2021 Western Conference Round 2: (1) Utah Jazz vs. (4) L.A. Clippers

[RRR3]

Game 1: Jazz 112, Clippers 109
Game 2: Jazz 117, Clippers 111
Game 3: Clippers 132, Jazz 106
Game 4: Clippers 118, Jazz 104
Game 5: Clippers 119, Jazz 111
Game 6: Clippers 131, Jazz 119
Clippers win series, 4-2

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Disaster matchup for the Jazz imo. Clippers in 5, maybe 6.

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[RRR3]

Series Predictions?

[Manny98]

Could care less who wins

If Clippers win, Xiao is getting clowned on for the next year
if Utah win, HBK is getting clowned on for the next year

Either way, i win

[RRR3]

Could care less who wins

If Clippers win, Xiao is getting clowned on for the next year
if Utah win, HBK is getting clowned on for the next year

Either way, i win
I’d love to see HBK get clowned but this is such a bad matchup for the Jazz. One of their little defenders is gonna have to guard a 6’7 or taller guy. BBQ chicken. And Rudy is vulnerable to midrange being a drop big. Kawhi and PG open in midrange? Yikes.

[Manny98]

I’d love to see HBK get clowned but this is such a bad matchup for the Jazz. One of their little defenders is gonna have to guard a 6’7 or taller guy. BBQ chicken. And Rudy is vulnerable to midrange being a drop big. Kawhi and PG open in midrange? Yikes.
Rudy is the best perimeter defender in the league according to a certain poster so that shouldn't be an issue

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Clips in 5 or 6. Kawhi is pacmaning these playoffs. Regardless of who is in front of him.

[kawhileonard2]

I think Clippers in 7 in this one as well.

[fsvr54]

Clips in 6

[Chuckbe]

Rudy is the best perimeter defender in the league according to a certain poster so that shouldn't be an issue

Do the Toody

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[Akeem34TheDream]

I really liked the Clippers in the last few games. They passed the ball well and they finally could defend. Clippers in 6.

[HBK_Kliq_2]

I hope Ibaka returns, will need him for rim protection. I still got clippers winning the series regardless because they have the clear cut best player in Kawhi.

[RRR3]

I hope Ibaka returns, will need him for rim protection. I still got clippers winning the series regardless because they have the clear cut best player in Kawhi.
I’d keep the Jackson/PG/Kawhi/Batum/Morris lineup. Jazz can’t matchup with that. At all.

[LeCola]

I think Jazz in 6 if Conley is healthy.

[Manny98]

Do the Toody

https://media0.giphy.com/media/KOGdmggs2MLhUvT5xc/giphy.gif
:roll:

[Axe]

Can't bear to see ty lue win another playoff series tbh

[RRR3]

Can't bear to see ty lue win another playoff series tbh
Well he’s going to.

[Xiao Yao You]

Jazz should win but without Conley at 100% and Mitchell/Clarkson/Bojan/Favors/COTY doing their thing it's unlikely.

[Smoke117]

Clippers in 5.

[LukeWalton]

they still have DeMarcus Cousins?

[highwhey]

i hope the jazz beat the clippers.

[hold this L]

If Jazz want to have a chance to do much here, they need Conley to play & be fit. What's his status?

[HBK_Kliq_2]

Kawhi joins shaq as the only two players to average 30PPG on 60% FG for a series since 2000

[HBK_Kliq_2]

If Jazz want to have a chance to do much here, they need Conley to play & be fit. What's his status?

He pulled his hamstring and will most likely miss games 1 and probably game 2. Pretty much Conley and harden are the same right now, that hamstring injury that usually takes a few weeks to recover from I guess

[Xiao Yao You]

If Jazz want to have a chance to do much here, they need Conley to play & be fit. What's his status?

not good based on how much time he's missed the past two years with the injury. If he plays he won't be 100% and it won't get better. If he doesn't play their odds of winning go down greatly

[DABIGSALSISHA]

Utah will go as far as Donovan Mitchel takes them.

Utah is much better than Dallas was on both ends of the floor. No comparison. Dallas was a really weak team to watch except for Luka.

I'm picking the Jazz to win this series in 6 games. They have a TEAM. Don't care if I'm right or wrong.

[ImKobe]

Utah has the better roster, but I don't trust Toody nor Mitchell to outplay Kawhi & PG. Jazz have more depth, but their best 5 ain't seeing the Clippers' 5. Clippers' small line ups are going to expose Rudy. I'm not banking on Kawhi to shoot over 60% from mid-range again, but I still have Clippers in 6.

[ArbitraryWater]

Jazz will probably win.


Bookies agree and have them as solid favorites here.


Clippers will need to rely on Reggie Jackson heroics to pull it out, and I don't quite see that continuing to that extent.

[tpols]

Jazz will probably win.


Bookies agree and have them as solid favorites here.


Clippers will need to rely on Reggie Jackson heroics to pull it out, and I don't quite see that continuing to that extent.

With no conley the jazz will get wiped.

No more 45 point triple double superstar to worry about. After beating Luka this series will feel like a walk in the park.

[ArbitraryWater]

With no conley the jazz will get wiped.

