Give me the TL;DR on this season
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cooldude32
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Utah wins when all their players seem to be hitting every single shot, both 2's and 3's. This season they are the epitome of live by the 3, die by the 3. They've also lost a lot of games when the other team is hitting shots (>.500 3pt). This win streak is nothing more than the Jazz making shots and the other teams missing open looks. Basic response, I know, but sometimes bball 101 is all that's needed to understand this streak. The team still sucks and Utah is stuck in the 9-10th spot and selling fans the Donovan hope.
Thanks boiz!
With the Cousins injury and the Blake trade I'm cautiously optimistic we can be the designated 1st-round Warriors speedbag.
With the Cousins injury and the Blake trade I'm cautiously optimistic we can be the designated 1st-round Warriors speedbag.
Magic Spray
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not if we wear the city jerseys all 4 games, baby.
LifeOnaPlate
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This is v. good.
Also, we lost Sefalosha, who was a strong presence, and needed at the time.
LifeOnaPlate
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This would make sense if we weren't crushing some teams. Take our 3 pt % down to a more reasonable number and we're still competitive with the Warriors and other tough teams.
Rubio is adjusting to Quin's system and the players he's playing with. He's also learning to make a layup and a jump shot. When Rubio scores 15+ on decent shooting, the Jazz were always pretty good.
RRJazz
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Rubio started the season looking like Rodney Hood on fire at PG, which makes no sense at all. The elite passing was gone and almost every pass was a turnover, so he sticked to shooting. Statlines like 25 points, 2 assists, 5 turnovers, WTF?? This weird Rubio helped enough to win games, but eventually shots stopped going in, so he had nowhere to go. Pace was slow, teammates didn't expect his passes, Quin was losing his confidence.
Then came december. Gobert was injured and the schedule was something like this: GS HOU SA OKC CLE MIL OKC CLE GS HOU SA OKC... yes, exactly. .500 looked far, far away and some people got aboard the tank with Rubio as the tank commander.
January saw Rudy coming back, defense improving immediately and Quin giving the ball to Rubio and letting him do his thing at a faster pace. It took 50 games, but now he throws his trademark pinpoint passes and the whole team is basically taking wide open shot after wide open shot. Not only Rubio, the whole team make great passes for the fun of it and it's a beauty. Sorry, this was too Rubio-oriented. I didn't mention Donovan Mitchell enough. He's a star already.
Then came december. Gobert was injured and the schedule was something like this: GS HOU SA OKC CLE MIL OKC CLE GS HOU SA OKC... yes, exactly. .500 looked far, far away and some people got aboard the tank with Rubio as the tank commander.
January saw Rudy coming back, defense improving immediately and Quin giving the ball to Rubio and letting him do his thing at a faster pace. It took 50 games, but now he throws his trademark pinpoint passes and the whole team is basically taking wide open shot after wide open shot. Not only Rubio, the whole team make great passes for the fun of it and it's a beauty. Sorry, this was too Rubio-oriented. I didn't mention Donovan Mitchell enough. He's a star already.
That's not true. Normalize the numbers from the last 5 games and Jazz are losing many of those lights out shooting games (GSW 20% from three, Jazz shot 67% on 3's against NO).
The Jazz have been shooting over 50% from three lately and also very well from 2, while their opponents have been missing wide open shots. Their defense has looked pretty porous but the other teams aren't taking advantage by making wide open looks. This has been the trend all season long.
Archie Moses
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To sum it up, the Jazz are as bi-polar as Jazzfanz posters.