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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:21 pm    Post subject: JAZZ -at- LAKERS - 1-17-22 - Thoughts and :-)) Ratings

From Worst Loss to Best Win?... I don’t know that the Lakers played a full 48 minutes, but after the fiasco Nuggets blowout, they locked in for most of the night against the Jazz.

Stanley Johnson was fresh off signing his third 10-day contract with the Lakers (made possible by a COVID-related exception earlier in this season). In the fourth quarter, he wreaked havoc on the Utah Jazz, scoring 10 points.

The Jazz want to keep Gobert in the paint, but with the Lakers small ball they have to choose their poison. Johnson would attack the bigger Gobert with speed and power or cause problems with smaller defenders.

“I just wanted to bring some energy to the game,” Johnson said.

Defensively, the key was not caring about switching on Gobert. You make him beat you. The Jazz offense struggled with the Laker switches. Even if we had smaller defenders on him, he wasn’t a factor. The Lakers also did a good job scramming those smaller defenders out of there as the Jazz hesitated. The Lakers held the Jazz to just 17 points in the fourth quarter.

The Lakers won 101-95 over the Jazz.


LeBron -- -- For the small ball to be successful you need energy. LeBron needs his energy and needs to hold his own, but you need guys hustling around him and crashing the boards. We made it easier on LeBron down the stretch by not worrying about him switching off Gobert. We didn’t have to worry about Conley pulling up off the high screen or getting into an odd man advantage. We made them try to beat us on iso. On the other end of the court, he and Johnson forced Gobert more out on the perimeter or had him zoning up LeBron while we worked smartly off ball. Really, down the stretch we didn’t need big scoring from LeBron. We just used his gravity smartly. Occasionally he got to the line late in the game, but we weren’t stalling out the offense. We had movement and mismatches elsewhere that were causing issues. The Stats: He scored 25 points on 9-20 shooting (3-8 from three, 4-8 from the line) to go with 7 boards, 7 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 1 foul in 37 minutes. He was a +11.

Westbrook -- -- My goodness. Dunk of the season by Westbrook over Gobert tonight in the first half. The Lakers ran a LeBron off a screen-the-screener ram sequence that allowed Russ to get downhill and he launched off a trampoline to hammer on Gobert for an And-1 that had Staples buzzing. You want to hang out on the paint? Beat that. Really happy for Russ on that play. Happy also to see him show that level of athleticism, too. Show me more of those finishes, please. He said it gave the team a little swagger. Yes, it did. “It’s still something I can do,” Russ said of the explosive play. He showed no doubt about that. Russ would also have the dagger And-1 layup pushing out a freethrow rebound with 40 seconds left and finishing with Gobert trailing the action. Very interesting sub patterns by Vogel tonight. In the first half, he let Russ sit for a long stretch. In the second half, that was even longer, deep into that fourth quarter before he came back. Just 28 minutes tonight. The Stats: He scored 15 points on 5-14 shooting (1-4 from three, 4-4 from the line) to go with 8 boards, 3 assists, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls in 28 minutes. He was a -11.

Bradley -- -- A huge corner three with 2:25 left from Bradley off a kickout. That was a big bucket up 6. It was also off a hustle sequence by the Lakers offensively to get a second chance. The Stats: He scored 9 points on 3-8 shooting (2-6 from three, 1-1 from the line) to go with 1 board, 1 turnover and 2 fouls in 27 minutes. He was a -11.

Howard -- -- If you look at all the starters, except LeBron, everyone was negative in the +/-. Then look at Stanley Johnson’s team high +18. When we went small it was either with LeBron or Johnson at the C spot and they worked it out. The Jazz at times used Rudy Gay (+2) as their small ball center. But we caused problems for them by not allowing Gobert to sit in drop coverage like he could with Dwight on the floor. The Stats: He scored 4 points on 1-2 shooting (2-2 from the line) to go with 8 boards (3 offensive), 3 steals, 2 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls in 22 minutes. He was a -9.