No more 45 point triple double superstar to worry about. After beating Luka this series will feel like a walk in the park.

you can more than double your money with this prediction!

[Gohan]

Do the Toody

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That’s the toody slide

[pegasus]

Clippers are a better team for having fought their way through the first round. Mitchell would need to outdo what Luka did, which he may be capable of based on his play against the Nuggets last year, but I highly doubt that will happen with Kawhi and PG guarding him. Clippers in 6 (5 if no Conley).

[Xiao Yao You]

Andy Larsen: Mike Conley participated in portions of practice today — but the team will wait to announce his status for Game 1 until this afternoon (https://*********.com/social/).
– via Twitter andyblarsen (https://twitter.com/andyblarsen)

[Kings2024Champs]

Basically if Mitchell was a real #2 id have Jazz in 4 but since hes a chucking nondefender (unlike DPOY Gobert) I say Jazz in 5. I predict the perimeter defensive skills of Rudy will limit Kawhi and we will all be witness to his greatness. Only his bad teammates and bad coach can make this series go at worst 6 games for the jazz. I look for Niang to have a big series because well hes great. Did i mention that Donovan Mitchell is overrated by all the casuals out there who don't understand defensive value. Go jazz :D

[Xiao Yao You]

Basically if Mitchell was a real #2 id have Jazz in 4 but since hes a chucking nondefender (unlike DPOY Gobert) I say Jazz in 5. I predict the perimeter defensive skills of Rudy will limit Kawhi and we will all be witness to his greatness. Only his bad teammates and bad coach can make this series go at worst 6 games for the jazz. I look for Niang to have a big series because well hes great. Did i mention that Donovan Mitchell is overrated by all the casuals out there who don't understand defensive value. Go jazz :D

Niang hardly played in the last series. I guess with Conley out he might play more but unfortunately those minutes will mostly go to Clarkson

[Xiao Yao You]

Law Murray: Lue on staying small vs Jazz: “We played against 7’4″ Boban and 7’3″ Porzingis!” (https://*********.com/social/)

– via Twitter LawMurrayTheNU

(https://twitter.com/LawMurrayTheNU)




Gobert is a different beast

[Xiao Yao You]

Sarah Todd: Serge Ibaka did not travel to Utah with the Clippers so that he could stay back in LA and get treatment (https://*********.com/social/).
– via Twitter NBASarah











(https://twitter.com/NBASarah)

[KOBEtherealKing]

Imagine losing to the jazz, well Paul George knows how that feels but still clippers in 5 as painful as that is to say :mad:

[Manny98]

We have already seen in the Houston series a couple of years ago how Gobert gets exposed badly against small ball 5 out lineups because his defensive impact goes out of the window as his impact comes from protecting the rim

When you pull him out of the paint he's a non factor on defense

[red1]

kawhi is too good.



clippers in 6.

[Xiao Yao You]

We have already seen in the Houston series a couple of years ago how Gobert gets exposed badly against small ball 5 out lineups because his defensive impact goes out of the window as his impact comes from protecting the rim

When you pull him out of the paint he's a non factor on defense

Bad offense is the reason they lost to Houston but don't let that stop ya troll

[Manny98]

Bad offense is the reason they lost to Houston but don't let that stop ya troll
Never said that but Rudy had the worst on court rating on the entire Utah team that series

I'm just saying he tends to struggle when teams go small and play a 5 out offense

[Xiao Yao You]

Eric Walden: Mike Conley is QUESTIONABLE for Game 1 vs. the Clippers tomorrow (https://*********.com/social/).
– via Twitter tribjazz (https://twitter.com/tribjazz)

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

kawhi is too good.



clippers in 6.

Half man. Half bot.

[Proctor]

Clippers in 5, maybe 6.

Mitchell and a hindered Conley isn't enough and they have no consistent scoring threats otherwise. Although Bojan has been stepping up lately

[DABIGSALSISHA]

Clippers must fall,

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[Xiao Yao You]

Mark Medina: Clippers coach Ty Lue said Serge Ibaka did not travel with the team. So consider Ibaka out for Games 1 and 2 vs Jazz (https://*********.com/social/)
– via Twitter MarkG_Medina (https://twitter.com/MarkG_Medina)

[chrono84]

you can more than double your money with this prediction!

Thanks for the hint. Easy money. I just don't see Utah advancing vs. the Clippers. Not even on paper are Utah the better team. Typical regular season #1 seed like the Bucks the last years.

[HBK_Kliq_2]

Kawhi has already eliminated 3 different defensive player of the years (giannis, draymond green, Marc gasol).

Rudy gobert would be the 4th

[Xiao Yao You]

The statue in town for game 1

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3ThrK9VEAEIJOM?format=jpg&name=large

[HBK_Kliq_2]

Mike Conley has been ruled OUT for game 1

that's huge, we better not still get our asses kicked like bucks did to nets without harden.

[HBK_Kliq_2]

Mavs-Clips Game 7 on ABC got 5.489 million viewers - was the most watched first round NBA playoff game

Damn kawhi the DRAW even with a non draw franchise like clippers

[Xiao Yao You]

Mike Conley has been ruled OUT for game 1

that's huge, we better not still get our asses kicked like bucks did to nets without harden.

no excuses

[dankok8]

This Utah team is giving me 2008-2010 Magic vibes. Not an all-time great team but when they get hot shooting the ball they are pretty close to unbeatable. This is going to be a very tough series for the Clippers.

