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Game Thread Jan 17, 2022 08:30PM MT: Jazz at Lakers

Added to Calendar: 01-17-22

jazz just being completely out-hustled and embarrassed here. Mitchell and Gobert have both been bad in the fourth quarter on top of career-worst performance by Bogey and Clarkson. Honestly, the worst performance of the season. They got pushed around and gave up.
This seems to be a consistent theme when we lose. And we’re losing much more than last year. Consistently this team puts up poor efforts, gets pushed around, and gives up. Unless the shots are falling, this team just gives up. We never win because we defend or get rebounds.
 
Rudy may be feeling gassed, he should be getting these rebounds. B2B against Denver and Lakers as your first game backs are tough.

Still it's criminal that Jazz ignore him when he seals smaller defenders he made good work when he got it a few times.
 
This game demonstrates my biggest fear about the Jazz: there is it a single western conference team in the playoff hunt that I trust the Jazz to beat in a 7 game series.
 
Quin's brain legitimately stopped working tonight. One of the more embarrassing losses I can remember. This reminds me of the Clippers series in terms of sheer ineptitude as a coach. Quin doesn't have it as a gametime coach, this is one of many examples. If things go off script or his script doesn't work we can't win.
 
Quin not using obvious challenges in the closing minutes of a tight game. We have no mental composure. What’s our record in close games this year? I’m not one for make dramatic statements. That said, Quin needs to be fired. Way too much of this is blamed on personnel. Personnel is definitely a problem, but the mental part of the game is not Quin’s forte. He’s a great coach in many ways, and he’s done a phenomenal job with his system. But his blindspots (and our blindspots in tolerating them) can’t get us there. The focus, the inability to close out games, not able to keep his players composed, giving up any lead, etc. This is all coaching. Firing him sets us back but at this point he has to be held accountable.
 
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