Jazz at Pacers

[Xiao Yao You]

Projected Starting LineupsUTAH: G: Donovan Mitchell (https://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/285727/donovan-mitchell) F: Joe Ingles (https://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/297999/joe-ingles) F: Bojan Bogdanovic (https://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/296477/bojan-bogdanovic) F: Royce O’Neale (https://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/298001/royce-o-neale) C: Rudy Gobert (https://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/297107/rudy-gobert)
IND: G: Malcolm Brogdon (https://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/276596/malcolm-brogdon) G: Jeremy Lamb (https://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/296767/jeremy-lamb) F: Justin Holiday (https://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/296530/justin-holiday) F: Domantas Sabonis (https://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/326380/domantas-sabonis) C: Myles Turner (https://www.sbnation.com/nba/players/300206/myles-turner)

Jazz without Conley, Hughes and Udoka

Pacers without Warren, Levert, ?

[Xiao Yao You]

I would expect them to struggle without Conley. Start of a tough stretch for them so hopefully not out long

[Nike D'Antoni]

Indiana is doing good, considering their injuries.

[Xiao Yao You]

Great D in 1st. Sabonis couldn't get anything against Rudy at rim

[Xiao Yao You]

2nd quarter goes to Pacers. They can't score against Rudy at the rim. Took it to Favors even though the Jazz supposedly don't lose anything with him in the game

[madmax]

Great D in 1st. Sabonis couldn't get anything against Rudy at rim

yup, players like Rudy are a nightmare matchup for Sabonis with his short wingspan - he can't find a way to get his shot off...

[Xiao Yao You]

yup, players like Rudy are a nightmare matchup for Sabonis with his short wingspan - he can't find a way to get his shot off...

He got it off but didn't have much luck. Hit one early this half

[Xiao Yao You]

Great D again in 3rd. Encouraging without Mike

[Xiao Yao You]

Defensive battle

[Xiao Yao You]

Gobert back to his old ways carrying them without Conley to help. Good win

[fourkicks44]

Indiana is doing good, considering their injuries.

Was there anyone else out other that Warren and Lavert?

Neither of them have played all year. You can't really detract from their team as we don't know how they fit in yet.

Don't be so modest. A win in Indiana, probably one of the best wins of the season for your boys.

[JohnMax]

https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/1/21/22243184/rudy-gobert-is-on-his-way-to-a-third-dpoy

[Xiao Yao You]

https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/1/21/22243184/rudy-gobert-is-on-his-way-to-a-third-dpoy

He's been really good the past couple games. Finished great today as well. He was the difference. Pacers took it at Favors as soon as Rudy left

[Callystarr]

2nd quarter goes to Pacers. They can't score against Rudy at the rim. Took it to Favors even though the Jazz supposedly don't lose anything with him in the game

Whew you dont like Favors 😂😂
Did he sleep with the love of your life?

[Xiao Yao You]

Whew you dont like Favors 
Did he sleep with the love of your life?

You watch the same games as me? Pacers eyes got wide as soon as Favors came in. Not quite the Jazz don't lose anything with Favors replacing Gobert narrative

[Callystarr]

You watch the same games as me? Pacers eyes got wide as soon as Favors came in. Not quite the Jazz don't lose anything with Favors replacing Gobert narrative

Well considering Favors was a +4 yesterday. Looks like he did his job with bench players

Did you know despite much less minutes Favors with the starters is the best 5 man lineup in net rating and efficiency.

You dont have to down another player to gush over Rudy night in and night out

[RRR3]

Well considering Favors was a +4 yesterday. Looks like he did his job with bench players

Did you know despite much less minutes Favors with the starters is the best 5 man lineup in net rating and efficiency.

You dont have to down another player to gush over Rudy night in and night out
Not surprising considering Favors can actually switch onto perimeter players without getting barbecued and also has some semblance of offensive talent.