Ariza -- -- Welp, I mentioned after the last game that the starting lineup probably gets a shake up. I didn’t anticipate Monk being the guy out, but we slid Ariza into the starting lineup. You’ve got the best offense in the league, so they matched up a little more traditionally with Ariza in the mix versus the smaller Monk. Makes you think if they do get another SF that’s starter material that Monk might be the odd man out. Offensively, Ariza couldn’t knock them down tonight, making just one of his eight attempts. I don’t think we want him playing 27 minutes. The Stats: He scored 4 points on 1-8 shooting (1-6 from three, 1-2 from the line) to go with 4 boards and 2 fouls in 27 minutes. He was a -13.

Monk -- -- Off the bench tonight, he knocked down a couple of threes early. He also had some nice work off the dribble. It felt like he should have been in there to close the first half as our offense kind of stalled out. He was in during a big stretch of the fourth as a floor spacer, but we went with bigger/stronger players to close as we were in switch mode and dealing with Gobert. Lakers ran a nice ATO for Monk late in the third for a layup that had him attacking Gay. Smart sequence and I like seeing us set one up for Monk not just shooting, but off the dribble against a player that can’t stay with him. We had moments with no LeBron and no Westbrook on the floor, so others needed to step up. The Stats: He scored 14 points on 6-12 shooting (2-6 from three) to go with 7 boards, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 turnover and no fouls in 25 minutes. He was a +17.

Reaves -- -- He’s pretty much elite at this point at drawing charges. I haven’t looked up the stats recently, but he’s among the best in the game. Another one tonight. There were a lot of perimeter players on the Jazz who struggled tonight. It seemed like Reaves was on them all at one point or another. I loved seeing guys like JC trying to go at him. I think they think they can get around him with ease off the dribble so they go into iso dribble mode and get tunnel vision. Usually bad offensive possessions follow. Reaves had one of the highlight plays of the night offensively. He missed a long floater up against the shotclock. Crashed the glass as the ball came off the rim and tipped it in around a couple of Jazz players. That was with 3:50 left with the Lakers up 4. Something I’ve been meaning to mention is the importance of crashing the offensive glass with small ball lineups. Reaves seems to do that late in the game. A few games ago, we saw some key corner crashes (I think he pulled down a missed Russ three on one of those a while back). But that reminds you of that Rockets team that Russ was on. You had guys making big plays like that. In crunch times, great job hustling for those second chances tonight. We didn’t close with him, but we kept our hustle guys on the floor for a massive chunk of that fourth quarter and they pulled us out of the hole. Great game. The Stats: He scored 4 points on 2-5 shooting (0-2 from three) to go with 5 boards (2 offensive), 1 assist and 3 fouls in 21 minutes. He was a +13.

Johnson -- -- “The more he’s with our program, with our team, we’re learning more and more what he can do,” Vogel said. In that fourth quarter, he crushed it. A couple plays this game, he took it right at Gobert in transition to muscle in scores. He also had a nice step through in the post against Gobert for another score. I really loved a sequence in the fourth where the Jazz were trying to back off him, give him the jumper, so Stanley just walked the defenders back up and got to a spot at the freethrow line for an open jumper. There are spots on the floor you want to get to, that’s one for most players and he made them pay for it. He’d get another layup off a LeBron screen on an ATO. LeBron’s gravity caused issues and great opportunities for Stanley and he took it to him. Loved seeing him just eat JC up off the dribble for a layup. Defensively, this is why you need to play him more. He gives you second and third efforts. He communicates and hustles. Mix in Reaves out there, too. That’s what we need more of, not less of around our stars and vets. Great job also scramming smaller defenders out of the paint and recovering to bigs, as well. The Stats: He scored 15 points on 7-9 shooting (1-2 from three, 0-1 from the line) to go with 5 boards, 3 assists, 1 steals, 2 blocks, 1 turnover and 5 fouls in 25 minutes. He was a +18.

Horton-Tucker -- -- This one felt like one of those veteran baller nights -- a quiet night, but still with some impact. One of the key differences between vets and 21-year-olds, is that experienced vets know how to get you that double digit game quietly night in night out. THT hasn’t learned how to do that yet with consistency, but this kind of felt like that type of game. It’s finding those extra buckets on off-ball cuts at the right moment. Filing the lane on the break a couple times. Getting to your spots for a couple jumpers. Drawing some FTs here and there. When you finish the night you didn’t have the ball much, but still end up with double digits. Defensively, his strength/speed combination was in need with a lot of our switching. He had a great challenge on a corner three with 1:45 left to force a shotclock violation. We made guys uncomfortable all game. The Jazz shot just 12-46 from three (26%). The Stats: He scored 11 points on 4-7 shooting (1-3 from three, 2-5 from the line) to go with 1 board, 3 turnovers and 1 foul in 28 minutes. He was a +15.

