gregbroncs
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Watched a few minutes of the Cleland game tonight. Hood got blown by 2 times in the 4th quarter. I thought he was trying to throw the game with those and shooting like ****. I was happy I no longer have to watch that.
Jazz square off against them Indiana boys on an Indiana night -- Jazz @ Pacers 3/7/2018 5:00 pm MST
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candrew
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He must feel like a kid in a candy shop playing on this second team of non-shooters.
I love his form - his traps/shoulders are so huge when he takes a jumper it looks like he's shooting a softball.
Yeah, I don't miss Hood at all. Also, watching Cleveland makes me think it would be impossible to like to play with Lebron, or have Lue as a coach. 4 guys stand around, occasionally switching positions around the outside while he tries to make a play. Of course, last night he made lots of them and Cleveland won. With a different coach, a lot more ball movement, and a reasonable defensive coach, Cleveland could be great. Still think they got way better with Clarkson, Hill, Nance. They really needed Crowder though, and now they have Hood. Jokes on them.
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Rubio's improvement has been a big part of the turn around. He's finally finding out to fit in, even starting to connect with Rudy. Only one time last game did he take a bad shot.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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What a big win this was last night. This is one I had an L on just looking at the schedule trying to be realistic in trying to determine what their final record might be, so this is huge, and the pacers ar not slouches. Defense was amazing last night
candrew
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LeBron has over eight thousand career assists. If there's one criticism I've heard of him through the years it's that he's too unselfish.
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I think the biggest issue with Hood was that he was injury-prone and this has been the source of his inconsistency, which is the major reason his development has stalled -- similar to Burks only not as bad. Burks's injuries stem from reckless play. Too bad, both have a lot of unrealized potential that it looks like will never come to fruition. Looks like the Jazz have given up on Burks. I think they were trying to unload Burks before the deadline but there were no takers so they were forced to give up Hood to get Crowder. Looking back, who would've ever thought that Jingling would take their place.
Coach Ellis
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I wouldn’t automatically put the Jazz down for a loss against ANY team in the East. IMO, Utah a push against any team over there - even Toronto, Boston and Cleveland. That conference is so bad overall (and the West is so good overall) that win/loss numbers are not necessarily a good indicator of both team’s quality. I’d take any of the top 10 in the West right now (and maybe the Lakers too) over all but Cleveland, Boston and Toronto in the East.
elan_prodigy
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Cavs would be better with Burks than Clarkson.
LifeOnaPlate
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How did I miss this? Someone got a clip?!
LifeOnaPlate
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Nah, I liked the little story.
MDAV28
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IIRC Quin sent subs with a little under 3 minutes left but the Jazz eventually had to foul to get a dead ball so the subs could get in.
Yeah, I think my statement reads a bit different than the intent. I've always been a huge Lebron fan. Seems to me he's dominating the ball even more than ever, and passing less unless he gets into trouble. Maybe you would like a system where one guy does 50% of the dribbling, gets 50% of the assists, and others may go ten possessions without even touching it. There's just no flow to the offense, and a huge part of the problem is coach Lebron. As is, Cleveland isn't much of a threat to come out of the east, let alone beat Utah in the Finals (maybe Golden State).
Coach Ellis
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Hood was pretty bad in the time I was watching the game. He had one nice drive for a floater. . . but I felt like it was a Hood/Lyles battle for which ex-Jazzman was going to lose the game for his team.
So glad LeBron > Joker. That was a critical loss for Denver. . . especially if Jamal Murray is out for a concussion. That won’t help them either.
candrew
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I watched the Indiana feed. They showed The Jazz bench with about 2 and change left in the game - Georges had such a hopeful look on his face that he was going to get into the game. Wasn't meant to be, lol...
His USG% is below his career average and his assist #'s are way above career average. He leads the league in VORP. When you build an offense, you build around 27 and 9 with a .622 TS% and not around some armchair coach's idea of how it should be better. Yes, it's stagnant. Because Bron.
That was crazy. I think it was closer to 2 minutes left, maybe even less when they finally got taken out. They were dragging BIG time. Probably not a good call at the beginning of a road trip. Why didn't one of the assistant coaches remind Quin? Or maybe Rubio should have called a TO to jolt Quin out of his stupor.
Gobert played 38 minutes and Mitchell 36. Those are the main ones who should have gotten a bit more rest. Looks like Favors only played 25. It's possible they're limiting Favors a bit because of the neck spasms he had recently but if that's the case then, yeah, they probably should have played Udoh a bit. It's always hard to know when to start substituting, I'd imagine. Indiana isn't bad and you could certainly lose a 20 point lead in 5 minutes. I think Indiana started to sub at about 3:30ish left in the game. Quin could have started to sub at that point, probably, but it wouldn't have been a huge difference from how it went.