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Utah Jazz vs Pheonix Suns - ESA - 8:30p mst - February 11, 2010

Looks like CJ is getting the start for an Injured Bell tonight. Corbin already changing Jerry would've started Price or Hayward and let CJ continue to come off the bench.
 
I fully expect the Jazz to win tonight and their next 2 games heading into all-star break. With midseason coaching changes, it's not uncommon for interim coaches (which despite what the Miller's say, until Ty signs a long-term contract that's what he is) to have immediate success. A new, younger players' coach like Ty will energize the team, bring somewhat of a 'fresh-start' and alot of players will rally together to try and make a playoff push.

The key is 3-4 weeks from now when that emotion wears off. Can Ty maintain whatever momentum he built and get the guys to play hard for him and not for the change?

In the meantime, I expect to see Deron play some of his best ball of the season tonight and the team's effort and intensity to be off the charts.
 
I dunno, Suns got momentum and our bench is even more thin tonight. Like, paper thin as opposed to pencil thin. So i dunno what to think.
 
If this follows past trends, I expect Phoenix to launch and make an avalanche of 3 pointers from all over the court forcing the Jazz to continuously scramble to keep up while never managing to do so. Fry, Dudley, Nash, and Goric will each make at least 3 pointers.

Jazz will fall behind by double digits early and will never be able to make up the ground.

I'm jaded; I now expect to lose at home to good or even decent teams.
 
Lance-A-Million said:
I dunno, Suns got momentum and our bench is even more thin tonight. Like, paper thin as opposed to pencil thin. So i dunno what to think.
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Is it really? Depending on substitution patterns it doesn't have to be. We could juggle Al/Sap/Fes/Elson pretty effectively to match any Big lineup the Suns throw at us. Deron/Watson vs. Nash/Dragic is pretty even. And on the wings we only lose Bell and Price which, ahem, is like addition by subtraction. AK/CJ/Hayward can split 96 minutes if they have to, and we haven't even talked about the ways Evans could get into the mix. We're fine.
 
jimmy eat jazz said:
If this follows past trends, I expect Phoenix to launch and make an avalanche of 3 pointers from all over the court forcing the Jazz to continuously scramble to keep up while never managing to do so. Fry, Dudley, Nash, and Goric will each make at least 3 pointers.

Jazz will fall behind by double digits early and will never be able to make up the ground.

I'm jaded; I now expect to lose at home to good or even decent teams.
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Nothing wrong with that...the product we have seen as of late has been garbage.
 
First, killer job on the Phoenix spelling, champ.

Second, love the fact that Bell's injury is forcing Corbin to go with a superior lineup. Screws up quite a few storylines.
 
tatermoog said:
First, killer job on the Phoenix spelling, champ.

Second, love the fact that Bell's injury is forcing Corbin to go with a superior lineup. Screws up quite a few storylines.
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What I'd like to think is that Corbin actually forced Bell's (and Price's) injury. All hail the new cheif!



(the transposition was just for you, tater)
 
bordelais7 said:
What I'd like to think is that Corbin actually forced Bell's (and Price's) injury. All hail the new cheif!



(the transposition was just for you, tater)
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I think Deron probably went all Shane Stant on Raja and Ronnie. It's the only logical explanation. Memo, too, would be performing at an all-star level if not for Deron.
 
vslice02 said:
In the meantime, I expect to see Deron play some of his best ball of the season tonight and the team's effort and intensity to be off the charts.
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I don't know about that. His wrist is still injured and he is pissed the fans have turned on him.
 
I think Corbin goes to 1-0 in a close back and forth game...gonna be so weird. I wonder if Sloan will be watching on tv
 
Wonder how long it will take Corbin to get ejected from a game, as head coach? (I think I have seen him get a technical or two, as an assistant...)
 
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Millsapa said:
I don't know about that. His wrist is still injured and he is pissed the fans have turned on him.
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The fact that he is pissed is enough reason for me to believe he will go off tonight. Have you never noticed before when a player or ref pisses him off he goes into hyper speed mode and blows around everyone scoring at will?
 
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