Spurs @ Jazz :: 1.26.2011 :: 7pm Utah Time
- Thread starter Jean-Luc
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and take Raja with you!
Continue to start Raja, but yank him after 8 minutes into the 1st and 3rd. If it makes more sense to play him more, do it, but only if it could conceivably make sense. In the meantime, play Hayward and Miles more for the love of god. Greg Miller needs to march into Sloan's office and back his pick like his dad did for Deron because Bell is just a player-coach out there, being more the latter than the former.
The Spurs are a really good team, execute really well, don't make mistakes, and have a strong, versatile roster. However, the Jazz could've played better defense. Their big 4 and Gary Neal ate us alive.
AK gambling off of RJ down the stretch was insanely painful. Why anybody gambles off of him this year is beyond me as ****. More evidence AK doesn't even bother to know his opponent.
AK gambling off of RJ down the stretch was insanely painful. Why anybody gambles off of him this year is beyond me as ****. More evidence AK doesn't even bother to know his opponent.
manu would look so hideously beautiful in a jazz uniform its not even funny.
So the Jazz guards combined for 40 pts. tonight. D.Will had 39, and Earl Watson chipped in a free-throw.
Millsap with a mighty 8 and 3 against a western conference rival. If Boozer did that against the Spurs last year, people would be seriously ticked about it.
Millsap with a mighty 8 and 3 against a western conference rival. If Boozer did that against the Spurs last year, people would be seriously ticked about it.
Eminem
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lolololol 0 points in 34 minutes can we put anyone at sg. I don't care who. Put cj at sg.
Eminem
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Cj played really good in 26 minutes of play.
Eminem
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Millsap and bell should be traded
Chad Feldheimer
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vslice02
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3 thoughts:
-Deron was unbelievably good. The Spurs were building a wall everytime he got to the middle of the floor so he made an effort to counterflank their d and drive from the right wing, and he was on automatic from the outside.
-Manu clearly had his way with Raja. Bell plays good fundlmental defense (unlike a certain SF we all know and...) but just doesn't have the lateral quickness and footspeed to keep up with Manu. Then again, he wasn't able to do it 3 years ago in Phoenix so that wasn't too suprising to me.
-Kirilenko's defense is attrocious. In the 2nd-qtr he wasn't hustling in transition which created crossmatches the Spurs were taking advantage of, and he routinely let Gary Neal (yes GARY NEAL) drive to his strong hand and finish in the lane. Add in he constantly over-helps (IMO he's trying to pad his blocks and steals) and leaves players wideopen and he's just not dependable at either end of the court. There was a time AK was Utah's best player, there was a time his performances as a role-player took the Jazz to another level, but now he's become a detriment to the team and I can't wait for his contract to expire.
The 1999-00 team lost 6 in a row in Jan/Feb and still won 55 games. That's my only hopeful thought after the past week and a half.
-Deron was unbelievably good. The Spurs were building a wall everytime he got to the middle of the floor so he made an effort to counterflank their d and drive from the right wing, and he was on automatic from the outside.
-Manu clearly had his way with Raja. Bell plays good fundlmental defense (unlike a certain SF we all know and...) but just doesn't have the lateral quickness and footspeed to keep up with Manu. Then again, he wasn't able to do it 3 years ago in Phoenix so that wasn't too suprising to me.
-Kirilenko's defense is attrocious. In the 2nd-qtr he wasn't hustling in transition which created crossmatches the Spurs were taking advantage of, and he routinely let Gary Neal (yes GARY NEAL) drive to his strong hand and finish in the lane. Add in he constantly over-helps (IMO he's trying to pad his blocks and steals) and leaves players wideopen and he's just not dependable at either end of the court. There was a time AK was Utah's best player, there was a time his performances as a role-player took the Jazz to another level, but now he's become a detriment to the team and I can't wait for his contract to expire.
The 1999-00 team lost 6 in a row in Jan/Feb and still won 55 games. That's my only hopeful thought after the past week and a half.
sportsnut1232
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Gotta say it was great to atleast have a good game to watch tonight. Our guys showed heart. Dwill showed why he is the best and Al played great in that first half. It's tough to fall behind by 19 to a great team like the spurs and come back to win. We almost did that tonight.
billyshelby
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Exactly how good does your defense have to be to score no points, no steals, get 1 rebound, 1 assist, and 1 block in 34 minutes?
sportsnut1232
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Seriously? Millsap has looked bad lately but he is on a great contract and probably our only good trade asset (not counting AK's expiring).
Chad Feldheimer
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He's a Jerry Sloan type player.
just because
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Momentum (good), hustle(good) catching up(yes), oh wait, oh NO NO NO here come Raja off the bench. Oh crap we're going to lose! My thought process late in the 4th. PLEASE stop playing that waste of space Bell. HE is WORTHLESS!!!!!!!!!!
The Thriller
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Man, Jimmer was fantastic tonight. He can score from virtually anywhere on the court. I can't believe you guys wasted your time watching this crap. Tonight's college hoops game was awesome.
billyshelby
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Millsap has to break out of this 5 game stretch. I don't know if he's hurt or just sucking, but I can't remember the last time both him and Al were clicking at the same time.