Game 28 Game Thread: Utah Jazz @ Oklahoma City Thunder

They didn’t even bother to show up last night.

1) G-Time guards Durant well
2) westbrook gets < 20 points
3) All rookies and sophmores play 15+ minutes (save evans)
4) Evans plays any number of minutes i.e. > 59 seconds
5) Everyone plays with heart

it’s gonna be hard…

lmmfao

This team is utterly leaderless.

I hope.

Why are they missing so many shots? Is OKC defense really that good?

we prob would’ve had a bucket or some FT’s

if only every possession was like that…

by the way it started, could’ve been much worse!

=O (Sarcasm)

thumbs up! kanter needs to do that too

so much….!!!!

don’t get too excited

just keep on ringing it

But he’s not a PG, Matt.

way too much bromance between them.

That is what they do.

…it’s not going to well

Oh wait, we lose to the h0rnets last nyt.

as he leads the charge for a knicks comeback from down 15 at one point…

why can’t harris penetrate like him =(

… for [Harris], maybe that’ll get him goin’"

…. out the door for everyone’s benefit.

I would just get up off the bench and walk to the locker room. How many DNP’s has he had all season, all games except for 3?

they wont see it comming…

come on man

Only three with positive +/-

But that is the kind of defense we play against him?

I think I have an idea for a new game. Predict Ty’s facial expressions for post games and win something. I bet you could get some good pictures.

Be it shot clock, or game clock.

DAMMIT TY, play them, what do we have to lose? What, you think we can win this game? Throw in the towel and throw in the guys that don’t even play. A-HOLE.

Did I really just hear that right?

WTF are you doing Ty?

43:10, 27pts, 2 reb, 11 ast, 1 stl.

Damn, kid is a miracle.

FU Ty Corbin. You suck.

Up yours Scott Brooks.

howard needs to be warming it at the end.

Isn’t that what we would have said about the NO game?

I can’t wait to see the dumbfounded look on his mug.

Last night, it’s like he jumped in the shower real quick.

Ty, the guys shouldn’t be tired. This is your fault for bad rotation.

Any opposed by the same sign.
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KOC, the vote appears to be unanimous in the affirmative.

I would like to see a starting lineup against OKC of Jefferson, Favors, Hayward, Bell and Harris, but with Bell guarding Westbrook, and Harris on Harden. Favors could neutralize the big advantage OKC has against the Jazz when Millsap starts and is matched on Ibaka. Also, I would like to see the Jazz bigs slam anyone that comes into the key for a layup or a dunk. On one play tonight Durant sailed in for a dunk from about 15 feet out, and Jefferson stepped out of the way to get a better view of the highlight reel, rather than fouling him hard and putting him on his butt. I think if Westbrook and Durant got planted on their butts 2-3 times when they went in for layups, they would think twice about it. Also, I think it would be good to put Kanter in to push Perkins around and wear him out, so he is not so effective on Jefferson on defense. Also, why not try Jeremy Evans on Durant for a few minutes. He matches up with Durant in stature and athleticism. He could also perhaps get some of the OKC bigs in some foul trouble by going up for slams.

The Jazz regular starting lineup does not match up well against OKC. In the future, I would hope that Corbin is a bit more creative in trying to get better matchups by playing Jeremy Evans on Durant for a few minutes, by matching Favors up with Ibaka, by trying out Bell on Westbrook on defense, and by putting Kanter in to bang with the starters a bit. It couldn’t be worse than what we saw tonight, and it might throw OKC off a bit.

Not lost in this loss was the play of Favors. He continues to show good development and I hope he can continue to do so and hopefully lead to a starting spot. This will help in several ways:

Jefferson gets traded and the Jazz continue to load up on pieces.

For now, I’m ok with watching Favors develop and continue refining his game behind Jefferson. This is, of course, hoping that Favors is used at C.