Vogel -- -- Key Moment: I think Stanley Johnson had several of them in that fourth quarter. With LeBron screening or drawing attention on multiple occasions that got the Lakers some key scores and dug the team out of the hole after a poor third quarter close. Loved seeing them milk multiple sequences with the ball in Stanley’s hands. Should be interesting to see them explore that more.

Key Substitution: Obviously, Stanley was kind of the MVP in this one. Vogel played him 25 minutes. But also how about keeping Russ on the bench for a long stretch in the fourth? I’m not totally sure it was Vogel just sticking with the hot lineup because he did that in the first half, as well. There was a long stretch where Russ was sitting between that first and second quarter. In the fourth quarter tonight, Vogel stretched that out about 3-4 minutes longer, and the Lakers kept the Jazz on their heels.

Key Stats: Let’s go with the 44 points off the bench. That was especially key because we had stretches where neither LeBron or Russ were on the court. Also, just 24 points combined from Mitchell, Bogdanovic and Clarkson. They were an 0-18 from three.

Coach’s Challenge: With 1:18 left Vogel used his challenge on a drive by Bogdanovic that went off him (Johnson with a reach to force it). We won that and burned a lot of clock on the possession. Frankly, the refs should have reviewed that in the last 2 minutes of the game, but perhaps they are cutting down on those types of reviews after the playoffs this past year.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:24 pm    Post subject:

Bonus Coverage from Wolf! (I wasn't sure if I was covering this one and didn't hear back from Wolf if he could, so we both ended up doing one. Which is great since the Lakers played a quality game for us.)

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Lakers beat the Jazz, bounce back from big Nuggets loss.

After telling Lakers Nation he would make up for it, Lebron and the Lakers delivered (At least for a game). There were some changes in this one. We went back to a traditional Vogel like starting lineup. Dwight at the 5, Ariza in as a big wing. Bron. Bradley and Westbrook. The defensive adjustments were in. We brought Stanley in off the bench, who was huge for us. All the bench guys were outstanding in this one. Fortunate to catch Utah on the 2nd night of a B2B. Jazz flying in from Denver. While our defense was better, you wonder how much that played into the 4th Q collapse. Lakers end up wininng 101-95. Defense wins games.

Lebron: He told Laker nation he would make up for the Denver game. He did. Solid all around game from Bron, we saw a little bit of post game, a little bit of PG action in screen and roll. Obviously the staple in his game has become those long 3s. You saw all of that. Most, you saw an energy with him and that 2nd unit with Stanley, Monk, THT and Reaves that was great. We didn't run a traditional PG in that lineup, but it thrived. Bron was the only starter with a + rating. He was a +11. 25 points, 7 assists, 7 boards and 3-8 from three pointers.


Westbrook. Yeah, mom said that when you have nothing good to say, don't say it all. Ok seriously, he played ok but the shooting was awful. You obviously had the monster jam over Gobert. Extremely aggressive and impressive. Shows you he's still got that peak freakish athleticism in him, maybe it will unleash at some point on a consistent basis. We also had a big drive and score (plus the foul) late in the game. Stu didn't like WB forcing it with the game in Lakers hand, but it was a game sealing play. I don't like the celebrration though. You've sealed a game to get from 9th (play in) spot, to a 7th play in spot, and you're .500 on the season. Nothing to celebrate about. The technical after dunking on Gobert. Not needed. He had a lot of flaws in this game too, I just won't harp on them, since we won. The team's best play and run (17-4 in the 4th) came with him sitting (Not a coincidence). -11, BTW. WB had 15 points, 8 boards, 3 assists on 1-4 three pointers.


