Official Game Thread--12/30/2010: Utah at Portland 8pm MT...FSR-UT/KFNZ

[Mr. McGibblets]

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[vslice02]

10 healthy players. Deron, Bell, Hayward, Millsap, Jefferson starting with Watson, Price, Evans, Elson and Fesenko off the bench. Be interesting to see who's the first big off the bench tonight.

 

[KatieMCR]

What in the hell is Mehmet out for?

This: Link

 

[Inn Dawn]

This: Link

I see. Thanks. Damn, that sucks. Right when he was starting to get some semblance of a groove going...

 

[InGameStrategy]

Keep doing what you've been doing, and keep getting what you've been getting

Aldridge pwning Millsap again, yet Sloan makes no adjustments at the 4/5.

Given the lean bench and the matchups, it would have made sense to start a backup big. Make it Elson if you want. But Sloan doesn't analyze. He prefers his gut; it hasn't garnered him a ring, but it hasn't gotten him fired yet, either . . . .

Maybe a burrito chose the lineup tonight.

 

[Jeditiger]

I know it's just more crying over spilled milk like the Boozer lovers here like to do, but it only gets more and more evident that letting Matthews get away was a huge mistake.

 

[InGameStrategy]

I know it's just more crying over spilled milk like the Boozer lovers here like to do, but it only gets more and more evident that letting Matthews get away was a huge mistake.

Um, jedi, Matthews was too expensive to keep.

I'd like to see how Price does against Matthews. And preferably sooner rather than later.

 

[Jeditiger]

Um, jedi, Matthews was too expensive to keep.

I'd like to see how Price does against Matthews. And preferably sooner rather than later.

I realize that, but it doesn't make it any easier to stomach. And I'm talking more of his defense.

 

[timmy]

Jazz playing 4 on 5 with raja on floor.

 

[InGameStrategy]

Another day, another recovery.

Fes comes in, the paint comes under control, Fes makes 2-2 FTs, alters a shot, picks up the rebound, and gets the ball to DW for an unlikely end of quarter, 3/4-court 3. All of this playing alongside Evans, with Millsap at the 3 (which would've been a good way to start each of the past two games). Amazing how that works.

Update: Fes misses his second pair of FTs; his FT% comes back to earth. Then he completely alters three shots in less than three minutes, resulting in Portland near-airballs.

Hayward commits his third foul--yet another reason why Millsap should be playing more at the 3 while the team is lean. But preferably before a wing is in foul trouble.

Matchup and roster analysis 101.

 

[Jeditiger]

Liking what Fesenko is giving us so far.

 

[Jeditiger]

Millsap is not a 3.