Round 2!

Ohm Youngmisuk: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Ty Lue on if he’s offended that Quin Snyder said that the Clippers felt it was advantageous to face the Jazz: “I’m not offended by anything.” Lue added that if the Jazz want to use that as bulletin board material, so be it[/URL] but the Clippers had to survive the first round vs Dallas
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Mirjam Swanson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Ty Lue says: “We’re gonna be ready. … no excuses.[/URL] We had a tough series against Dallas, which prepared us for this series as well. No excuses.”
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[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50182289/mike-conley-will-miss-game-1-as-jazz-ready-for-a-clippers-team-that-wanted-to-play-them[/url]

[QUOTE]Joe Ingles will likely slide into the starting lineup where he has had great success this season. And, in a case of looking for a silver lining, that actually will align the Jazz a little more naturally on defense. Ingles will take Paul George (and potentially resurrect an old playoff rivalry from 2018), Royce O'Neale will take Kawhi Leonard, and that leaves Mitchell to take whatever guard the Clippers have out there. With Conley in the lineup, Mitchell likely would have had to deal with George, at least initially.

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Mitchell and Bojan :cry:

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/6/8/22523193/live-coverage-utah-jazz-la-clippers-square-off-in-game-1-of-2nd-round-nba-playoffs-mike-conley[/url]

[QUOTE]Against a switching defense like the one the Clippers employ, the best weapon is ball movement. To avoid the ball sticking and being forced into isolation plays, the Jazz will need to be more thoughtful and deliberate with their drive-and-kicks and swinging the ball around. Conley is very good at attacking switches and making the right reads. Without him, it means that the Jazz’s ball movement and spacing must be even better than before.

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more Clarkson and Mitchell. Good luck with that

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

[QUOTE]In whatever games Mike Conley Jr. misses — he’s been ruled out for Game 1 — this will look a little different. His absence will promote Joe Ingles into more of a ball handling role, and he will need to be much more aggressive than he was in round one. At the back of the rotation, Conley’s absence means we’ll see Miye Oni for a few minutes here or there to bridge rest times. Like O’Neale, Oni will have to make sure he’s ready to make the Clipper wings actually guard him, but in a playoff rotation he probably won’t see a ton of time.

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could play Ersan but won't :facepalm

[QUOTE]Conley being out introduces more size into Utah’s rotations, but comes with an undeniable cost in terms of playmaking, especially if the Clippers employ aggressive schemes that demand instantaneous reads from Jazz ball handlers. It also makes the bench units more reliant on Clarkson to some degree, and that can either go really well for Utah… or really poorly.

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likely poorly

[QUOTE]Leonard and George will screen for each other a lot, and they’ll involve Morris (a 47% 3-point shooter this season) in actions as well. This means Bogdanovic will play a more central role in pick-and-roll defense than he is used to. Frankly, even Mitchell is going to have to play a huge role on the defensive end. He’s shown himself capable of that for stretches throughout his career, but will he have the juice to use 30-40% of the Jazz’s possessions and also check someone like PG-13? And again, O’Neale will be hugely important. One would think he’ll spend most of him time on Kawhi, but all of the Clippers’ unique P&R combinations will result in O’Neale getting switched.

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going to get ugly

[QUOTE]Their size is another reason why there are bound to be some awkward defensive matchups for Utah. The Jazz nearly always have two of Conley, Mitchell and Jordan Clarkson on the floor together, but most of LAC’s lineups configurations have just one guy smaller than Kawhi’s 6-foot-7 frame. George, Morris and Batum are all 6-foot-8. So let’s say you have one of Utah’s smaller guards checking whichever of Jackson/Beverley is on the court — who is the other one guarding? (The answer here is surely someone like Batum who’s not going to just attack that mismatch 1-on-1. But at 6-foot-8, he can just as easily elevate over the closeout of a diminutive guard and still get a clean look.)

