Game 30 Game Thread: Utah Jazz (15-14) @ Houston Rockets (17-14)
by AllThatJazzBasketball on Feb 19, 2012 3:00 PM MST
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PrintUtah Jazz at Houston Rockets, Feb 19, 2012 5:00 PM MST
Tonight the Utah Jazz face off on the road against the Houston Rockets in their gym, the Toyota Center. Tip off is scheduled for 5:00 MST. This is a rivalry game, even if it's not Jerry Sloan going up against Rudy Tomjanovich or Rick Adelman. Tonight it's Kevin McHale going up against Tyrone Corbin. That's would be a miss match on the floor, and appears to be a miss match on the side lines as well. Kevin has coached 125 games, winning 56 of them. Tyrone Corbin has coached 57 total games. Yeah, McHale has more experience, but that doesn't mean he's necessarily a better coach. They are both in the sub 50% winning percentage range as head coaches. Well, the games aren't decided by the coaches . . . the players have a big part to say in this.
The Game:
The Jazz are 3-9 on the road, and the Rockets are 11-4 at home. Their big minute guys are Kyle Lowry, Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Chandler Parsons, and Courtney Lee. They all play more than half the game. No one on their team dominates the glass (Dalembert averages 7.8 rpg), but they all rebound very well as a team. They are #7 in offensive rebounds, and #9 in total rebounds. They do a good job keeping the other team off the class as well (#11th best). They are a good shooting team, with great percentages across the board -- but can be prone to making turn overs. They are absolutely deadly when they get to the line, but so far this season they do not get there more than 18.6 times a game. I'm sure they'll go for 30 tonight.
The Jazz continue to be the team that I thought they were. January was fun, like we all knew it would be; however, I knew it wouldn't last. And it didn't. We are still a very interesting team to watch, and an outside shot to make the playoffs. Lately we've been up and down, which is a problem if your team's core is young. You kind of expect that. You'd wish for more game to game consistency from your veterans, and so far the only guy who has done it every game (more or less) has been Al Jefferson.
The Jazz will attack inside, and the Rockets will defend their paint. We'll see who wins this land war close to the basket, because that'll go a long way towards winning the game.
Starters:
| Utah Jazz | @ | Houston Rockets | ||
| Al Jefferson | C | Samuel Dalembert | ||
| Paul Millsap | PF | Luis Scola | ||
| Gordon Hayward | SF | Chandler Parson | ||
| Raja Bell | SG | Kevin Martin | ||
| Devin Harris | PG | Kyle Lowry |
Injures:
- Jordan Hill (Hou), MCL Sprain
Notes:
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I do not love how many wide open threes we always let the Rockets take.
Maybe someday in my lifetime the Jazz will actually defend the three point line?
Harris drawing a foul there made me cringe.
That was ugly.
I am pretty amazed as how much better he has played.
But I wouldn’t call it redeemed yet. He was pretty terrible all last year. I honestly think part of the reason last year was such a mess was lack of any decent, consistent play at SG.
Poll for the 3 people here
Who of the following (if any) will redeem himself by the end of the season:
CJ
Howard
Harris
Like to think Harris
but know it will be d) none of the above.
by dwillforlife on Feb 19, 2012 5:30 PM MST up reply actions
Burks kills it last game and Ty puts in Howard.
Sound coaching
by dwillforlife on Feb 19, 2012 5:30 PM MST up reply actions
Not that I am throwing a fit about it.
But why did Big Al come back in?
He was off the floor for 9 seconds of game time.
Like was it an injury? I just don’t understand that sub at all.
I'm sensitive to his plight - trying to recover some control in his life
But that’s not a reason to give him Burks’ minutes.
I'll make it coach.
Seems like an ok guy.
Hated when we signed him. Was impressed with the way he started the year. Wish he would pass the damn ball.
I don't mind him
if he’s playing well (which he did earlier in the season). If he’s sucking and still getting PT, that’s a coaching decision.
That's what I was about to say
He did pretty well at the beginning of the year, then he had that injury and hasn’t been the same since.
i was against the howard pick up from day one
he literally does nothing for us
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 5:35 PM MST via Android app reply actions
steals? no. hustle plays? no. scoring? yeah right. assists? hah
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 5:36 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
Kanter=Rookie Millsap
Lots of offensive rebounds simply by making an effort to get them.
