To make it more clear, Mitchell got 5 points in OT tonight, which has tied Lyles' season total in points (5) haha.
Quin's teams are fun to watch. Very enjoyable. Even the bad games i dont turn off because they keep competing and often find ways to come back.
Rubio is taking his game to another level.
He belongs in utah.
The hair, the flair, must be something magic in his underwear.
Superman!
I thought the first half was excruciatingly painful to watch, lol.
Made up for it in the 4th and OT though.
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Hood was zero of 11
19 minutes, zero points.
ouch.
We are going break the bank to keep him? Nope.
Donovan and Ricky are making me forget that George Hill and Hayward ever even existed.
I know it's been said a million times, but how ****ing good is Donovan? Carrying an NBA offense for huge stretches as a rookie against the guy whose shoes he's wearing. Unreal.
but count me as a Debbie downer and doubter.
meanwhile, TJ Warren dropping 40. I guarantee Hood's team was convinced Rod was more valuable.
Twice last night I watched Alec Burks fake a three and drive to the basket--something we all were taught to do. But the Blazers defense adjusted, and the helper cut him off 9-10 feet away from the rim. Rather than finding the open guy who was abondoned by the helper, Burks forced up shots, which he missed.
He doesn't seem to grasp the modern NBA defense is designed to entice players into those low percentage shots thrown up wildly somewhere between the three point line and the rim.
For the season burks is shooting 3 for 13 on shots between 3 and 16 feet. That is 23-percent.
On the positive side, Burks is shooting 4-8 at the rim and 9-16 from beyond 16-ft including a remarkable 7 for 13 from 3 (that's 54%).
His rim numbers and three point shooting indicate he can be a very good role player in the modern nba.
Now if they can just get him to stop taking those awful midrange shots, and get him to play some defense.
Who was the last Jazz rookie to score 28 pts so early in his NBA career? I sure do not remember any....
Just checked, it took Karl Malone 39 games to score 29 pts. By 8 games his highest was 14 pts.
John Stockton season high was 19 pts as a rookie
Deron Williams scored 28 in game nr.63
Jeff Hornacek as a rookie never scored more than 14pts.
Carlos Boozer scored 27 pts in his game nr. 66
Gordon Hayward scored 34 pts in game nr. 72.
That is bunch of All Stars we looking at and Mitchell beat them all so quick. Not sure if it means anything but man we do have a potential All star on our hands