Favors racked up 23&15 through 3-quarters just by crashing the boards, taking high-percentage shots when he got the ball and then flashing to open areas and using his athletic abilities to finish. It was absurd and ludicrous he wasn't re-inserted into the game at the 7-min mark of the 4th-quarter when he was clearly the Jazz's best player up until that point and the Jazz could've used his length and defensive presence when Monta Ellis was getting to the rim late in the game on back-door cuts. Favors can come into a game and allow a team to keep their flow because unlike some people, he doesn't need or dominate the ball to make a positive impact. The only bad thing about Favors' tonight was he had to play on the court at the same time Earl Watson/Randy Foye/Marvin Williams decided to take their biggest dump of the season at the Bradley Center.
Down the stretch Ty kept Kanter, in who had a terrific bounce-back performance in the 2nd-half after a rough first-half, and opted for Millsap's experience and Millsap shot 2-6 in OT and missed the FT with 14.9 seconds left in regulation that could've given Utah a 4-point lead. So we opted for experience over not just youth but on-court production and lost again...all in a days work for the 2012-13 Jazz.
I couldn't care less that the Jazz lost, but I do feel bad for Favors. If the kid plays that hard and that well for 3-quarters and can't see the court for the final 17 minutes of the game, hard to see how he'll have much of a future unless the Jazz let both Millsap&Jefferson walk (which I don't think is likely). It's a good thing the new CBA will give Utah more ability to hang onto their young players because if Favors really wants to maximize his potential as a player there would be alot of teams he'd be better off on - but of course that's assuming the Jazz even want him in their long-term plans.
