Game Thread - Utah Jazz @ Phoenix Suns
by Basketball John on Mar 19, 2010 7:00 PM MDT
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Game Thread - Minnesota Timberwolves @ Utah Jazz
by Basketball John on Mar 17, 2010 6:00 PM MDT
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Not much to say about tonight's game other than if the Jazz still can't win given the following, then I don't know what to say:
- Minnesota has lost 10 straight
- They played last night against PHX
- They gave up 156 points!!!! (is that enough exclamation points? No?) !!!!!!!!!!!!
- The Jazz had no game last night
- The Jazz are at home
- Minny has the worst record in the conference
- They're going to get a better pick than us.
- They rank 29th in offense and 28 on defense
Granted, all of our trouble against the TWolves came in December when we we're playing our best ball. The Jazz are a much better team now and shouldn't have a problem tonight. I like how they took care of things against the Wizards and expect no less tonight.
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Game Thread - Washington Wizards @ Utah Jazz
by Basketball John on Mar 15, 2010 6:51 PM MDT
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See the light at the end of the tunnel? That's the end of the regular season that's coming quickly. 18 games is about 1/5 of the season but I guarantee that it's going to feel like 5.
What's done is done and while we would like to have some of the early season games back to play again, the Jazz can only control what's left. If they're to have any shot at getting the three seed, then they have to take care of games like tonight against the Wizards. There can't be any games like the Warriors debacle last season and they certainly can't give up any more at home.
The Wizards have lost 7 in a row and it may have been 10 without a stop and a win in New Jersey. Of course they've shaken everything up at the trade deadline, sending Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison out of town.
This is a game the Jazz should and need to win. They'll be without AK and Price tonight but Memo will give it a go according to Siler.
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Game Thread - Utah Jazz @ Oklahoma City Thunder
by Basketball John on Mar 14, 2010 4:46 PM MDT
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No AK, no Memo, no Price, no problem, right? The Thunder were going to be tough enough as it was even with everyone.
According to Locke, CJ will start for AK and Millsap will take Memo's place. That's going to be a pretty thin rotation with just Korver on the bench that's part of the regular rotation. We're going to see some odd combinations on the floor tonight.
So we'll see Gaines tonight, maybe even vs. Maynor. Deron might be going 40+ minutes though, let's hope he's wearing the wrist brace. And we're in trouble if the Jazz start getting into foul trouble as well.
If we're going to pull out a win, we're going to have to have season-best type games from everyone. Oh, and don't be surprised if Durant goes for 50.
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Game Thread/Preview - Utah Jazz @ Milwaukee Bucks
by Basketball John on Mar 12, 2010 4:44 PM MST
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The unstoppable force meets the unmovable object?
That's kind of what we're heading for tonight when the Jazz head into the brew capital tonight. The Bucks are a different team since getting blown out at the ESA a couple of months ago, 112-95. Since then, they're 18-7 and 10-2 since the break and 9-1 in their last 10.
The reason has been their stifling defense. The Bucks aren't scoring much and in fact their PPG is less after the All-star break. However, they've only been giving up 89.09 points a game during that same span.
On the other hand, they haven't faced an offense like the Jazz much since then either. The one game they did lose in their 9-1 streak was against the Hawks, the third-rated team offensively. They also beat Cleveland but the Cavs were sans LeBron.
The last game saw the Jazz win with a balanced scoring attack. Doe was 2-3 from deep and had a team-high 19 points. Four other Jazz men had double-figures. Boozer and Okur owned the glass with 12 boards each. The Jazz were also 8-16 from three-point land.
The Jazz jumped on the Bucks early in their win at the ESA and that's what the Jazz will need again tonight. I'm looking forward to what the Jazz can do against the Bucks' D.
Oh, and I'll get up a recap tonight for a change if it kills me.
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Game Thread - Utah Jazz @ Detroit Pistons
by Basketball John on Mar 10, 2010 5:00 PM MST
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Hopefully there was a precap up before this game thread. If not, I have failed you.
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Game Thread - Utah Jazz @ Chicago Bulls
by Basketball John on Mar 9, 2010 5:22 PM MST
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Though the Bulls have been one of the better teams in the league defensively, they haven't been recently giving up 100+ points for 7 straight games. They're going to be without Joakim Noah for the foreseeable future which doesn't bode well for them.