[red1]

donovan mitchell is an absolute baller one of the best to watch in the league


kawhi is going to take his soul

[HBK_Kliq_2]

no excuses

Ibaka is also out who was in clips best 3 man lineup this season, so it's even

[HBK_Kliq_2]

donovan mitchell is an absolute baller one of the best to watch in the league


kawhi is going to take his soul

Midget Royce O'Neal will definitely not be able to guard kawhi

[Manny98]

no excuses
Should take your own advice :lol

[Smoke117]

The statue in town for game 1

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3ThrK9VEAEIJOM?format=jpg&name=large

Putting up a statue of a child molester…the Jazz have no shame. :facepalm

[red1]

Midget Royce O'Neal will definitely not be able to guard kawhi

I dont think anyone in the league can guard him tbh



kawhi vs kd is going to be legit

[HBK_Kliq_2]

putting up a statue of a child molester…the jazz have no shame. :facepalm

hahahaha

[HBK_Kliq_2]

Jordan Clarkson wearing a lakers jersey today in practice interview like he's important and some star hahaha. He has a 34% usage in playoffs and thinks he's kobe hahahaha these are the exact type of guys that make teams underachieve in the playoffs. What a f'n moron.

[HBK_Kliq_2]

I dont think anyone in the league can guard him tbh



kawhi vs kd is going to be legit

exactly i agree

[HBK_Kliq_2]

Kawhi Leonard averaged 32.1 PPG and shot 61.2% from the field in the first round. The only other player in #NBA history to go 32 PPG/60% FG in a series that went seven games is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (37.1, 60.7) against the Warriors in the second round in 1977.

Kawhi Abdul ja leonard about to have a field day with the Utah jizz

[Xiao Yao You]

Ibaka is also out who was in clips best 3 man lineup this season, so it's even

one of the best players in the league this year vs as an aging Ibaka not even :lol

[Xiao Yao You]

Should take your own advice :lol

2nd best player being out isn't an excuse besides Mitchell, Clarkson, Bojan, Favors COTY?

[Xiao Yao You]

Jordan Clarkson wearing a lakers jersey today in practice interview like he's important and some star hahaha. He has a 34% usage in playoffs and thinks he's kobe hahahaha these are the exact type of guys that make teams underachieve in the playoffs. What a f'n moron.

thinks he's Kobe. That's the problem. Not the guy to emulate

[Xiao Yao You]

Kawhi Abdul ja leonard about to have a field day with the Utah jizz

Jazz are the best defensive team in the league. Dallas was not

[RRR3]

2nd best player being out isn't an excuse besides Mitchell, Clarkson, Bojan, Favors COTY?
Mitchell is one of the best offensive players in the league :facepalm

[Xiao Yao You]

Mitchell is one of the best offensive players in the league :facepalm

as long as efficiency and playmaking isn't important to you

[RRR3]

as long as efficiency and playmaking isn't important to you
The trolls are out.

7th in the entire league in ORPM

[Xiao Yao You]

The trolls are out.

7th in the entire league in ORPM

had one good offensive game out of 4 when it counted against the Grizzlies. Luckily Gobert, Conley and O'Neale were great

[Gotterdammerung]

If the Clippers control the Jazz's 3 point shooting armada, without allowing too many easy buckets in the point, and they can score efficiently against the Jazz's elite defense (2nd in defensive FG%, 3rd in points allowed, and allowing fewest 3 pointers made), they will win the series. They need another blockbuster series from Leonard and George to stay in Playoff P mode (23.6 ppg and 9 rpg, plus 5.7 app), and leave Pandemic P in 2020.

If the Jazz continue to play at the same level with Mitchell scoring and playmaking, and Gobert controlling the paint (3.2 blocks per) and keep rolling to the basket (17.4 ppg at 77.8 FG%), they will win.

While the Jazz from top to bottom is a balanced team with very few weaknesses, and homecourt advantage, the Clippers have the best player in the series in Leonard.

Los Angeles in 7

[Xiao Yao You]

https://www.deseret.com/2021/6/8/22522927/with-joe-ingles-facing-paul-george-in-the-nba-playoffs-again-entertaining-beef-utah-jazz-la-clippers

playoff P :roll:

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Jazz are the best defensive team in the league. Dallas was not

Jazz weren't the best defense in the league stop lying. They weren't even top 3 and Lakers were the best defense this season.

[Xiao Yao You]

https://saltcityhoops.com/elite-clippers-jazz-square-off-in-battle-of-wills/

good run down

[Mask the Embiid]

its gonna be a shame going from the Philly game to this game...we go from one of the most skilled big men of all time to one of the least skilled big men of all time :(


They should really get these 2 games off the same night

[LoneyROY7]

Battle of two of the biggest stans in ISHistory tonight.

[Proctor]

@RRR3 get in here brother :lol

[Callystarr]

Lets geauxxxx

[Naero]

It's definitely not your typical 1-5 match-up. While the Clippers definitely don't overmatch the Jazz's talent on-paper, they arguably outmatch their playstyle.