I'll make it coach.
IMO he is playing better than Favors did in his rookie season
Pretty unbelievable for a dude that hadn’t played professional ball in so long and missed training camp.
GIVE THE BALL UP.
ashgopiuyetjkhaerlkhjasduyhvkamn.
Lets see Budinger dunk!!
I’m now excited that he’s in, show us what he’s made of.
that will make
howards highligh reel
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 5:40 PM MST via Android app reply actions
Well, if Ty has any control of this team at all, Howard sits for the rest of the game
Burks and CJ can have his minutes. When you hog the ball on a 3 v1 break and turn it over, you don’t deserve tick.
I have a guy on my churchball team that plays like Josh Howard mixed with Big Al mixed with Dwight Howard's Jump Shot
Needless to say, there isn’t much passing going on, and we’ve only won once, I think I’m averaging about 5 rebounds and 1 shot per game (coach only playing me for half the game, and I’m the only pass first person on the team, frustrating huh?)
Point of this is, we’ll never win in the playoffs with black holes like Josh Howard and Big Al that kill the offensive system so they can ISO. (For future reference, I’m ok with Big Al, but not for the future, just until Kanter gets a more consistent jump shot)
If Big Al gets it on the block, I want him to shoot.
But not whenever he touches it.
I'll make it coach.
Yea, if he shot less, I'd be fine with him
THe only the scaring me is that he was surprised that the bench was surprised when he passed out. He doesn’t realize that he doesn’t pass out often?
Anyone see those Red Rising shirts?
What is it? Red Rocket from dogs?
man....
all four of our bigs are SO talented. wish they could share some a la spacejam with our backcourt
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 5:47 PM MST via Android app reply actions
Wow a legit charge taken by Scola.
He didn’t even flop. Pretty impressed.
even tho he missed
it is really nice to see kanter go for the drive and dunk
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 5:49 PM MST via Android app reply actions
Whoa, I thought the backboard was going to break
I think Kanter has the strength to do a backboard shatter in the not too distant future
New idea for a rotation if we just want bigs clogging the lane
PG – Hayward
SG – Sap
SF – Favors
PF – Big Al
C – Kanter
Just have to make sure they don’t have to beat someone back on defense, maybe use this on a last play of the game? It seems like an interesting lineup to me, imagine the mismatches on offense you could create
So ok with Millsap taking the corner three.
Now just make it next time.
he would have made it
if there was less than 2 mins in the fourth
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 5:54 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
I'm not a picture poster, but I'll be happy to call for him.
I’ll be going to dinner with his poster later though.
Twitter: rxmike12
the ref better call that a kicked ball.
Lowry might assault them otherwise.
by Kfunk on Feb 19, 2012 5:54 PM MST via iPhone app reply actions
Too bad that didn't happen last year.
It will cost too much now.
with how many pts we score in the paint
its amazing we dont shoot more fts
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 6:00 PM MST via Android app reply actions
Lets give houst0n a problem!
by utahjazz-philippines on Feb 19, 2012 6:00 PM MST via mobile reply actions
cj made a jumper!
bet he is relieved
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 6:01 PM MST via Android app reply actions
get a bit sick of complaining about the ref's
but enough night of whistle abused. so many late calls. even more missed calls. poor millsap getting no respect when he attacks the basket. its just jazz basketball.
Wow, the Jazz literally haven't been to the line yet.
I thought it was just a generalization… yikes.
Twitter: rxmike12
Anybody else notice that this year the officiating has been rediculous?
Almost everyone is complaining, from Favors, to the Mavs (or Spurs, i cant remember) head coach, something needs to be done about this, we should host a massive, NBA-wide protest…
I think that's what's happening -
He goes down the roster looking for Borks and doesn’t see it.
I'll make it coach.
I would laugh quite hard if that happened, and we won.
If we lost, it would not be as funny
I would really like Hayward to hit that shot.
Great pass by Sap btw.
Also, has anyone ever read Dune?
picked it up yesterday, and I was honestly debating skipping this game to continue reading it.
Utah>*
points in the paint win us games
the coaching staff must REALLY over look this stat.
Parsons I believe.
No idea who is he. He has a serious mop of hair that is a mess though. He isn’t in the game anymore.
Certainly looks like one.
Has all the awkward movements of one.
why on earth is Al back/still in?