Carlos Boozer and Paul Millsap abused the Bulls in their last game. Boozer was near-perfect from the floor going 12-14 and ended up with 28 points. Millsap was 6-8 for 12 points. Boozer finished with 8 rebounds and Paul had 9. With Noah out, there's no reason we shouldn't see dominance in the paint tonight.
Deron didn't have a bad game himself going for 21 & 6 in comparison to Rose's 19 & 2.
The Bulls have struggled on the offensive end for most of the season though that's changed a bit recently as well. They have a lot of capable scorers, it just seems to be consistency that's the issue. January-March has seen them put up about 102 points a game. The Jazz will need some good rotations on their guards tonight.
Look for big games from the front court for the Jazz. If they can keep Rose and Deng (likely to play despite a flu bug) in check, we should be in good shape.
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Game Thread - Los Angeles Clippers @ Utah Jazz
by Basketball John on Mar 6, 2010 6:27 PM MST
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If the Jazz aren't motivated to get out to a quick start in this game, I don't know what else will. They got embarrassed by LA in their last meeting. It shouldn't have come down to needing a couple of free throws to tie things up.
Over the past 15 games going back to February 1st, I saw about 3-5 games where they got out to good starts in the first quarter. While it's nice to see that they can come back if the need to, it should be the exception and not the rule.
Maybe I'm being a bit nitpicky since they've gone 11-4 over that same span but they've trailed after the first quarter in 10 of those 15 games. The good news is that they get better as the game goes on but the fact that it take them so long to get going is odd.
Maybe they should head over the the practice facility and play a quarter of scrimmage ball before heading to the ESA?
All that said, I expect them to come out tonight and get things done early. They'll have a bit of revenge motivation but it feels like a classic dominating home game. They need this win before heading out on their four-game eastern roadie.
The Clippers will likely be without Eric Gordon tonight according to Locke. Fesenko is the latest to come down with a stomach virus and so he'll be out as well.
I'm hoping for a night of a dominant Jazz basketball and praying that the first shot attempts is a dunk or layup.
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Game Thread & Preview - Utah Jazz @ Phoenix Suns
by Basketball John on Mar 4, 2010 7:52 PM MST
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The Suns are reverting back to their old ways and that's not good. They started out the season on fire. Through November, they were 14-3. Then over December & January they finally cooled off and couldn't crack .500 over that span.
But now they've won 13 of their last 16 with some big wins at Denver and at Oklahoma City. They also knocked off Dallas at home.
In December and January, they gave up 107 & 112 points per game respectively. Yikes. And then, all of the sudden, they clamped down on D and gave up only 100 points a game in Febrhttp://www.sbnation.com/admin/entries/new?community_id=113&entry_type=GameThread&event_id=43624uary and just 93 points in the two games they've played in March. That would hardly seem fair for a team to keep rolling offensively and suddenly start putting the clamps on teams on the other end. That's a huge drop in points per game allowed. I don't know if the possessions have gone down or what.
According to Seth from the Bright Side of the Sun, they've been "dominatrixing" on the boards lately.
If they're rebounding well and pushing the ball after each of those misses, that's a frightening reality. The Jazz will need to get back quickly on transition D or give up layups and open threes all night.
The Jazz are just 1 1/2 games up on PHX right now with the Suns having played 3 more games than the Jazz so far this season. They're up one game in the win column on Utah.
All of the remaining games for the Jazz are must-win when you consider the West and how fast you can move from 2nd to 8th. Is there ever such a game that is a "it's an okay if we lose" game? The reason why all of these are must-wins is to avoid having late games in the season be must-must-wins as in, we must-must-win in order to avoid playing LA in the first round. So win things now so you can have your seeding taken care of later in the season.
Although, we do play PHX again on April 14th for the final game of the regular season and I have a feeling it's going to be a must-must-must-win.
Let's hope the warm Phoenix weather has loosened up Deron's wrist.
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Game Thread - Utah Jazz @ Los Angeles Clippers
by Basketball John on Mar 1, 2010 7:53 PM MST
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(Image first posted by moni, motivationed by Tazz.)
It's time for a Suns Sandwich. That's a game with PHX on Thursday in between two games against the Clippers. The top of that sandwich comes tonight although you would never eat a sandwich that way because then it's not a sandwich but just a sequential eating of bread, meat, bread. There's probably some lettuce in there that represents practice or something as well.
Hope you're hungry.
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