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Game 1: Utah Jazz @ Los Angeles Lakers, 8:30 p.m MT..Game Thread

colton said:
One thing everyone has overlooked so far, is that the Lakers are going to be Jimmered the night before they play the Jazz. Can one recover from a Jimmering in 24 hours? I doubt it. They will still be reeling when they report to ESA. Easy win for the Jazz.
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According to Yahoo sports Jimmer's points will count for us so we should already have a nice 20 point cushion. Jazz win.
 
Jazz have a big advantage in the post. All they have to do is feed Al and Sap all night. Gasol can't guard them both. Harris is the better guard so that will help big. I think it will be a close game because it's in LA but Jazz come home with a win and LA goes 0-3 to start their season.
 
There is a marginal difference between two teams levels, but they will be tired after 3rd consequtive game, so i think the chances are equal. I dont think there will be too much tactical complexity in this game, if we defend well, play hard and dont enter 4th quarter with worse than 10 deficit, we can win.
 
InGameStrategy said:
I think that the game depends most heavily on defending Gasol (think Favors, Jefferson, or Kanter) and slowing down Kobe (think a Hayward encore and maybe some psychological activity by Bell and then some unsuspected frustration from Burks).

Ebanks and McRoberts make for a tall 3-4 combination for the Lakers; I'm not sure that this is the time to try Millsap against them for very long (although those players are young); better for him to match up against Metta. I think that you want Hayward and Bell starting on the wing, with Bell on a short leash, and Burks coming in to annoy (and to receive a short lesson from) KB32.
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Millsap having trouble against McRoberts?? Don`t see it. Millsap owns fools like that.
 
Millsap could own McRoberts with his right hand tied behind his back. McRoberts is trash.

As for Ebanks, the wing player opposite of Kobe always has it easy. Everyone concentrates on Kobe, giving them wide open looks. Can Ebanks shoot?
 
I do not agree about McRoberts Cyrone. He is high energy guy with good rebounding and shot blocking skills plus he is taller then Paul ~3 inches. Of course it will be easier then going against Bynum or Gasol but don't expect Millsap to dominate him down low.
 
Ebanks' shot looked pretty good last night. He went 4-5 and his stroke looked pretty good from midrange.

The lakers overall looks better than I expected and had a lot of defensive energy. Maybe in 3rd game in consecutive days they be more lethargic.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Millsap could own McRoberts with his right hand tied behind his back. McRoberts is trash.
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Maybe so, but Hayward on Ebanks and Millsap on Metta is probably a better matchup than Hayward on Metta. So the more important thing is to have Millsap in there for most of Metta's minutes, because Millsap is much stronger than Hayward. If PM gets some PT when Peace is not center court, than that's OK, too, but Hayward and Bell have some good history defending Kobe, so I like the concept of trying them together (if Bell is not too old).

As for Ebanks, the wing player opposite of Kobe always has it easy. Everyone concentrates on Kobe, giving them wide open looks. Can Ebanks shoot?
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Whether the other wing player has it easy or not, Ebanks showed he could score a bit. Play-by-play lists him with four jump shots (not sure how far out) and a layup. He had a nice little contribution toward the end of the second quarter against the Bulls starters (Deng and Hamilton on the wing) where he had 2 assists and a jumper on b2b2b possessions. Could've been beginner's luck, and I don't know much about him, but he seems like a player that both hayward and Millsap can handle, but Millsap is betta on Metta, so my theory is to start Millsap only if Metta starts.

This will probably a good game, in any case, to give some time to Millsap at the 3 alongside two bigs (some combo of Favors, Jefferson, and Kanter). With Odom gone, Bynum suspended, and McRoberts (and Murphy) as his feeble replacements, Utah matches up pretty well against this team--as long as Kobe is a bit tired.
 
colton said:
One thing everyone has overlooked so far, is that the Lakers are going to be Jimmered the night before they play the Jazz. Can one recover from a Jimmering in 24 hours? I doubt it. They will still be reeling when they report to ESA. Easy win for the Jazz.
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freakazoid said:
That would be an easy win, since the game is in LA.:cool:
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colton said:
Dang, missed that. The point still holds, though.
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You must be talking about all the broken ankles on LA after being Jimmered.
LA will have to take us on without any guards, advantage Utah.
 
Really though, I am a bit concerned that LA will have played 2 games already.
They could be tired, but if they are in shape they will not be tired as it's their first 3 games of the year.

The other option is that they will be clicking already, while it will be our first real game of the year and we very well could be off.
^^ That's my main worry.
 
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Pretty confident in this game. Stick Derrick on Pau to keep him irrelevant all game. Let elder Hayward work Kobe over just like last year. Bynum is out and Lamar Kardashian plays for another team.
 
Matchups could go a million ways this game. Aside from Harris, the only other certain starter should be Al. Have to force the Lakers to defend him with Gasol. Otherwise, strong cases can be made for either Favors or Sap to start alongside him (though with Metta coming off the bench, you have to wonder if bringing Sap off the bench for at least this game might be the better idea.) Wings are a toss up.
 
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