Utah's vaunted paint defense will only go so far against a Clippers team that predominantly shoots from the mid-range and three-point line, ranking in the five-highest shot-selection percentages from those zones. The Jazz, facing the league's best three-point-shooting team, will need to uphold their top-end 3PT defense, and Rudy Gobert can help them there—if only because it's easier for the rest of the team to overcommit to the three-point line with their DPOY's help defense looming.

The problem is Gobert can't shoot the three-pointer himself, which complicates this match-up for his team. Thanks to small ball—a playstyle the Clippers have a deadly lineup for—prototypical bigmen like Gobert have become mostly obsolete. He becomes an offensive liability in match-ups like these as his team tries to counterpose the Clippers' small-ball lineup, and all his hard screens—a staple of the Jazz's P&R offense—are only so useful against LA's switching defense.

The Jazz will need their perimeter-oriented players to step up on both ends, from their three-point-shooting to their defense on the Clippers' star duo. Each one of them will need to step up when defending Kawhi and PG, who can orchestrate whatever mismatch they want with the Clippers' P&R dynamics, and Mike Conley will be sorely missed there with his unplayable health.

No Jazz player can realistically step up enough to outperform Kawhi Leonard, however, who is looking like the BITW once again and is coming off a monstrous series against the Mavericks. While the Jazz clearly outclass the Mavericks defensively, Kawhi has shredded much better teams on that end, and there's little reason to doubt he'll do so again this series if he's truly in his 2019 form. The real wildcards are how much his supporting cast—especially the oft-shaky Paul George—complements him, which the Jazz will challenge them to do.

From three-point-shooting to ball movement to P&R offense to talent levels, these teams are about as evenly matched as you could expect from a 1-5 match-up. The seeding is still advantageous in this series, however, thanks to HCA—an advantage amplified by the Vivint Arena crowd, who saw the winningest home team in the league this season.

No home arena is advantageous as having a legitimate superstar come playoffs time, however, which the Jazz may or may not still lack. Donovan Mitchell has a chance to establish himself as one this series, and I trust he will. I'm not granting him the benefit of the doubt against Kawhi, who I expect to be the series' best player, but I'll take Mitchell's supporting cast seven days of the week and twice on Sundays; it's just a question of whether or not they're ready to wholly translate their talent to the playoffs.

Bottom-line prediction: Jazz in seven.

[imdaman99]

Conley missing another playoff game, this a yearly thing for him

[Callystarr]

Jazz crowd is bananas,

[Xiao Yao You]

Mitchell and Bojan keeping it close. Gobert shutting down the paint

[Xiao Yao You]

It's definitely not your typical 1-5 match-up. While the Clippers definitely don't overmatch the Jazz's talent on-paper, they arguably outmatch their playstyle.

Utah's vaunted paint defense will only go so far against a Clippers team that predominantly shoots from the mid-range and three-point line, ranking in the five-highest shot-selection percentages from those zones. The Jazz, facing the league's best three-point-shooting team, will need to uphold their top-end 3PT defense, and Rudy Gobert can help them there—if only because it's easier for the rest of the team to overcommit to the three-point line with their DPOY's help defense looming.

The problem is Gobert can't shoot the three-pointer himself, which complicates this match-up for his team. Thanks to small ball—a playstyle the Clippers have a deadly lineup for—prototypical bigmen like Gobert have become mostly obsolete. He becomes an offensive liability in match-ups like these as his team tries to counterpose the Clippers' small-ball lineup, and all his hard screens—a staple of the Jazz's P&R offense—are only so useful against LA's switching defense.

The Jazz will need their perimeter-oriented players to step up on both ends, from their three-point-shooting to their defense on the Clippers' star duo. Each one of them will need to step up when defending Kawhi and PG, who can orchestrate whatever mismatch they want with the Clippers' P&R dynamics, and Mike Conley will be sorely missed there with his unplayable health.

No Jazz player can realistically step up enough to outperform Kawhi Leonard, however, who is looking like the BITW once again and is coming off a monstrous series against the Mavericks. While the Jazz clearly outclass the Mavericks defensively, Kawhi has shredded much better teams on that end, and there's little reason to doubt he'll do so again this series if he's truly in his 2019 form. The real wildcards are how much his supporting cast—especially the oft-shaky Paul George—complements him, which the Jazz will challenge them to do.

From three-point-shooting to ball movement to P&R offense to talent levels, these teams are about as evenly matched as you could expect from a 1-5 match-up. The seeding is still advantageous in this series, however, thanks to HCA—an advantage amplified by the Vivint Arena crowd, who saw the winningest home team in the league this season.

No home arena is advantageous as having a legitimate superstar come playoffs time, however, which the Jazz may or may not still lack. Donovan Mitchell has a chance to establish himself as one this series, and I trust he will. I'm not granting him the benefit of the doubt against Kawhi, who I expect to be the series' best player, but I'll take Mitchell's supporting cast seven days of the week and twice on Sundays; it's just a question of whether or not they're ready to wholly translate their talent to the playoffs.

