Game Thread Mar 31, 2022 08:00PM MT: Jazz vs. Lakers

[fishonjazz]

Russ is going to crush us

lol

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The Lakers are now out of the 11th and out of the play-in. We’ll let them back in. Would be a shame if us losing to them is what puts us both in the play-in and you know we aren’t advancing against them in a do or die.

Twice they were absolutely on the ropes and you though Vogel was gonna get fired or it was gonna blow up... twice we had our foot on their throats... and twice we lost in pathetic fashion.

This absolutely is going to happen... we are the only oxygen keeping them alive... Quin will get his third Lakers victory this season... and before he even has a contract with them. Pretty impressive.

 

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[LogGrad98]

 

[whatthe]

They don’t have picks.

They will also trade AD first and get a ton of assets. Gobert and Lebron together would be better than any version Utah would put together by a mile.

 

[SteakNEggs]

Must win or nah?

 

[enchilada_style]

I’m at peace with whatever the outcome may be


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[Jingled]

Must win or nah?

I don't think it really matters anymore.

 

[SoUjazzfan]

Must win or nah?

At this point they're all just must play. It's the only way we get to the final scene of this tragedy and move on to the next phase.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I'm in Hawaii right now. The air is rich and balmy. And with the time difference, all this drama happens before I know to even check in on the Jazz.

Huge bonus.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Okay, so the Jazz *should* beat the Lakers without Lebron. I mean, throw me a bone here.

When the Jazz play the Warriors, it will be the first game of a B2B for the Ws. Their second game is against the Kings. The Ws have been holding out Klay, Draymond and Otto Porter Jr. on B2Bs. Hence, the Ws might be even more shorthanded when they play the Jazz. The Ws reasoning would be that they can at least get a win against the Kings, rather than risk losing both games.

The Jazz should beat the Thunder and Blazers because those teams suck and are actively trying to lose at this point. So that would be 4 wins.

For whatever reason, the Suns are still playing hard, even though they have secured the top seed and would seem to have nothing to play for. So I guess we'll see what happens.

The Grizzlies don't really have much to play for either, since they are essentially locked in to the #2 seed.

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

All I know is that this is definitely a must win game for me particularly after a coworker that lives and breathes purple and gold told me, “it’s too bad we can’t play you guys every game or we’d be on our way to another championship”! I had visions of going Will Smith on his *** but alternately just did the pre Jada reaction awareness Will Smith polite laugh

 

[LoPo]

3/31 Lakers - WIN (we better win this)
4/2 Warriors - LOSS
4/5 Grizzlies and 4/6 Thunder - WIN One and LOSE One
4/8 Suns - WIN (Suns will rest)
4/10 Blazers - WIN

End up in the 5th or 6th seed and play either Golden State or Dallas.

 

[The Thriller]

So we only lose by 10?

Only after we go up by 25 in the 4th

 

[SojoDave]

We could win if maybe we were up by 30 instead of 25...

 

[Katastrofica]

We could win if maybe we were up by 30 instead of 25...

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Here we go. 6 games to get the team grooving before the playoffs. Most of our remaining games are against teams that aren't playing for much. A fully healthy team that has won some games and feeling better about themselves and in a 6/3 matchup with the Mavs is probably best case scenario right now.

 

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Here we go. 6 games to get the team grooving before the playoffs. Most of our remaining games are against teams that aren't playing for much. A fully healthy team that has won some games and feeling better about themselves and in a 6/3 matchup with the Mavs is probably best case scenario right now.

Agreed. The only problem is, our schedule is so easy the rest of the way that its going to be hard to finish 6th. With our luck we'll wind up in a 4/5 matchup with the Warriors.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Agreed. The only problem is, our schedule is so easy the rest of the way that its going to be hard to finish 6th. With our luck we'll wind up in a 4/5 matchup with the Warriors.

Never underestimate our ability to lose games we should win.

 

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