Game Thread and Preview - Utah Jazz @ Philadelphia 76ers

by Basketball John on Nov 13, 2009 4:16 PM MST in Game Threads

As you're well aware by now, the Jazz will be without Deron Williams tonight (personal reasons) as well as Ronnie Price (big toe).

Sloan has chosen to bring AK off the bench for tonight's action so as to have a second ball handler on the court for the second team.

That means that rookie Wes Matthews will start alongside fellow rookie Eric Maynor. Yes, those two that must carry around pink backpacks at all times this season.

Maynor will get to show what he can do with significant minutes and while leading the first unit on the floor.

So we'll have Maynor and Brewer in the back-court with Matthews, Boozer, & Memo up front. 82games.com doesn't have any data on the 5-man unit, so that will be interesting to see how they do.

That's when things get funky. With those starters, we have AK, Millsap, Fess, and the KOOF on the bench. That's it. AK will likely come off the bench first. I don't know who will be the true point guard at that point but we could see any one of AK, Matthews, or Ronnie B bring the ball up the floor. Look out if Maynor gets into foul trouble early.

It's all part of the new element of surprise the Jazz will be employing to switch things up. The 76ers won't know what hit them. Little do they know that Fess will be breaking out his crossover tonight and taking it to the rack all night long.

Honestly though, it's a bit exciting to see just how things will go tonight with so many people out right now. Kind of feels like a new team albeit one without Deron.

So what of Philadelphia? Well, they've beaten the bad teams they've played (barely, though they do have a win against a decent-good Bucks team) and have lost to the good teams. That sounds eerily familiar.

They're not a good three-point shooting team, thank goodness. They're only hitting about 30% right now. But they have the potential to kill us inside with AI and Speights. Thaddeus Young could be out tonight.

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Must be an exciting game, huh?

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 5:16 PM MST reply actions

it's not too awful

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 5:20 PM MST up reply actions

I started watching a few minutes ago

Who’s filling in for Boler? Steve Brown?

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 5:21 PM MST up reply actions

that's not boler?

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 5:22 PM MST up reply actions

Doesn't sound like him to me

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 5:24 PM MST up reply actions

Yeah, that's not Bolerjack...

by Patrick517 on Nov 13, 2009 5:33 PM MST up reply actions

Hm...

defense.
Yeah… no.

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 5:32 PM MST reply actions

why didn't matthews take any more shots

in 10 minutes after hitting his first two 3s?

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 5:32 PM MST reply actions

slow probably threatened to bench him.

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 5:34 PM MST up reply actions

Well there you go

he took a shot.

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 5:36 PM MST up reply actions

aren't you happy?

with maynor and matthews starting?

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 5:36 PM MST up reply actions

Me?

I’d rather have Deron, personally… ;)

But no, I just don’t like bringing AK off of the bench.
For a team that struggles keeping guys from getting into the paint, I don’t think benching AK & still starting Booze/Okur does anything.

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 5:39 PM MST up reply actions

If you're watching...

how has E3 looked early?

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 5:37 PM MST reply actions

Not bad

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 5:38 PM MST up reply actions

solid, not spectacular

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 5:39 PM MST up reply actions

Looking at just the stats...

I like the 3 assists.
The 2 fouls & the 1-4 shooting… not so much.

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 5:40 PM MST up reply actions

it's what'd you expect from a rookie though...

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 5:40 PM MST up reply actions

No TOs is good too

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 5:40 PM MST up reply actions

Yeah, that it is.

Missed that b/c I was skipping over all the 0s.

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 5:42 PM MST up reply actions

i like the absence of any 0s

in the assist column

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 5:43 PM MST up reply actions

Everyone's the PG!

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 5:44 PM MST up reply actions

I don't like

the absence of Fesenko in the “bench” column.

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 5:44 PM MST up reply actions

would you like to see a

fes-koof-matthews-maynor lineup? who would be your 5th man?

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 5:47 PM MST up reply actions

Right now?

Probably Brewer

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 5:48 PM MST up reply actions

matthews has a sweet shot

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 5:52 PM MST reply actions

Wesley's lighting it up

3-3 for 3

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 5:52 PM MST reply actions

we need a nickname for him

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 5:55 PM MST up reply actions

Definitely

but I’ll leave it to a more creative mind to think it up.

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 5:59 PM MST up reply actions

On Nyquil tonight

got to be creative to enjoy the game :)

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 6:08 PM MST reply actions

wow.

that arena is EMPTY.

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:21 PM MST reply actions

haha

had the exact same thought

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 6:22 PM MST reply actions

i'm stunned at how empty it is

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:22 PM MST up reply actions

wow, Memo with authority

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 6:23 PM MST reply actions

Wow

Great run of the court.