Bottom-line prediction: Jazz in seven.

the best screener/rim runner/offensive rebounder in the league is an offensive liabilty! :lol

[Callystarr]

Bogeys pass was amazing, too bad Donovan didn't convert. Need to work offense, not fall in love with 3's when not open. move the durn ball....Mitchell playing better defense than normal. 2 games in a row.

[Honor Boost]

Kawhibot is going to destroy this Jazz perimeter D. I expect a full blowout and Clippers in 4.

[Callystarr]

Kawhibot is going to destroy this Jazz perimeter D. I expect a full blowout and Clippers in 4.

you obviously haven't seen how good Royce guards him in history

[Smoke117]

Jazz need Conley

[Honor Boost]

I see Karl Malone is in attendance. Hide your kids everyone

[Honor Boost]

you obviously haven't seen how good Royce guards him in history

I guess not but you think the Jazz perimeter can stop Kawhi and George Paul when he is on like last series?

[FultzNationRISE]

Quinn Snyder looks like a super villain

[Callystarr]

I guess not but you think the Jazz perimeter can stop Kawhi and George Paul when he is on like last series?

Utah is not Dallas.

[FultzNationRISE]

Jazz taking nothing but iso threes

[Callystarr]

I do not =like how Utah is falling in love with 3's no offense.

[Callystarr]

Jazz taking nothing but iso threes

Yeah this is NO BUENO. We need Conley bad...this is just not acceptable.

[HBK_Kliq_2]

17 straight missed field goals for Utah jazz wow hahahaha

[Xiao Yao You]

Clarkson joining Mitchell and Bojan in the brick parade. Great D. Kawai 2 fouls! :cheers:

[Proctor]

Jazz need Conley so bad it's laughable.

Clarkson and Bojan are too streaky, O'Neale is useless, Gobert is only serviceable when the 3s are falling and defenses flock shooters

[KOBEtherealKing]

Jazz fans yall See how us lakers fans felt except y’all actually have shooters they just not going in

[Xiao Yao You]

Jazz need Conley

He's missed offensively and will be defensively too

[Xiao Yao You]

Yeah this is NO BUENO. We need Conley bad...this is just not acceptable.

He'd be spotting up waiting for Mitchell or Clarkson to give up the ball

[LeCola]

I don't have hair loss or problems in bedroom. Can you stop showing same ad repeatedly. :no:

[FultzNationRISE]

Jazz need to explore a possible Lebron trade this offseason

[Naero]

the best screener/rim runner/offensive rebounder in the league is an offensive liabilty! :lol

Not in general, but in this specific match-up? Possibly.

And even if he is the best at those, there's so much more to offense than those aspects that he could still be a liability overall against the Clippers. Much of it just depends on how well LAC defends the P&R.

[theman93]

19 3 point attempts for Utah in 1 quarter? Terrible.

[Xiao Yao You]

Only down 7 with that display by Clarkson, Mitchell and Bojan. Not hitting shots so bring in another non shot maker in Oni instead of Ersan! Great D anyway and 2 fouls on Kawai

[Xiao Yao You]

Jazz need to explore a possible Lebron trade this offseason

too much iso as it is

[Xiao Yao You]

Not in general, but in this specific match-up? Possibly.

And even if he is the best at those, there's so much more to offense than those aspects that he could still be a liability overall against the Clippers. Much of it just depends on how well LAC defends the P&R.

there's a lot more to offense than that but those things are central to what they do. Easy to guard the pick and roll if Mitchell, Clarkson and Bojan have the ball

[LeCola]

5-20 3pt 0-8 2pt:wtf:

[Proctor]

Ingles trying to get under Kennard's skin :roll:

[LoneyROY7]

Good to see Toods exerting his will early. :applause:

[Proctor]

Good to see Toods exerting his will early. :applause:

Really exerting his won't :applause:

[LeCola]

Gobert is choking.

[Smoke117]

I didn't even know Cousins was on the Clippers lol

[FultzNationRISE]

I didn't even know Cousins was on the Clippers lol


Thats because youre a drunken RETARD :hammerhead:

[Smoke117]

All Jazz do is chuck 3pters. Those comparisons to Wade for Mitchell were so idiotic. Young Flash relentlessly attacked the basket. Mitchell just chucks 3pters and jump shots.

[highwhey]

@xaioyaoming whats going on with your jazz?

[Proctor]

All Jazz do is chuck 3pters. Those comparisons to Wade for Mitchell were so idiotic. Young Flash relentlessly attacked the basket. Mitchell just chucks 3pters and jump shots.
He used to attack the basket a lot more often. Now Jazz try to be the Harden era Rockets but with defense.

[Xiao Yao You]

All Jazz do is chuck 3pters. Those comparisons to Wade for Mitchell were so idiotic. Young Flash relentlessly attacked the basket. Mitchell just chucks 3pters and jump shots.

Wade played D and was a great play maker. Nothing alike.

[Xiao Yao You]

@xaioyaoming whats going on with your jazz?

The usual. Mitchell, Clarkson, Bojan and COTY

[Proctor]

Gobert is being outplayed by the corpse of Demarcus Cousins...

[AirBonner]

Gobert is being outplayed by the corpse of Demarcus Cousins...