Bradley He's just doing what he does. Some nights the shots fall, others they don't. Tonight the shots weren't falling as much, you could see he was a little short on some 3s. He is not a pure shooter, but he can make that 3 if you keep leaving him open. Does not hesitate to shoot it. I really like that about him, and he continually tries to do something off the ball on both ends. The starting lineup didn't have a lot of success, but you could say they held the fort on defense until the better shot makers came in. 9 points, 2-6 three pointers.

Dwight Got another start, with Joker and now Gobert. This is why Dwight was brought back, you couldn't rely on Trez to defend or match up with these kind of bigs. Though Dwight did all right, he was quite active on his coverages, and showed a lot on screens. We were active tonight defensively, and Dwight definitely didn't let us get killed on the glass. Lakers won the board battle 45-44. Dwight finishes with 4 points, 8 boards, 3 steals, 2 blocks.

Ariza, Only reason he's starting is we clearly realized that going small at al the spots isn't working. So we gave ourselves some length and size at the 4/3. On rotations. Trevor doesn't move much off the ball and spots up for a lot of 3s. He's not much impact so far in this Laker tenure. We were much better with Stanley in his spot. 4 points on 1-6 from 3 pointer.

Stanley Player of the game? He has to be in consideration. What a 4th Q! Just took it to the Jazz. Hard to believe this guy has struggled to make it in the NBA. He looked like Randle out there on offense, and with much better defensive awareness and ability. That 4th Q he was everywhere. We ran him at the 5, and he took the Utah bigs off the dribble again and again. He had some nice reads where he just got into the paint and eiither scored off a layup or kicked out to a open shooter. We don't win this game with Stanley. Thanks, dude. 15 ponts, 5 points, 3 assists, 1-2 from 3 pointers. +18 !

Monk
He's back. After 2 games MIA, Monk returns to the MLE player I think he will be by season's end. He's such a good creator in this offense. You see teams just don't know what he's going to do. Pull up, drive or even make the occasional pass. + 17 in this game. When the team went down in the 4th, he was part of that group with Lebron that helped get the lead back. Really like some of his secondary attacks when we utilize him in this way. He takes a ton of pressure of Lebron when he's making shots, sort of like WB is supposed to be doing (but doesn't). Helped out on the glass in this one. 14 points, 7 boards 2-6 from 3 pointers.

THT Liked his defensive energy in this one. You don't always get this level of intensity from the Lakers, but both halves our bench let the other team feel we had impact on our bench. THT was part of that. Interesting note. Vogel was subbing in THT on defensive possesions, for Monk. You clearly see something there. Vogel trusts Monk on offense, and THT on defense. Futher evidence of our lacking consistent 2-way threats. THT finished with 11 points, 1-3 from 3 pointers.

Reaves How good was that putback? What a timely play. Reaves boxscore scoring/assist won't show what he did out there. You have to watch the game and see the +/-. The play that stood out. He drives, looks for a pass, no one open (but he is) and shoots the mid-range, misses, grabs the rebound and puts in falling down. What a play. The level of heart, and energy.


Vogel Coach made a few changes in this one. Went with more size than we have seen in a month. Ariza in for Monk, so you added a legit big wing/4. Bron probably was starting as a 3 in this one. Dwight started again. So a much bigger frontline with Dwight, Ariza, Bron. More in line with those Dwight/starting C, Kuz, Bron lineups that would start when AD would miss time in previous few years. Off the bench, Monk gave a good impact, and that move paid off. All the bench guys were big +++. The lack of an open paint did slow down out offense, but Westbrook has been struggling with his shot regardless. Nice to have some defense.

Lakers held the Jazz to just 36.9% shooting.
Lakers lost the 3 point battle 11-12 (Utah had 1 more make, but also 9 more attempts)
Lakers +1 on the boards 45-44 (Big telling stat about our size and effort).
Lakers only 12 TOs, only 15 assists.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:25 pm    Post subject:

First!

The Jazz are a good team. They also will never win a chip with Gobert playing.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:28 pm    Post subject:

The same defense would get killed by jokic because he will feast all day. Embiid too.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:45 pm    Post subject:

Best win of the season! It was ugly, and not the style we should be playing, but it makes this win even more gratifying.

Hopefully they build on it, but how many times have we said that this season?

They really need to sign Stanley Johnson not just for the rest of this season, but next season also. If they only sign him for this season, I'm afraid some other team will snag him from us this summer.