[Xiao Yao You]

Well considering Favors was a +4 yesterday. Looks like he did his job with bench players

Did you know despite much less minutes Favors with the starters is the best 5 man lineup in net rating and efficiency.

You dont have to down another player to gush over Rudy night in and night out

+/- ? :facepalm

No one says Favors doesn't do his job. The question is do they lose a lot with him instead of Gobert and if they'd be better served with a starting PF for 30 million instead of 15 minutes a game at back up center

[Xiao Yao You]

Not surprising considering Favors can actually switch onto perimeter players without getting barbecued and also has some semblance of offensive talent.

At least come with facts if you're going to troll

[Xiao Yao You]

https://www.ksl.com/article/46709299/what-cant-rudy-gobert-do-on-defense-saturdays-win-over-dallas-shows-the-list-is-very-small


SALT LAKE CITY — Luka Doncic thought he had an open layup.
Rudy Gobert had switched onto him out at the 3-point line, and a subtle hesitation dribble had frozen the Jazz center for a brief moment. That moment was enough for Doncic to drive past Gobert into the paint. The 20-year-old wunderkind went up to lay it off the glass. But before the ball got there, Gobert had blocked it away.
“Yeah, I mean, I thought I had like three open layups. And he came by, and I didn’t see him coming at all,” Doncic said. “Very, very long, very good defensive player. He’s just tough to play against.”
Tough in the paint — and now, tough on the perimeter, too. After Doncic scored 12 points in the first quarter, helping Dallas jump out to an 11-point lead, the Jazz decided to live with Gobert switching onto him out on the 3-point line.



Mavericks' head coach Rick Carlisle watched up close how Gobert was able to switch onto his best offensive player — and one of the best in the entire NBA — and mostly handle the assignment. Carlisle watched how Gobert was able to switch onto Delon Wright at the end of the game and recover to make the game-winning block.
That takes a special kind of big.
“I mean, look, Gobert, you know, he’s probably going to be defensive player of the year again,” Carlisle said. “He impacts the game massively at the defensive end. He doesn’t just do it around the basket, he does it on the perimeter, too, on switches. He does a great job of spacing guys when they drive. We’re able to score on a couple drives on him but, you know, the play he made on Wright’s drive at the end was an amazing play. Look, he’s a great, great defensive player.”


Doncic and Carlisle's opinions or our resident Gobert troll?

[RRR3]

No one actually dislikes Gobert we just are mocking you for believing ridiculous things like he’s better than Anthony Davis.

[Xiao Yao You]

No one actually dislikes Gobert we just are mocking you for believing ridiculous things like he’s better than Anthony Davis.

that was never said but continue to put words in my mouth. He's one of the best players in the game

[RRR3]

that was never said but continue to put words in my mouth. He's one of the best players in the game
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?470433-Official-contenders-for-the-2020-season-not-as-wide-open-as-people-say/page2

In this thread you say AD has never shown he can carry a team. According to you Gobert carries the Jazz every year so it’s clear who you think is better, you’re just too cowardly to say it because you know you’ll become the biggest joke on ISH if you do :lol

[Xiao Yao You]

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?470433-Official-contenders-for-the-2020-season-not-as-wide-open-as-people-say/page2

In this thread you say AD has never shown he can carry a team. According to you Gobert carries the Jazz every year so it’s clear who you think is better, you’re just too cowardly to say it because you know you’ll become the biggest joke on ISH if you do :lol

Never has shown it has he? He's collected a lot of ping pong balls and had a ton of hype. Maybe Lebron has taught him something? I don't worry about what anyone on ISH thinks

[RRR3]

Never has shown it has he? He's collected a lot of ping pong balls and had a ton of hype. Maybe Lebron has taught him something? I don't worry about what anyone on ISH thinks
So according to you Toody is more impactful than Anthony Davis?

You’d rather have Toody on the Jazz?


If the Lakers offered Davis for Toody you wouldn’t do it?


You think Toody wins a ring in place of Davis last year on the Lakers?


:confusedshrug: