[QUOTE]the Jazz rallied from a 17-point first-half deficit and wound up winning by 17, 98-81
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[QUOTE]the Jazz rallied from a 17-point first-half deficit and wound up winning by 17, 98-81
[QUOTE]Thankfully for the Jazz, there are four quarters in a game. [/QUOTE]
That's actually been a problem the past two years. How often have they put together 4 quarters of play? Not yet this season.
[QUOTE]The first 17 minutes were anything but great for the home squad. Utah was quite lackadaisical in getting off to a slow start. Conversely, the injury-depleted Thunder came out with a lot of energy and it took a while for Utah to match it. Once it did, execution picked up and the Jazz moved on to a comfortable win over their division rival.
Turning point: After falling behind 37-20 midway through the second quarter, Utah head coach Quin Snyder
[QUOTE]There
[QUOTE]Through 12 games, what are some stats, and how do the stats compare to last year?2
Through 12 games last year, we were 1-11; this year, we
[QUOTE]Arno Ferguson, of Golden State of Mind, wrote about the 10 Most likely MIP candidates.
I suggest you check it out, if not just for Gordon Hayward but for the other players on the list.
As for The Precious, well, Arno had this to say:
8. Gordon Hayward (Min -2.2, Pts +2.5, FG% +5.9, FT% +6.9, TOs -0.7)
Hayward is probably one of the few names casual NBA fans will recognize on the Jazz roster. Looks like his game has reacted well to the 4-year, 63 million contract he received in the off-season. With slightly decreasing minutes, he's been scoring more (and efficiently) while cutting back his turnovers.
- Arno Fergusion, GSOM, 2014
Check it out here, and hopefully Hayward's play will continue to gain some level of attention to our oft-forgotten franchise. (On the National level. Serously, name the last Jazz player to win an end-of-season award. Go!)[/QUOTE]
Mailman MVP?
[QUOTE]Kanter has started all 11 contests for the Jazz heading into Friday
The team practiced Thursday after taking Wednesday off to get a "mental and emotional rest," as Snyder phrased it.
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works for Jeremy Evans too.
[QUOTE]Hayward battled Carmelo Anthony and toughed through a road-trip-ending game in Toronto with flu-like symptoms. Finally, after a week the 24-year-old was back to full health Friday.
[QUOTE]If there’s one upside to Friday’s shellacking it’s that none of the starters played more than Gordon Hayward’s 27 minutes. Kanter, in fact, only saw 20 minutes of action.[/QUOTE]
that could definitely be a plus tonight with the Pelicans also on a back to back. Still would expect a loss.
[QUOTE]Despite limited playing time, Kanter led the Jazz with 18 points but was frustrated with his five turnovers. As a team, Utah had 20 turnovers, leading to 28 points for the Warriors.[/QUOTE]
Despite the turnovers He was the one guy that came to play and was left on the bench yet again. Tired of hearing about match-ups. He's a tough match-up for other teams too.
[QUOTE]Golden State, meanwhile, got the balanced type of scoring that Snyder was concerned about leading up to the game. The Warriors were able to demolish the Jazz despite the fact that Steph Curry only scored eight points and Klay Thompson had just 14. Those two came in averaging 48.4 combined points.
Sixth man Andre Iguodala led the Warriors with 17 points, while Golden State also got nice contributions from Harrison Barnes (14 points, 11 rebounds), Marreese Speights (14 points) and Andrew Bogut (12 points).
“They can overwhelm you in a number of ways,” Snyder said. “Their pace is so fast, it’s hard to find them all the time.”
“They just have so many weapons,” Hayward said at Friday’s shootaround. “I think it’s one of those things where you try to take away what they like to do most. If they’re firing on all cylinders and everybody’s hitting them, then you have to outscore them.”
On this night, however, the only time that happened was the fourth quarter, which Utah won 31-16 to make the final score a bit more respectable. Still, Golden State easily defeated the Jazz for the fifth straight time for the first time in franchise history.
On a positive note, Warriors coach Steve Kerr noted that it’s interesting how he and Snyder both run similar types of offenses with their new teams — something he said probably goes back to their San Antonio roots in the NBA.
“We have some similar actions. I know we have the same beliefs – ball movement, spacing, flow and pace,” Kerr said of the Jazz. “Our personnel’s a little different. They’ve got some big guys inside that they like to pound you with.”[/QUOTE]
Jazz have big guys they could pound you with too and considering they can't shoot would seem to make the most sense. GS was definitely packing the paint and daring the Jazz to beat them from the perimeter as any team should be doing.
[QUOTE]Only one team did the pounding on this night — and it wasn’t Utah, which dropped to 5-8.
When told of Kerr’s comments about the similar styles, Snyder quipped, “I hope we play like them.”
While it’s unlikely Utah will get a backcourt that’s as explosive as Golden State’s, the team will continue to work on trying to match the ball movement the Warriors use in mimicking the Spurs.
Snyder credited the Warriors’ maturity and how well-connected they are on the court.
“One of the things that makes them so good is the way they pass the ball and how unselfish they are,” Snyder said. “That’s something that’s a credit to Steve first and as well as their guys that they embrace that style.”
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[QUOTE]A Jazz newcomer once said he didn
[QUOTE]Derrick Favors, the unsculpted low-post presence to anchor the Jazz defense for years to come.[/QUOTE]
When should we expect this to begin? Gobert looks like that player actually.
[QUOTE]It
[QUOTE]the Utah Jazz still need to be more competitive than they were on Friday night.
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As long as you're going to keep gushing over them they must. Other than the Toronto game I haven't been very impressed and of course they folded in that one and didn 't play D. Not sure Toronto is even a playoff team in the west though.
[QUOTE]That was a big message conveyed by Jazz coach Quin Snyder in the moments following a 101-88 loss to a Warriors team that truthfully played like the game was over in the second half. For the second consecutive game, Utah came out with a slow start. Unlike Tuesday night
[QUOTE]"We have to try and keep them off the line," Utah Jazz point guard Trey Burke said on Friday before the two teams met. "They have a lot of guys who can fill it up. So we have to get a hand in their faces, and we have to keep them to one shot."[/QUOTE]
At least you talk a big game.
[QUOTE]The Jazz face one of their biggest defensive tests in trying to deal with Curry and Thompson, each of whom have improved significantly off the dribble over the years. The bad news? A team that closely mirrors Golden State is the Dallas Mavericks
[QUOTE]A look of frustration on their faces after being victimized by Bay Area traffic Friday, Quin Snyder and a good chunk of his Utah Jazz players arrived at Oracle Arena a little more than 75 minutes before tipoff with the Golden State Warriors. As a result, the pregame routine, always precise under Snyder, was thrown off, even if slightly so.
And it all went downhill from there.[/QUOTE]
at least there's another excuse
[QUOTE]By the end, the Warriors won a 101-88 contest that was much less competitive than the final score would indicate. And by the end, if it wasn