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 6:23 PM MST reply actions

Booze with the no-look defense

element of surprise?

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 6:25 PM MST reply actions

this is honestly the first time

the jazz have played like a TEAM all season

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:27 PM MST reply actions

Time to trade D-Will?

We look so much better without him :)

by sherbs on Nov 13, 2009 6:27 PM MST reply actions

great ball movement - 2nd possession in a row

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 6:30 PM MST reply actions

Wow... quiet here.

And we’re winning too.

PS. Fesenko still hasn’t played. I hate Jerry Sloan.

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 6:44 PM MST reply actions

No talking.

That is all.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 6:45 PM MST up reply actions

you might see him for the entire 4th

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:45 PM MST up reply actions

If you ever wondered what 1000 people booing sounds like

that was it.

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 6:45 PM MST reply actions

1000?

or 100?

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:46 PM MST up reply actions

lol

“I went to the Sixers game and a Florida Marlins game broke out…”

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 6:46 PM MST up reply actions

lol

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 6:47 PM MST up reply actions

Due to the Nyquil

my pinky finger stayed on the 0 key a little too long

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 6:46 PM MST reply actions

By the way

The scoreboard it looks like the Jazz are up 23.
Is that reality or the Nyquil?

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 6:48 PM MST reply actions

Shhhhhhh.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 6:48 PM MST up reply actions

not worried about a jinx

If they blow a 23 4th quarter lead, I am fully justified in not wasting my time.
I will officially quit

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 6:50 PM MST up reply actions

er....

like that hasn’t happened this season already.

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:50 PM MST up reply actions

I'm still a believer. In the jinx and the Jazz.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 6:50 PM MST up reply actions

i'm on meds too

so i see the same scoreboard you do

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:48 PM MST up reply actions

Hahaha..

Couldn’t do therapy? Went straight to meds, eh?

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 6:49 PM MST up reply actions

meds are cheaper

haha

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:50 PM MST up reply actions

For sure... lol.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 6:51 PM MST up reply actions

i think it's funny

the sixers traded away kk and then traded for kapono

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:50 PM MST reply actions

What the what? I am working so i am just following on NBA.com, but well done gents.

The more you try to erase me, the more that I appear.

by clarkpojo on Nov 13, 2009 6:50 PM MST reply actions

was what the what

an expression before 30 rock?

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:51 PM MST up reply actions

It’s amazing that this is the same team that lost to Sacramento at home with Deron Williams playing.

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 6:51 PM MST up reply actions

Maybe Boler's the problem.

Steve Brown FTW.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 6:52 PM MST reply actions

lol

but he doesn’t have boler’s childlike wondrous enthusiasm

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:53 PM MST up reply actions

lol

Good call.

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 6:53 PM MST up reply actions

Fact

NYK down 14 at the half.

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 6:54 PM MST reply actions

That's good and all

but New Jersey needs to finally get in the freaking win column so they can muster a better record than NYK.

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 6:56 PM MST up reply actions

Trade Deron!

Obviously he’s the problem. Just getting home from work here.

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by Basketball John on Nov 13, 2009 6:55 PM MST reply actions

If we lose, it's on me.

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 6:57 PM MST reply actions

i have to come clean

i thought “we are winning this for sure” in the 3rd quarter

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 6:58 PM MST up reply actions

shakes head

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 6:59 PM MST up reply actions

Oh come on, admit it

you had the same thought

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:01 PM MST up reply actions

Shhhhhh... ;)

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:02 PM MST up reply actions

shakes head

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 6:59 PM MST up reply actions

Oh come on, admit it

you had the same thought

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 7:00 PM MST up reply actions

Um, I've been around this season.

Of course I thought it… I wasn’t silly enough to put it in print. :)

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:01 PM MST up reply actions

How long before we see Fesenko?

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 7:02 PM MST reply actions

Um, Matthews & Maynor aren't subs.

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by Basketball John on Nov 13, 2009 7:02 PM MST reply actions

lol - thought the same thing...

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:02 PM MST up reply actions

nothing gets boozer fired up

like a real And-1

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:03 PM MST reply actions

I think we should start Matthews over Brewer from here on out.

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 7:03 PM MST reply actions

I think I just yelled "And-1!" louder than Booze...

And I always think it’s funny to hear him yell “Gimme that shit” on like every rebound.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:03 PM MST reply actions

+And-1!

