Game Thread and Preview - Utah Jazz @ Philadelphia 76ers
by Basketball John on Nov 13, 2009 4:16 PM MST
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PrintAs 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.
But what do I know about the 76ers? Check these guys out
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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
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
Doesn't sound like him to me
"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill
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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If you're watching...
how has E3 looked early?
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Looking at just the stats...
I like the 3 assists.
The 2 fouls & the 1-4 shooting… not so much.
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Yeah, that it is.
Missed that b/c I was skipping over all the 0s.
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I don't like
the absence of Fesenko in the “bench” column.
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Wesley's lighting it up
3-3 for 3
"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill
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
Wow
Great run of the court.
"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill
Wow... quiet here.
And we’re winning too.
PS. Fesenko still hasn’t played. I hate Jerry Sloan.
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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
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.
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
Trade Deron!
Obviously he’s the problem. Just getting home from work here.
by Basketball John on Nov 13, 2009 6:55 PM MST reply actions
Um, I've been around this season.
Of course I thought it… I wasn’t silly enough to put it in print. :)
I think we should start Matthews over Brewer from here on out.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
nah
as the elder statesman of this tean, ak just needs to hold extra practices so his teammates can learn to catch his passes
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.
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)
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
I calls 'em like I sees 'em
"We got to change something bc what we doing ain't working right now!" - DWill
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
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
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