Yeah I wondered if they should have flew back to Salt Lake for the break. Eat home cooked meals, sleep in your own bed, and then fly back to LA refreshed.
I can't really see the upside of hanging around in LA for 2 whole days.
Round 1 Game 2 Utah Jazz at L.A. Clippers 8:30pm MDT
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Yeah I wondered if they should have flew back to Salt Lake for the break. Eat home cooked meals, sleep in your own bed, and then fly back to LA refreshed.
I can't really see the upside of hanging around in LA for 2 whole days.
Anyone know when was the last time we were 1-0 in a playoff series?
elan_prodigy
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Gonna be a tough game.
Theme of the night; LET IT FLY!
GO JAZZ!
Theme of the night; LET IT FLY!
GO JAZZ!
MisterGlass
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2008. We went up 2-0 against Houston and won in 7 games.
Jazz4ever
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Hmmm maybe the Golden State series when we had Fisher?
MisterGlass
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Because it's essentially 6+ hours of travel time (flight duration, airports, sitting on planes) that's completely unnecessary. It's better to keep them rested as much as possible and keep them focused. They'll have an entire week in Salt Lake after tonight.
So just some thoughts here:
*The Jazz already got what they wanted out of LA - at minimum, a split - and so the stakes for this game are, on the surface, lower.
*That said, I personally believe that following Rudy's injury, this game is critically important. If the Jazz can pull off a second victory in LA tonight, they're almost certainly headed for the second round. While they're still at a slight advantage even if they lose, a victory for LA will motivate them, change some of the narrative and dynamics, and make it even harder for the Jazz to pull off two victories back in Utah, especially if Gobert hasn't recovered.
*Win tonight, our chances of heading to the second round is 95%. Lose tonight, my sense is that number drops to 40-50%, depending on Rudy's health.
*Tonight will be our best look into just how brilliant Quin Snyder is. He's being heavily lauded for the no-timeout call, but it's going to be this game where we truly see his acumen. There is no doubt that the Clippers have spent the past two days preparing, crafting a new gameplan for the Jazz without Rudy, and adjusting their tactics. I anticipate that Quin will have, like a chess player, anticipated what these adjustments will be and will have preemptively made adjustments of his own based on his theory of what Rivers is going to throw out there.
*National media is still heavily portraying the Jazz as the underdogs. This is the opportunity to silence that narrative; lose by double digits, however, and the story will be about the rise of the Clippers against adversity, which doesn't bode well for us to take advantage of their team-wide mental-emotional fragility.
*If our guys are locked in, I think we're going to win, but it's going to take insane effort, brilliant coaching, and a dash of luck for our shooters.
*The Jazz already got what they wanted out of LA - at minimum, a split - and so the stakes for this game are, on the surface, lower.
*That said, I personally believe that following Rudy's injury, this game is critically important. If the Jazz can pull off a second victory in LA tonight, they're almost certainly headed for the second round. While they're still at a slight advantage even if they lose, a victory for LA will motivate them, change some of the narrative and dynamics, and make it even harder for the Jazz to pull off two victories back in Utah, especially if Gobert hasn't recovered.
*Win tonight, our chances of heading to the second round is 95%. Lose tonight, my sense is that number drops to 40-50%, depending on Rudy's health.
*Tonight will be our best look into just how brilliant Quin Snyder is. He's being heavily lauded for the no-timeout call, but it's going to be this game where we truly see his acumen. There is no doubt that the Clippers have spent the past two days preparing, crafting a new gameplan for the Jazz without Rudy, and adjusting their tactics. I anticipate that Quin will have, like a chess player, anticipated what these adjustments will be and will have preemptively made adjustments of his own based on his theory of what Rivers is going to throw out there.
*National media is still heavily portraying the Jazz as the underdogs. This is the opportunity to silence that narrative; lose by double digits, however, and the story will be about the rise of the Clippers against adversity, which doesn't bode well for us to take advantage of their team-wide mental-emotional fragility.
*If our guys are locked in, I think we're going to win, but it's going to take insane effort, brilliant coaching, and a dash of luck for our shooters.
Magic Spray
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Besides managing personalities, what is Doc good at? Seriously. Good for him he held together the Celtics team with noted psychopaths Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo, and Big Baby Davis then went to coach a LA team that had Chris Paul and Blake Griffin. Besides his UBUNTU horse **** and leading a collection of ******* and complainers, what does he do?
Douchebag K
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Refs gonna ensure the series is evened tonight i fear....
nateboz
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If the game is lost due to Kane Fitzgerald the Jazz must do something about it. He's so pathetic. Every game he officiated has been horrible. The guy is not close to a quality official. Not even sure he should ref high school games.
Part of me wonders if the Stern mafia is at work here.
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Part of me wonders if the Stern mafia is at work here.
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Wow so nearly 10 years ago?
Douchebag K
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Diamond Stone = Porn star. No other career options with that name.
The Clippers suffer from some post season problems that they have never corrected. 2-6 their last 8 playoff games and Crawford and Reddick have shot under 30% from 3 over their last 10 playoff games. Griffin disappears in the 4th, has all season.
Jordan is static all game and CP3 is awesome. But that's it. Doc has failed to solve their problems. That won't be fixed tonight. Snyder has him out matched and Jazz win by 6.
Go into Utah 2-0
Jordan is static all game and CP3 is awesome. But that's it. Doc has failed to solve their problems. That won't be fixed tonight. Snyder has him out matched and Jazz win by 6.
Go into Utah 2-0
That or being on the Clippers payroll.
fallenchicken
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Very tough game to win. We already did what we had to so the pressure will be on them. Now they will have prepared for no gobert and will be ready to exploit it. Going to need some guys to really step up--I'm thinking we'd need Hood to have a monster game. We need the team to go off from deep. Either way love this team can't wait for the game.
mellow
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Whoa there Alex Jones, put down the glass of conspiracy theory punch for a while. Lets just step back and consider. Why would Adam Silver want to appease the billionaire owner of the Clippers? And there is no reason for the NBA to draw out this series to let Golden State (and Kevin Durrant) rest. Nor is there any incentive for the NBA to have a game 5 in LA. Nor a reason to create a series tie with Rudy returning storylines. Nope, the NBA has no incentive to mess with the outcomes of games. The league is legit.
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nateboz
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Have you not seen him officiate a game? He clearly has bias towards teams. Hell Google him.
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