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:05 PM MST up reply actions

i think he's going to need new shorts

lol

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:06 PM MST up reply actions

Damnit it makes me happy when Booz goes hard to the basket.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:06 PM MST up reply actions

brownie picking up

boler’s double double slack

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:03 PM MST reply actions

i think karl malone's bicep

was twice as big as boozer’s

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:04 PM MST reply actions

Nice flop.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:04 PM MST reply actions

Flop count vs. "And 1" count

2:2

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 7:06 PM MST reply actions

this quarter has flown by

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:06 PM MST reply actions

lol - they're doubling Maynor like he's DWill.

He’s eating them alive.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:06 PM MST reply actions

Just look at the offensive efficiency of AK, Millsap, Matthews and even Boozer.

The more you try to erase me, the more that I appear.

by clarkpojo on Nov 13, 2009 7:07 PM MST reply actions

Maynor is smooth as hell getting them involved too... love it!

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:08 PM MST up reply actions

I was nervous with Maynor as he looked awful in limited minutes...

I think the garbage time he got against Boston actually was a big help. I may be wrong, but he looked good there.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:08 PM MST up reply actions

The deal with Maynor is that he is a veteran in a rookie's body.

He has experienced so much and been the leader of his team for a few years. Bad games or starts aren’t going to effect him like it would other rookies.

The more you try to erase me, the more that I appear.

by clarkpojo on Nov 13, 2009 7:13 PM MST up reply actions

ak sees the floor incredibly well

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:08 PM MST up reply actions

Agreed...

Sometimes too well.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:08 PM MST up reply actions

nah

as the elder statesman of this tean, ak just needs to hold extra practices so his teammates can learn to catch his passes

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:10 PM MST up reply actions

I just think if he'd just go hard to the hole instead of making some iffy passes...

He’d be better off. But yeah, some of his passes are quite incredible.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:11 PM MST up reply actions

i can't fault his liking to dish

but yeah, he gets to the line better than anyone on this team.

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:12 PM MST up reply actions

+1

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:12 PM MST up reply actions

Wow

Carlos is being agressive.
Plus two steals in the last 3 minutes
And a hard elbow on a pick.
I like it (even though I hate him)

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 7:08 PM MST reply actions

i'll give credit where credit is due

but it doesn’t change anything in my eyes

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:09 PM MST up reply actions

+1

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by UtesFan89 on Nov 13, 2009 7:09 PM MST up reply actions

In KOC's eyes

this game just bought him another 4 weeks of trade protection.

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 7:10 PM MST up reply actions

why are you trying to make me cry?

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:11 PM MST up reply actions

I calls 'em like I sees 'em

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 7:12 PM MST up reply actions

we learn something new every day

booner has only had one philly cheesesteak in his entire life

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:11 PM MST reply actions

the koof is so darn enthusiastic

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:12 PM MST reply actions

Life is good today.

Guaranteed split on a roadie back East… I’ll take it.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:12 PM MST reply actions

I forgot we even won the NY game

It definitely didn’t feel like it.

"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill

by Vromanite on Nov 13, 2009 7:13 PM MST up reply actions

great memories forget alike

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:14 PM MST up reply actions

Win's a win. :)

But yeah… let’s see if our #23 can take down #6 tomorrow night. ;)

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:14 PM MST up reply actions

wow...

i totally forgot we won the knicks game. i was like “dude what are you talking about” when brownie was saying earlier that we were going to get our second win

by moni on Nov 13, 2009 7:13 PM MST up reply actions

Is that why we don't see Fes more

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 7:13 PM MST reply actions

E. Maynor for Pres

by Juan B on Nov 13, 2009 7:14 PM MST reply actions

+1

Hells yes.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:15 PM MST up reply actions

Time to switch over and root for the Ws.

by rxmike12 on Nov 13, 2009 7:16 PM MST reply actions

M&M

KWITYERBITCHN

by savagechickens on Nov 13, 2009 7:17 PM MST reply actions

The game was awesome...

Boozer played pretty good D in the first half. Second half, same old story.

Good thing we didn’t lose our lead.

Mathews was really good. Hitting 3/3 from downtown in the first half.

AK looked confident on both ends.

Manyor was alright however not yet fit to lead the team. Shot way too many bricks and was rejected numerous times.

Milsap was solid. Milsap and AK combination was working.

Okur’s D was the worst part of the game. Sloan benched him for sometime for that.

Brewer’s mid range jumper has improved so much but he doesn’t dunk like he used to last year.

Summary: Other than the garbage minutes players (KK2 and Fes), everybody had double figure scores. The team was sharing the ball (32 assist / 42 FGM). Don’t expect similar results in Cleveland.

by iLoveBooks100per on Nov 13, 2009 8:15 PM MST reply actions