. the alternatives (Durant standing on the free throw line, for example) are worse.
If this isn't an insightful comment on Sloan's strategy by a former NBA player, than I dont know what is. I mean, I guess if you're playing the odds, Sloan's way is the right way...that said, the league has changed and players are shooting better than ever.