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Biggest Reason We Lost?

I was pretty impressed with Harris and Favors the last two games, and also pleased with Carroll's hustle.

I think that this team is not as far away from being able to beat a team like the Spurs as most people say.

Some adjustments need to be made, and some improvements in basic skills, like scoring first and foremost, nothing that can't be learned.
 
There's about 8-10 people in this thread that posted "we lost because they were the better team. nothing we could have done could have won us a game or the series" or something to that effect.

I'm so glad you guys are not players on this team—a player would never concede while the series is going that the other team is simply more dominant than them and that there is nothing they or the team can do to win. Oh wait... our "best" player according to some of you said just that!

Umm..the Spurs are not the Avengers. They're not superheroes. They're people just like everyone else. The second you start thinking that someone is better than you, you've already lost.

Again, this is a forum and I understand the lazy, easy way to explain things, is "they're just better than us, derp." and obviously our opinions really don't matter in the grand scheme of things. But, really, the Spurs players individually were NOT better players than the Jazz players. That's stupid. These guys are all pros and they all make money playing basketball. They should all be virtually the same...it's preparation (ie. practice) and will that makes someone better than the other person individually and as a team.

This team was prepared for ****! The Spurs were prepared to win. That's not because the Spurs had better players, it's that they had better leaders and coaches telling them how and what to do, and they had confidence that no matter what the Jazz tried to do, they were going to stop them. That's really all the Jazz needed ...and that comes from the top down.

TL;DR = Ty's and idiot. and Jefferson is a stat-padding, me-first player with a loser mentality and will never figure out how to be a winner unless he starts trying RIGHT NOW.
 
Spurs adjusted perfectly offensively to whatever we did defensively. Very fluid, perfectly willing to take an outside shot when inside shots were defended. We tend to try to force it inside, NOT ever looking comfortable in shooting a jump shot. They are an EXCELLENT team at keeping their dribbles alive, while we are not, which stagnates our offense. Give them credit; they are a SMART, talented team, likely to win it all if they stay healthy.
 
fallenchicken said:
We lost because we did not play Raja Bell.
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LOL; at least HE thinks so!
Oh, and CJ didn't 'understand' coach Ty. All this shows is coach Ty had more confidence in Alec Burks than either of these two as far as possibly helping to beat this very good Spurs team...
 
Biggest reason we lost? They were better. We can nitpick individual match-ups and coaching decisions and yes I think we should have won a game or two, but in the end it is as simple as "they were better".
 
Passing.

I am amazed at the total lack of passing fundamentals by every member of this team. Every single pass, both in the series and the regular season, was either a lazy floater wearing a "Steal Me" sign -- that even if it got to its intended target, arrived too late to be effective -- or a bounce pass that hit the player below his knees. I kept wondering if my memories of the Jazz's crisp passing during the Stockton and Malone glory years were figments of my imagination. And then I watched the Spurs demolish the Jazz with their passing game and I knew nothing was wrong with my memory.

I blame this on the coaching staff -- it's a fundamental flaw in their game that the coaches should have fixed.
 
The Spurs are just way better. But if there was one obvious weakness that has to be addressed it's shooting. Even though I like Carroll, I'm not wild about bringing him back since he slots into a rotation of Hayward and Burks. I don't want 3 wings who can't shoot. And if the Jazz Big Lineup next year with Sap, that's 4 guys again who range from iffy to poor at the 3 point line. That's not smart.
 
Yes the biggest reason Jazz lost the series was the gap between the two teams. But the biggest reason for the Jazz couldn't actually reach their potential was obviously Ty Corbin. I mean it not only for the playoffs but for all season long.

This Jazz team could reach to 40-42 wins and a better seed in the playoffs and get at least a few wins there. Maybe a second round. If only Corbin could use better rotations.

I can't say that Corbin is a bad coach though, because at the end of the day he's just a rookie. (But he gives the signals to be a bad coach in the future, unfortunately)
 
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