Cousins doing whatever he wants to Toody

[Proctor]

Offensive fouls, weak rim protection, and missed layups. Gobert the offensive weapon! :roll:

[AirBonner]

Both clippers centers having career nights vs Toody

[FultzNationRISE]

Cousins is Marcus Morris’ stunt double

[LukeWalton]

damn those were two huge male or female fans in the jazz crowd

[Mask the Embiid]

no way toody and joel embiid play in the same skill level league.....:oldlol: no....way...

one of them has the skill set of a professional and one of them has the skillset of a 10-year-old playing in a pee-wee basketball league

[coin24]

Good to see boogie in action:cheers:

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Kawhi and George haven't done shit and LAC up double digits most the game

This shit is a sweep :oldlol:

[Xiao Yao You]

love that Cousins is playing. That can only help the Jazz!

[ShawkFactory]

Kawhi and George haven't done shit and LAC up double digits most the game

This shit is a sweep :oldlol:

You're dumb.

[Smoke117]

Kawhi and George not doing anything but Jazz can't make shit so still down by double digits. Weak.

[Xiao Yao You]

No surpries here. Bojan, Mitchell and Clarkson 11-32/6-17 3pt. That's the ball game right there

D has to be better. Rotation minutes for Cousins and foul trouble for Kawai and George keeping it closer than it should be

[Code Breaker]

Jazz really miss Mike Conley.

[Code Breaker]

Is that 3-4th? Emmy for Ernie Johnson. Man he’s the GOAT :applause:

[Proctor]

Surprise! Mitchell carrying again in the playoffs

[Xiao Yao You]

Mitchell finally decided to show up. His usual

[Smoke117]

Pandemic P

[FultzNationRISE]

D Wade is a part owner of the Jazz...?

[Proctor]

Gobert out of game. Expect a Jazz run

[FultzNationRISE]

MVP chants for Donovan Mitchell :lol

[Smoke117]

Why is that a jump ball? That's just a block.

[FultzNationRISE]

Jesus christ (of latter day saints), Utah’s crowd is LOUD

[Xiao Yao You]

D Wade is a part owner of the Jazz...?

:lol

[theman93]

This crowd is fantastic. Shame the Clippers home court is just a silent wasteland.

[Xiao Yao You]

Why is that a jump ball? That's just a block.

the refs have been horrible. Two phantom calls against Jazz. O'Neale and Ingles didn't touch anyone

[Proctor]

This crowd is fantastic. Shame the Clippers home court is just a silent wasteland.

Ugly ass Clipper court too

[Code Breaker]

Kawhi and George haven't done shit and LAC up double digits most the game

This shit is a sweep :oldlol:

Talk about overreaction :oldlol:

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Toody invisible in the yoffs against a great team/contender

shocking :biggums:

[AlternativeAcc.]

Gobert 3 points late in the 3rd :roll: and they're gonna give up 120

He fukking sucks.

9th option being paid 40 million. Just unreal

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Jesus christ (of latter day saints), Utah’s crowd is LOUD

Isn't the Jazz all they have for sports?

[Proctor]

Gobert 3 points late in the 3rd :roll: and they're gonna give up 120

He fukking sucks.

9th option being paid 40 million. Just unreal

Solid defensively at the rim when he's engaged, problem is he goes limp against certain teams. Shitty hands. Shitty IQ. No offensive game. Terrible contract for a decent player

[bladefd]

This crowd is fantastic. Shame the Clippers home court is just a silent wasteland.

Most of the folks who show up to Clippers games are Lakers fans anyways :lol

LA is Laker land. Clippers are on the backburner in LA

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Put Zu in Utah's system over Rudy and does anything change?

[Xiao Yao You]

great D. Finally got the pick and roll going

[LoneyROY7]

Imagine hating on Mitchell and being a Toody superfan. Like SERIOUSLY imagine that. :oldlol:

[hold this L]

Imagine hating on Mitchell and being a Toody superfan. Like SERIOUSLY imagine that. :oldlol:

I don't get why Xiao doesn't like both players since both are essential to the Jazz doing something this PS

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Zu giving Toody nightmares of Clint Capela

[Smoke117]

Pandemic P finally hits something

[Gougou]

wow Jazz fans salty

[Smoke117]

I don't get why Xiao doesn't like both players since both are essential to the Jazz doing something this PS

He doesn't like anyone. Always hated on Hayward, too.

[LoneyROY7]

Donovan f*cking Mitchell.

[Mask the Embiid]

Not only is he the best player but he also the best leader on the team :applause:.D mitch is the man!

[Smoke117]

Kawhi hasn't done much of anything either.

[Xiao Yao You]

I don't get why Xiao doesn't like both players since both are essential to the Jazz doing something this PS

big fan of passing and D not hype and gunning

[Nilocon165]

Not much more you can say about PG at this point

[GOBB]

And some jazz fan ranks Mitchell 3rd on the best player chart hahahaha

Jazz goes as far as Mitchell carries them. No Conley, and Rudy is allergic to buckets.

[Xiao Yao You]

He doesn't like anyone. Always hated on Hayward, too.

not true no matter how much you say it

[LoneyROY7]

Xiao, how we blaming this one on Mitchell's defense and giving Toody credit?

Please ENLIGHTEN us. :oldlol:

[dazzer87]

Pg-13...Playoff P......:lol.