Even after AD returns, coach needs to keep playing Dwight. He rebounds, plays D, boxes out and draws fouls. We need players like that, especially in the frontcourt.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:04 am    Post subject:

Didn't expect this one as a W - but I sure take it.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:02 am    Post subject:

Thanks DB.

Indeed, best W of the year.

With that said, still alot of work ahead for this team.
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DrDent wrote:
Thanks DB.

Indeed, best W of the year.

With that said, still alot of work ahead for this team.

You just do not know if you will get this effort consistently on D such that Vogel can stick with the bigger starting lineup. Also, key stat. WB 28 minutes. As mentioned in the recaps, Vogel sat WB for 2 long stretches in each half.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:06 am    Post subject:

WTF is going on with this team, man. What a rollercoaster.
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How did our defense got so good? just effort?
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 6:34 am    Post subject:

lol I take a mental health day and they get the best win of the year...

Thanks DB!
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:27 am    Post subject:

danzag wrote:
WTF is going on with this team, man. What a rollercoaster.


Effort can win you a few games. Look at what the Clippers have done.

But this Lakers roster has too many players who think the other team should just bow down to them because of their names. Basically not enough Carusos, Reaves, KCP types and too many players who think they are good but actually aren’t outside of pickup basketball at LA Fitness.
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LakerSD wrote:
danzag wrote:
WTF is going on with this team, man. What a rollercoaster.


Effort can win you a few games. Look at what the Clippers have done.

But this Lakers roster has too many players who think the other team should just bow down to them because of their names. Basically not enough Carusos, Reaves, KCP types and too many players who think they are good but actually aren’t outside of pickup basketball at LA Fitness.


Indeed, and that's why players like Stanley Johnson and Reaves look so good, because fans have become so used to lackadaisical, low energy (or boneheaded) play that they think that play is the norm and Johnson/Bradley are the "manna from heaven".
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Good things happen when you play DEFENSE!
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Good things happen when you play DEFENSE!
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governator wrote:
How did our defense got so good? just effort?


Utah missed a lot of open shots. Good win against a contender, we don’t have a lot of those.
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venturalakersfan wrote:
governator wrote:
How did our defense got so good? just effort?


Utah missed a lot of open shots. Good win against a contender, we don’t have a lot of those.


yeah but we did rotate to cover the shooters a lot, like the whole game and somehow still neutered Gobert. Good win indeed
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Bogdan, Mitchell, Rudy, Clarkson went for 1/26 from 3. Lot of them were open...I wouldn't put too much into this win.
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roger_federer wrote:
Bogdan, Mitchell, Rudy, Clarkson went for 1/26 from 3. Lot of them were open...I wouldn't put too much into this win.


That’s part of the game, a win against a top 4 team is always good.
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roger_federer wrote:
Bogdan, Mitchell, Rudy, Clarkson went for 1/26 from 3. Lot of them were open...I wouldn't put too much into this win.

i watched the game again last night, and i counted 5-6 missed open shots for them together, all others were force shots and well contested ones. on the other side, we missed more wide open 3s than them.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:15 pm    Post subject:

governator wrote:
How did our defense got so good? just effort?


I just really think Gobert has flaws that can be exploited. You make him beat you on mismatches. Don't let the other guys get your defense scrambling for clean pull-up threes off screens, two-man actions or kickouts for catch and shoots. Make them play one on one. That's really what the Lakers did and tried limiting the mismatches by scramming smaller players out of the post when the Jazz couldn't react fast enough. For sure the effort was much better, but like it was mentioned above, it's not like you are dealing with Jokic or Embiid where mismatches will get abused.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:35 pm    Post subject:

mad55557777 wrote:
roger_federer wrote:
Bogdan, Mitchell, Rudy, Clarkson went for 1/26 from 3. Lot of them were open...I wouldn't put too much into this win.

i watched the game again last night, and i counted 5-6 missed open shots for them together, all others were force shots and well contested ones. on the other side, we missed more wide open 3s than them.


Yeah, their looks were not like the looks the Nuggets or others were getting that's for sure. It's not a coincidence we played some guys more and others a little less...but also Gobert is a problem for the Jazz when teams play like this. Other teams could still feast against us if we did the same things and then we get back into scrambling D mode to prevent that and the looks are wide open again. I suspect the Jazz try to matchup hunt Monk a little more in the future and get the ball to Gobert a little more. They will be better for sure.
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DancingBarry wrote:
mad55557777 wrote:
roger_federer wrote:
Bogdan, Mitchell, Rudy, Clarkson went for 1/26 from 3. Lot of them were open...I wouldn't put too much into this win.

i watched the game again last night, and i counted 5-6 missed open shots for them together, all others were force shots and well contested ones. on the other side, we missed more wide open 3s than them.


Yeah, their looks were not like the looks the Nuggets or others were getting that's for sure. It's not a coincidence we played some guys more and others a little less...but also Gobert is a problem for the Jazz when teams play like this. Other teams could still feast against us if we did the same things and then we get back into scrambling D mode to prevent that and the looks are wide open again. I suspect the Jazz try to matchup hunt Monk a little more in the future and get the ball to Gobert a little more. They will be better for sure.


U talking about Westbrook? limit his minute going forward?
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governator wrote:
DancingBarry wrote:
mad55557777 wrote:
roger_federer wrote:
Bogdan, Mitchell, Rudy, Clarkson went for 1/26 from 3. Lot of them were open...I wouldn't put too much into this win.

i watched the game again last night, and i counted 5-6 missed open shots for them together, all others were force shots and well contested ones. on the other side, we missed more wide open 3s than them.


Yeah, their looks were not like the looks the Nuggets or others were getting that's for sure. It's not a coincidence we played some guys more and others a little less...but also Gobert is a problem for the Jazz when teams play like this. Other teams could still feast against us if we did the same things and then we get back into scrambling D mode to prevent that and the looks are wide open again. I suspect the Jazz try to matchup hunt Monk a little more in the future and get the ball to Gobert a little more. They will be better for sure.


U talking about Westbrook? limit his minute going forward?

depending on the situation, but 28-32 is probably good for Russ and the Lakers. there was a point late in the 3rd when Jazz was making that run. i thought Vogel should've left Russ in there and rest Lebron.
THT just can't be our PG in the future, we have Reaves and Monk doing that if both Russ and Lebron are out.
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roger_federer wrote:
Bogdan, Mitchell, Rudy, Clarkson went for 1/26 from 3. Lot of them were open...I wouldn't put too much into this win.
i watched the game again last night, and i counted 5-6 missed open shots for them together, all others were force shots and well contested ones. on the other side, we missed more wide open 3s than them.
Yeah, their looks were not like the looks the Nuggets or others were getting that's for sure. It's not a coincidence we played some guys more and others a little less...but also Gobert is a problem for the Jazz when teams play like this. Other teams could still feast against us if we did the same things and then we get back into scrambling D mode to prevent that and the looks are wide open again. I suspect the Jazz try to matchup hunt Monk a little more in the future and get the ball to Gobert a little more. They will be better for sure.
U talking about Westbrook? limit his minute going forward?
depending on the situation, but 28-32 is probably good for Russ and the Lakers. there was a point late in the 3rd when Jazz was making that run. i thought Vogel should've left Russ in there and rest Lebron.
THT just can't be our PG in the future, we have Reaves and Monk doing that if both Russ and Lebron are out.
Vogel is doing what good coaches do, continue to play the “hot hands.” Any player that disagrees is instantly noted and addressed

As Big Game Rob noted last night, all the rotations were “on point” and “on time” hence constant and consistent pressure is seen on every play (“Hands Down, Man Down”)

At this time, THT is not a dependable PG. His focus should be on creating scoring opportunities and playing great D

Johnson, Reeves, THT and Monk with LBJ is a lineup that is young, plays with energy, provide consistent 100% effort and plays Team D. Do they/Will they make mistakes - yes. Usually the pros will outweigh the cons

Props to Dwight to providing energy and being a Force in the paint

In past posts, I have highlighted that the greatest thing that LBJ can bring is leadership and we needed it now. LBJ has answered The Call

Add KNunn, Melo and AD in the upcoming weeks - those additions are definitely better than anybody they would even consider trading for - see Jeramani Grant (where would he play when AD is back and Melo is healthy plus giving up on THT, Bradley and draft choices - nope)
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