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For Jazz ,4 team race (Portland,Houston,Dallas,Utah) 3 make it

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tleikheen

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2 teams youthful and 2 teams relying on veteran play....who will be the odd team out

Right now Jazz the team outside looking in ,

Jazz the only team of the 4 who hitches their fortunes on defense ,the other 3 don't have the team to win by defense.

Clearly the biggest concern is Neto ready to facilitate enough offense from the PG position to justify his minutes.

Portland has guard play where guard play can get you to the playoffs ,but.......

Dallas seems vulnerable because they are older veterans ,can they hold up

Houston, seems like Harden doesn't have enough help


Utah has Gobert,Favors ,Hayward healthy ,they look like the best 3some of the 4 teams ....Utah is primed for a run
 
What sucks is knowing if we get in we're going to get swept by both SA and GS...still want to see them for 4 extra games though
 
I think the Jazz have a better shot than all but Houston to be honest. If the Jazz had been fully healthy, they're looking at 4th or 5th seed. They're getting healthy and playing solid defense. That should translate well to finish the year. I think that by the time it's all over, it will be. . .

Golden State
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Memphis
Houston
LA Clippers
Utah
Dallas

Portland's schedule will be too tough here after the All Star break. They've over achieved and it's going to start showing up soon. And yeah, the Spurs will wreck the Jazz. But I'd still rather see them make the playoffs and build off that success. Still a lot of basketball left to be played.
 
tfivas said:
What sucks is knowing if we get in we're going to get swept by both SA and GS...still want to see them for 4 extra games though
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Even if Golden State is the greatest basketball team of all time, I'd rather play them in the playoffs instead of the Spurs. We would be swept by the Spurs in four blowout losses. We match up far better with the dubs.
 
tfivas said:
What sucks is knowing if we get in we're going to get swept by both SA and GS...still want to see them for 4 extra games though
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Not if we don't play the warriors or spurs
 
42 wins
 
Warriors
Spurs
Thunder
Clippers
Jazz
Grizzlies
Blazers
Mavs
 
Engorged On Unborn Gore said:
It's well within reach.

Why are so many fans so chicken-**** about facing good teams in the playoffs?
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It's not that anyone is scared. It's about who the Jazz match up with the best. Of the top 4 teams I'd put them in this order (best matchup to worst matchup):

Clippers
Warriors
Thunder
Spurs
 
Stoked said:
It's not that anyone is scared. It's about who the Jazz match up with the best. Of the top 4 teams I'd put them in this order (best matchup to worst matchup):

Clippers
Warriors
Thunder
Spurs
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You think we have a better chance against the Warriors than the Thunder?? You'd rather have the 8 than the 6??? How? Why?

Agree on the Spurs though.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
You think we have a better chance against the Warriors than the Thunder?? You'd rather have the 8 than the 6??? How? Why?

Agree on the Spurs though.
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We do. Despite the couple of games we had against both. GSW lost 4 games all season, and they're barely trying.
 
I consider Dallas basically a lock. They've played consistently solid basketball the entire season. I think it's more that we have 4 team race with two to make it -- us, Rockets, Blazers and Kings for two slots.


Good news is that the Rockets and Blazers literally play each other three times over the next two and a half weeks. The Kings, while they have dropped recently, have a decently easy schedule coming up -- 4 of their next 6 games are against the Sixers, Nets and Nuggets. Of course, they then enter a really tough patch with the Spurs 2x, Thunder, Clips, Grizz and Mavs comprising their next six games after that. They also play the Cavs. That's definitely the make/break stretch for the Kings.

We have to T.C.B. heading into the all star break (beating Buck and Suns and then one of Mavs or Pelicans), and then start playing consistent basketball on the road. Our schedule post All Star break is perfectly average, with good teams, bad teams, and teams around our skill level. We have a crucial road game at the Blazers later this month -- if the Blazers win, they secure the tiebreaker. Basically, we play teams like the Rockets, Blazers. Mavs, Celtics, teams that aren't bad by any means but aren't great either. Teams that we should be able to beat if we have any business considering ourselves a legit playoff team.
 
if the jazz somehow beat the warriors 1st round from the 8th seed it would be up there with some of the greatest upsets.

1. 2007: Warriors (42-40) over Mavericks (67-15), 4-2
2. 1994: Nuggets (42-40) over Sonics (63-19), 3-2
3. 2011: Grizzlies (46-36) over Spurs (61-21), 4-2
 
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