[Xiao Yao You]

Kawhi hasn't done much of anything either.

O'Neale and Gobert have done a great job

[Mask the Embiid]

Kawhi hasn't done much of anything either.

Playoff K needs to be down in a series before he starts to see Red and takes over

[Honor Boost]

Playoff Paul George is dreadful

[Proctor]

Rudy has been a non factor and Mitchell is playing like a superstar again.

Where are the trolls?

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Playoff Paul George is dreadful

What's crazy is he was the 2nd best playoff performer in the Least to Bran for years :oldlol:

[FultzNationRISE]

Kennard in Shake Milton mode

[And1AllDay]

Playoff Paul George is dreadful

kiwi needs moar halp :oldlol:

[Honor Boost]

What's crazy is he was the 2nd best playoff performer in the Least to Bran for years :oldlol:

Either him or Kyle Lowry

[FultzNationRISE]

What's crazy is he was the 2nd best playoff performer in the Least to Bran for years :oldlol:


Man, shut the butthole in your face that you keep talkin out of

[FultzNationRISE]

Toody’s form at the free throw line looks like he’s about to sit on a cack

[Smoke117]

Clarkson is a dumb ass

[Proctor]

Clarkson and Gobert are braindead

[Smoke117]

Can't believe Clippers gonna lose this. George is trash

[bladefd]

Clarkson keeps chucking up garbage shots.. Who does he think he is? Steph Curry?

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Wade being a part owner of the Utah Jazz is so ****ing random :oldlol::roll:

[Xiao Yao You]

Clarkson is a dumb ass

that he is

[LoneyROY7]

You can tell Clarkson wants glory so bad lmao. You not that guy.

[999Guy]

Clarkson keeps chucking up garbage shots.. Who does he think he is? Steph Curry?

My least favorite player by far this season.

They’re doing this without a guy who is pretty much all-NBA level in the playoffs.

Utah isn’t losing unless Brooklyn’s defense is truly average. Which I’m still extremely skeptical about.

[highwhey]

how the hell clippers choke their lead :roll:

i last watched before half time, i checked in now and wtf

[bladefd]

My least favorite player by far this season.

They’re doing this without a guy who is pretty much all-NBA level in the playoffs.

Utah isn’t losing unless Brooklyn’s defense is truly average. Which I’m still extremely skeptical about.

Nobody is beating Brooklyn this year imo. Not even Jazz or Clippers or Suns

[999Guy]

Wade being a part owner of the Utah Jazz is so ****ing random :oldlol::roll:

That’s what that was about?

[And1AllDay]

Can't believe Clippers gonna lose this. George is trash

down 8 with less than 5 min to play. crazy they prolly will choke it away

[Code Breaker]

Blind ass refs.

[And1AllDay]

playoff fuxxing p ':oldlol::roll:

he had to miss 1 more shot he jsut had to

[Proctor]

Paul George is a broken man

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Looking at Mitchell with today's spacing imagine prime D Wade running pick and roll today :oldlol:

[And1AllDay]

3 for 16

george paul yikes

[FultzNationRISE]

OVER RATED chants for Panda P :roll:

[Smoke117]

Looking at Mitchell with today's spacing imagine prime D Wade running pick and roll today :oldlol:

Wade would destroy this league

[Xiao Yao You]

horrible turnover

[hold this L]

What was that pass...

[And1AllDay]

horrible turnover

bonehead sloppy pass he shoudl have known the double was coming right back and been ready for it to pass out

[And1AllDay]

Wade would destroy this league

+1 wade would drop 33 on 55%

[And1AllDay]

4 for 17

:lebronamazed:

[TemporaMutantur]

What was that pass...

A weakness in his game

[Proctor]

Mitchell with 45 on 16-29
Gobert with 10 on 2-6

[And1AllDay]

wow no time out...this will haunt them

[Smoke117]

Too little too late Pandemic P

[And1AllDay]

wow no time out...this will haunt them

called it.

idiots

[Xiao Yao You]

clutch Rudy!

[KOBEtherealKing]

:roll: why no timeout

[And1AllDay]

toody with the game saving block

shades of bran

what a player

[SATAN]

Wow. Fun guy. What a choke job hahahaha

hahahaha

[Code Breaker]

:roll::roll::roll:

[Proctor]

Rudy with his first positive play of the night. Yay

[Code Breaker]

Both Kawhi and Pandemic P wanted none of that :roll:

[And1AllDay]

Wow. Fun guy. What a choke job hahahaha

hahahaha

kiwi was playing hot potato


kiwi had george paul 4 for 17 and was still looking to pass to him

what a shook fakkit :oldlol: failure

[Gougou]

Omfggg why kawhi why...

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Toody game saving block :biggums::biggums::biggums::biggums::milton

[hold this L]

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[LoneyROY7]

That was a legit big play by Toody. :oldlol:

[And1AllDay]

Both Kawhi and Pandemic P wanted none of that :roll:

+1

[Smook A.]

Lue’s drunk for not calling a timeout

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

LeKawhi giving his role player the 3 with a defender draped all over him and buzzer running out :oldlol:

[999Guy]

Mitchell is so dumb. He really has Westbrook level instincts. Truly worse though because his vision and passing is shit.