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Ersan? :cry:

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/06/08/utah-jazz-caution-costing-championship/[/url]

[QUOTE]With that in mind, though, the franchise’s safety-first decision-makers may, in fact, deserve some blame for Conley’s injury. After all, had they not erred on the side of extreme caution by keeping All-Star guard [URL="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/mitchdo01.html"]Donovan Mitchell[/URL] out of action — against his will, mind you — in the Game 1 loss to the Grizzlies, the squad probably wouldn’t have needed five games to advance in the first place.

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you have no idea. Gobert was in foul trouble Mitchell doesn't necessarily make them better. What if Mitchell gets hurt in game 1 because he's not 100%? Same thinking with Mike

Jorge Sierra: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Donovan Mitchell has as many 40-point games in the playoffs as Karl Malone[/URL]. (Playoff games: Karl Malone 193, Donovan Mitchell 28).
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The Vertical: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Donovan Mitchell says he’s grateful for Dwyane Wade’s guidance from the sideline[/URL] ?? pic.twitter.com/H4SizGpozr
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Eric Walden: Bojan Bogdanovic, on Donovan Mitchell’s growth: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“It’s just amazing how mature he’s become this season. He was really reading the game. … We were missing great shots, and then in the third quarter, he took the game over.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]






Ben Anderson: Bojan Bogdanovic on having 18K @Utah Jazz fans back in Vivint Arena: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“It’s probably the loudest crowd that I played in front of here in NBA even when we were down.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/BensHoops"]Twitter BensHoops[/URL]






Ben Anderson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gobert on the final play: “I kind of fake helped and I knew that he was going to pass to Morris for three so I just tried to contest as much as I can.”[/URL] @KSLSports #TakeNote
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And with 1:37 left, the taunt of choice, and the loudest of the night, was an “overrated” chant that many of the 18,007 fans echoed throughout a packed Vivint Arena in Utah’s 112-109 win. Jazz fans have been going at George since he played for Oklahoma City when the Thunder faced the Jazz in the 2018 playoffs. George said he welcomes the taunts. “I [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31595135/la-clippers-paul-george-welcomes-fan-taunts-vows-more-decisive-play-game-2"]like it,” George said. “That part doesn’t get to me. It’s all respect. I’ve had good games here and I’ve had bad games here.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31595135/la-clippers-paul-george-welcomes-fan-taunts-vows-more-decisive-play-game-2"]Ohm Youngmisuk @ ESPN[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/461111/jazz-absorb-opening-blow-take-game-one-over-la/[/url]

[QUOTE][B]Royce O’Neale: [/B]Few players have impacted the Jazz five straight playoff wins more glaringly, yet quietly than Royce O’Neale. In addition to holding Paul George to a miserable 4-17 shooting night, O’Neale continued to be a terror on the glass pulling down 11 rebounds on the night, including five in the final 10 minutes of the game to secure the win.

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he's never been better! :bowdown:

[QUOTE][B]Miye Oni: [/B]Oni was forced into the lineup as the Jazz were without Mike Conley due to the veteran’s ongoing hamstring injury. Oni struggled to defend without fouling most of the game but grabbed two offensive rebounds in the third quarter to force the Clippers into extra defensive possessions on tired legs.

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no one forced it but COTY

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/6/9/22522649/analysis-utah-jazz-defense-delivers-first-punch-in-series-against-la-clippers-nba-playoffs-game-1[/url]

[QUOTE]The Jazz missed 20 consecutive shots in the first quarter and were 3-of-17 from 3-point range before a pair of Clarkson treys ended the drought. Those might seem like low notes, but the impressive thing was that the Jazz didn’t let their poor shooting dictate their defense. To miss that many shots and only be down by 13 at the half is honestly impressive. They held Leonard and Paul George, two amazing offensive players, to a combined 12 points in the first half. Truthfully, the Jazz’s shots were good looks. They were generating exactly the type of shots that they wanted and they didn’t stop shooting them and didn’t stop creating them. This is one of the best shooting teams the NBA has ever seen and eventually those shots are going to fall, as they did in the second half.

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quit saying it's a good look when Clarkson is shooting it.

[QUOTE]The Jazz did a great job of containing Leonard and George in the first half but let Jackson and Kennard get going, and a lot of that was on Mitchell’s defense. Correctable mistakes, but notable.

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he actually was noticeably better than usual

[QUOTE]In the fourth quarter Kennard and Rajon Rondo were getting torched defensively and offering nothing on the other end of the floor. I don’t understand why Ty Lue didn’t take them out and instead bring in Nicolas Batum and Patrick Beverley.

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same reason Snyder wouldn't if tit was reversed

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/6/8/22523193/live-coverage-utah-jazz-la-clippers-square-off-in-game-1-of-2nd-round-nba-playoffs-mike-conley[/url]

[QUOTE]After allowing 60 points in the first half, Utah clamped down defensively in the second and allowed just 49. The Jazz were especially strong in the third quarter as they gave up just 19. That effort helped spark their offense as they climbed out of the 13-point halftime deficit to tie things up heading into the fourth quarter.

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25 in first and 19 in 3rd. Other two sucked

Joe Vardon: A Team Australia update. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Even if the Jazz reach the Finals — and it goes seven games, meaning it ends July 22, a day before Olympic opening ceremony — Joe Ingles is playing for the Boomers.[/URL] ‘I’ll get on a plane the next day and I’ll make my way over to Japan.’ @The Athletic
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[QUOTE] Ben Anderson: Quin Snyder shares @Utah Jazz fans affection for Derrick Favors. [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“The amount of love I have for Fav runs on a pretty deep level.”[/URL]

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as deep as Clarkson?

Ben Anderson: Quin Snyder on the advice Dwyane Wade gives to Donovan Mitchel in-game: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“I don’t ask a lot of questions about what they’re talking about. I trust that we’re all on the same page and there’s probably things that Dwyane’s capable of giving him that I’m not.”[/URL]
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Eric Walden: Quin Snyder, on Dwyane Wade helping Donovan: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“To have someone like that that has the experience, the intelligence, the feel for the game … is a resource we need. … I love it. I don’t ask a lot of questions about what they’re talking about; I trust we’re all on the same page.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]







Eric Walden: Quin Snyder, on Joe Ingles’ play: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]“It’s hard in my mind for Joe to take a bad shot, because he’s such a great shooter. … It’s always a little different when he’s a primary ballhandler, but I don’t think there’s a lack of comfort or hesitancy.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

Law Murray: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Zubac: “Obviously, we missed a great opportunity to take Game 1 on the road… every series is different.” Mentions that Clippers don’t want to mess around and go down 2-0 again[/URL] just because they did it last week.
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Mirjam Swanson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Ivica Zubac on the Clippers’ improving physicality: “Can’t let them knock us off our spots … that’s about it. Hit-first mentality.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/MirjamSwanson"]Twitter MirjamSwanson[/URL]






Mirjam Swanson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Zu on Ty Lue: “He treats everyone the same, he played with a lot of big-time players that’s why he knows how to hold everyone accountable and how to get them going.[/URL] He’s not gonna let someone off the hook in a film session or when we do scouting just because of their name.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/MirjamSwanson"]Twitter MirjamSwanson[/URL]







Law Murray: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Tyronn Lue has said repeatedly now and last night that Clippers need to do a better job of “owning our space” against physical Utah defense[/URL]
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Ohm Youngmisuk: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Ty Lue thought Joe Ingles and Royce O’Neale tried to wear down Paul George and Kawhi Leonard coming off of a short turnaround from Game 7[/URL] and that the Clippers didn’t have a lot of pop in second half. He says Clippers have to own their own space and play physical vs Utah defense.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/NotoriousOHM"]Twitter NotoriousOHM[/URL]

Mirjam Swanson: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Ty Lue on last series’ get-to-the-rim-or-die-trying mantra vs. Utah and Rudy Gobert: “Not right now.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/MirjamSwanson"]Twitter MirjamSwanson[/URL]

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rudy Gobert, on who’s most responsible for his awards: “My mom. She sacrificed a lot. She believed in me as a kid. She allowed me to do what I wanted to do.[/URL] … Three of them is just amazing, and it’s on her. She gave me everything.”
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]