Kanter was killing it, reward him with some more minutes. At the very least, he’ll play some defense.
What happened to Ty mixing up the bigs and not playing platoons? Al/Sap are just not a good defensive combo.
WTF Ty?
Why haven’t you rotated the guys in yet?
seems to be an every game problem
Ty has the potential to be a great coach, his players love him and he isn’t afraid to make changes. But his rotations are constantly off. We’re over 1/3 the way through the season now, clearly we’re not contending for a top spot, yet our FUTURE – Favors and Kanter – average a combined 30 minutes.
That’s just not on. And it’s something we might look back on in a few years and really kick ourselves for.
I have decided it wasn't that he had a kid when the change happened.
It was when he got in a tussle with Kobe and got T-ed up. That lit the fire back under him and he remembered why he decided to come back to Utah.
Works for me.
I was in full out hater mode last season and the start of this. I’m glad he’s back doing things he’s done before.
Twitter: rxmike12
I just need him to hit threes and pick fights.
But I need Burks to get some minutes.
put budinger in
He can attack the rim(s) for the Rockettes
And had Burks been getting minutes earlier in the season
maybe he wouldn’t have to be learning now in games that we had a chance to win
Utah>*
second unit has really struggled lately
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 6:53 PM MST via Android app reply actions
al and sap
are playing really well tho
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 7:00 PM MST via Android app up reply actions
More than anything else
I wanted Sap to make the All Star game just so he could start getting calls
Utah>*
We g0t the spurs next
We will be under .500 team t0m0rr0w
by utahjazz-philippines on Feb 19, 2012 6:58 PM MST via mobile reply actions
i cant believe
the far side ref had to call that
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 6:58 PM MST via Android app reply actions
Hayward looked so good in that first quarter with his passing.
I don’t understand why he has barely sniffed the floor since.
Because we have too many duds on our roster eating minutes
In an ideal world all of our young guys would get more minutes. Because, let’s face it, they play well nearly every time they are on the floor.
I still stand by my opinion that CJ shouldn't have been in the game there.
He hadn’t been playing that good, and there was no reason to keep Hayward on the bench that long. Whatever though.
i fking hate
scola. soft euro weenie
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 7:07 PM MST via Android app reply actions
Points in the paint will destroy the Rockettes
That’s not happening right now.
I think every time Houston has beat us in the last 10 years it was because of 3pt shooting.
Please please please can we defend the 3pt line?
DeMarre needs to come in
And stomp on Scola’s face when he makes a flop
i thougt watson had a pretty poor third q
why put him in?
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 7:11 PM MST via Android app reply actions
we go through way too many
two points in five minute stretches
by rbmw263 on Feb 19, 2012 7:15 PM MST via Android app reply actions
So when Evans just came in, I was looking for a white guy on Houston on the floor.
Hoping that Budinger was in, so Evans could dunk on him. That might have made this loss bearable.
AND
I have to miss the game to try and coach 7 year olds to play baseball.
Sonofa…
Twitter: rxmike12
Probably just cranky because of the blow out
but Matty was driving me crazy tonight
Harpring Quote of The Night
Of quite an array…
“That’s why it’s good to have the [3-pt] review system, because Raja now has nineteen straight [games with a 3-pt make]”
I’d argue he’s less tolerable when the Jazz are playing well. Just another homerific dill.
Looks like he hurt his thigh
but maybe he had just had enough of getting his butt kicked there at the end
...and his team
on the defensive end, as usual. Nowhere near as much as that basketballing idiot sporting number 34, though.
Harris with his career average points and assists
Watson was off tonight.
Start Watson, Eric Borks for backup PG, and Harris to the D-League
Problem solved
well, one of his few nights that he's off
at least he saw playing time
teams with good scoring guards always seem to kill us
maybe we need better d in the back
Man, we've got some deficiencies
Love me some Jazz but this was a frustrating game. Raja played great D on Martin. PG play was very poor today. I cringe every time Harris pulls up for a J. Earl struggled today. Need long term solution at PG. Glad to see Howard got no 2nd half minutes. Don’t understand why OG got such little burn. 2nd half no flow to offense. Agree that Burks should be playing more. Love Favors, Kantor but only offense tonight was AJ and Milslap. We’re just not good right now. Wish Ty would just ride the young guns and see where it takes us.
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