They badly need Conley to manage late games like this. Should’ve never gotten this dramatic.

[Xiao Yao You]

huge win without their 2nd best player. Good D on Kawai and George. Need to tighten it up on the rest of the team. Clippers will have to decide how much they want Kennard's offense vs his D.

[And1AllDay]

kiwi lookin for his kerr or paxson like shook mikey :oldlol: what a failure

[And1AllDay]

LeKawhi giving his role player the 3 with a defender draped all over him and buzzer running out :oldlol:

https://i.postimg.cc/CLKTMhjW/j4byroq2z5231.jpg


goodnight sweetie

[Xiao Yao You]

Mitchell is so dumb. He really has Westbrook level instincts. Truly worse though because his vision and passing is shit.

They badly need Conley to manage late games like this. Should’ve never gotten this dramatic.

He's no Westbrook. He just likes to shoot too much. Conley would have been spotting up for 3 hoping Mitchell and Clarkson would give it up

[FultzNationRISE]

Lue’s drunk for not calling a timeout

I dunno. These arent the days anymore where only 1 or 2 guys on the team can shoot from outside and you have to get the ball in their hands. Clippers have a bunch of guys who are used to running down the court and knocking down a three in rhythm. I think letting the players do or die is reasonable. It’s not as if there was 3 seconds on the clock. They had time. Just didnt execute.

[hold this L]

Clarkson is the one player I ****ing hate watching. Absolutely zero IQ, dumb chucker.

More importantly though, when is Con back?

[lakerstekkenn]

Can the Jazz play any worse and still get the win ? Clippers are in trouble, because the 3re's will start to fall.

[FultzNationRISE]

Ty Lue masked up like a beta male :roll:

[dankok8]

Not calling a timeout at the end there is mind-numbingly stupid. That being said, Clippers didn't deserve to win this game.

[Xiao Yao You]

Can the Jazz play any worse and still get the win ? Clippers are in trouble, because the 3re's will start to fall.

they can certainly play worse

[DABIGSALSISHA]

Let's go, JAZZ !

One for the books, 3 more to Go!

I'm doing my part over here.

https://i.gifer.com/N2fy.gif

[Gray GOAT]

I thought the Jazz were awful tonight, and that's exactly why they are a great team. Hot take of the night is this series will be over in 5.

[GOBB]

Mitchell is so dumb. He really has Westbrook level instincts. Truly worse though because his vision and passing is shit.

They badly need Conley to manage late games like this. Should’ve never gotten this dramatic.

If not for Mitchell jazz are down 0-1.

[DABIGSALSISHA]

Mitchell is so dumb. He really has Westbrook level instincts. Truly worse though because his vision and passing is shit.

They badly need Conley to manage late games like this. Should’ve never gotten this dramatic.

WTF?:facepalm He just lead his team to victory and they are up 1-0. Thank him if you are a fan.

[LukeWalton]

clips should have played DeMarcus Cousins, the emotional lesbian, more

[Im so nba'd out]

https://i.postimg.cc/CLKTMhjW/j4byroq2z5231.jpg


goodnight sweetie

is that 7 makes of 15 shots or 7 makes and 15 misses.cause thats a big difference

[Xiao Yao You]

clips should have played DeMarcus Cousins, the emotional lesbian, more

Can only hope they do. Gobert dominated him before his injuries

[ArbitraryWater]

Playoff P with another classic. 4/17, 3/16 before a semi-garbage time 3. Had Gobert on him at the 3P line and took a long 3 lmao.

Leonard defering the final 3-pointer twice.

Papa Mitchell carrying the Jazz, and outscoring 2/6 Toody Gobert by nearly 40.

[ArbitraryWater]

The Jazz are a complete team. This isn't a 1-man show anymore. Clippers are in trouble.

Don't count on them to get 2 home wins lol.

[ArbitraryWater]

Kawhi and George haven't done shit and LAC up double digits most the game

This shit is a sweep :oldlol:


:lol

[Manny98]

Mitchell carries again :applause:

[Gray GOAT]

The Clippers genuinely looked frightened in the 4th quarter. No one wanted any part of that basketball, resulting in a Morris iso on Gobert. :oldlol:

[coin24]

clips should have played DeMarcus Cousins, the emotional lesbian, more

Lues rotations are horrible.. the starters were playing crap yet he kept riding them in the second half..
Boogie rondo and kennard were beasting in the second qtr.

That last play where kawhit and wayoff played hot potato:lol you’re really giving Morris the last shot?:roll:

Props to Mitchell, that third qtr wow

[Xiao Yao You]

Eric Walden: Donovan Mitchell, on needing to improve: “There’s definitely things I can be better at. I had a terrible turnover with 49 seconds left at half court. Stupid pass.” (https://*********.com/social/)
– via Twitter tribjazz (https://twitter.com/tribjazz)

[Xiao Yao You]

Law Murray: Tyronn Lue on any thought to call timeout on last possession: “No.” … says he didn’t want Jazz to sub Gobert out. Credited Gobert for closing out the corner (https://*********.com/social/)

– via Twitter LawMurrayTheNU (https://twitter.com/LawMurrayTheNU)

why would they sub Gobert out? :roll: