Jazz at Cavs

[Xiao Yao You]

Projected starters:

The Cavs will still be without Kevin Love (calf), Dylan Windler (hand), Darius Garland (shoulder) Matthew Dellavedova (concussion), Dante Exum (calf), and Kevin Porter Jr. (personal). Collin Sexton’s status is still up in the air as he was planning on making his return last night but was pulled just before tip-off. The good news is that Dylan Windler and Darius Garland are both getting closer to returning even though we don’t know exactly when that will be.

I’m going to guess Sexton will make his return tonight, but we really won’t know for sure until the game actually starts.

Cavs: Collin Sexton / Cedi Osman / Isaac Okoro / Larry Nance Jr. / Andre Drummond

Jazz: Mike Conley Jr. / Donovan Mitchell / Royce O’Neale / Bojan Bogdanovic / Rudy Gobert

I think Morgan and Brantley out for Jazz

[Xiao Yao You]

Tomorrow's game PPD so no longer first game of back to back

[Xiao Yao You]

Ingles out again

[Xiao Yao You]

Chris Fedor: #Cavs Andre Drummond is OUT tonight vs. Utah, sources tell @clevelanddotcom (https://*********.com/social/)
– via Twitter ChrisFedor (https://twitter.com/ChrisFedor)

[Xiao Yao You]

Shams Charania: The Wizards-Jazz game on Wednesday has been postponed (https://*********.com/social/).
– via Twitter ShamsCharania (https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania)



Shams Charania: Due to ongoing contact tracing, Washington does not have the league-required eight available players to proceed with the game (https://*********.com/social/).
– via Twitter ShamsCharania (https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania)




Adrian Wojnarowski: Two Wizards players in contact tracing, per source (https://*********.com/social/).
– via Twitter wojespn (https://twitter.com/wojespn)

[Xiao Yao You]

Like to say good D but Cavs are worst offense in league and shorthanded though Exum out makes the offense better certainly

[Manny98]

Clarkson is making a strong case for 6th man of the year this season :applause:

[Xiao Yao You]

Bojan wearing brace and hitting shots. Probably be without again next game :facepalm

[Xiao Yao You]

where's the trolls?

[Xiao Yao You]

Extended minutes for Oni and Niang. Worst team Jazz have faced by far

[Xiao Yao You]

Looks like they should have played Maker

The defense is encouraging the past two games. Still not good without Gobert. Bojan good night again with brace. Probably won't wear next game though. Oni and Niang good in extended minutes tonite. Maybe Quin will get a clue?

[Manny98]

Rudy with another 4 point clinic :roll:

[ArbitraryWater]

Why tf are NBA players perenially injured


shoulder, hand, calf, etc.

[Xiao Yao You]

Rudy with another 4 point clinic :roll:

another sub 90 points clinic. They play D like that it doesn't matter how many he scores. Plenty of guys that can score. If teams are out to stop him it's easier on his teammates.:cheers:

[NBAGOAT]

another sub 90 points clinic. They play D like that it doesn't matter how many he scores. Plenty of guys that can score. If teams are out to stop him it's easier on his teammates.:cheers:

Favors has a higher net rtg now however. For now there isn’t a defensive drop off

[Xiao Yao You]

Favors has a higher net rtg now however. For now there isn’t a defensive drop off

https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/1/11/22224139/still-work-to-do-on-defense-for-utah-jazz-and-it-starts-with-the-paint-rudy-gobert-derrick-favors


Utah ended last season as the 11th ranked defense. With Rudy Gobert at center, the Jazz were excellent defensively at a rating of 107.4, good for 5th in the NBA. When Davis, Green, Morgan, or Bradley stepped in at center, Utah’s rating fell to 115.4, a mark that would have tied the Cleveland Cavaliers (https://www.fearthesword.com/) for 29th in the league.

Upon acquiring Derrick Favors, it seemed as though the defensive issues would materialize. After all, we’d only need to be average defensively to return to the upper echelon of defensive teams, right?

Unfortunately it hasn’t turned out that way.

In 626 possessions this season with Rudy Gobert on the court, the Jazz are posting a defensive rating of 105.6, good for 2nd in the NBA. When Derrick Favors replaces Rudy, the defense nose-dives to a 114.9 rating, 26th in the association. While still early, this doesn’t jive at all with our expectations.


.5 points better than young, cheap and improving Tony Bradley. Worth 30 million when you have bigger issues like no PF other than Favors spotting up in the corner?