2017 Playoff bound!!!

[url]http://weareutahjazz.com/lockedonjazz/2017/04/23/emptying-the-noggin-an-incredible-win-an-incredible-series/[/url]

[QUOTE]despite playing two of the next three on the road in LA, there is a possibility this series is pointing in the favor of the Jazz. For the first three games of the series, when the Jazz were without Rudy Gobert, the Clippers were the better team. With the Jazz getting Gobert healthy and the Clippers without Griffin, there is a legitimate chance the Jazz are the better team.[/QUOTE]

I don't think there is much doubt even with Griffin. They lost close games without Rudy. He's back. Clipps are done despite Paul's greatness!

[QUOTE]Favors had 17 points and six rebounds in 24 minutes. Favors was active and terrific. Doc Rivers singled Derrick Favors out for his huge game.[/QUOTE]

He looked a lot more like his old self tonite diving to the hoop for baskets. He was certainly happy Rudy was back too!

[QUOTE]Joe Ingles had a career-high 11 assists. He did a wonderful job running the high pick and roll.[/QUOTE]

He's became their best pg. Their best perimeter defender and best 3 point shooter. You think he's going to get paid? :bowdown:

[QUOTE]The Clippers really miss Austin Rivers when they go to these lineups. He would change who they are. The Jazz were able to counter this lineup.
[/QUOTE]

Sounds like he's probably out at least one more

[QUOTE]Dante Exum played and hit an incredible 3 that in a game that was big.[/QUOTE]

I thought he played well

[url]http://www.ksl.com/?sid=43983841&nid=304&title=the-triple-team-joe-johnson-carries-jazz-to-game-4-win[/url]

[QUOTE]it looks like we'll get something approaching 100 percent Rudy Gobert for the rest of the playoffs.

"I didn't think I would be back this early," Gobert said. "But I put the work in and the training staff, my guys, they helped me heal so quick and it's been great."

And Gobert said his knee wasn't in any pain after the game, either. "I feel pretty good. It's going to get better every day, and I feel good right now," Gobert said. "I've got one more day to recover too."

That's great news for the Jazz. Good work from a maligned training staff to get Gobert ready in time to contribute, just when the Jazz needed him most.[/QUOTE]

Woo hoo!

[QUOTE]Hayward should be non-contagious and would go on the team's flight to Los Angeles tomorrow for Game 5. But even he is healthy, he'll still not be 100 percent: being that degree of sick all day can have an impact on your body for days to come.[/QUOTE]

Hood never has returned to form after the losing weight with the flu. Hayward is tough. I expect he'll be ok

[url]http://www.ksl.com/?sid=43983407&nid=304&title=johnson-scores-28-jazz-beat-clippers-105-98-to-even-series[/url]

[QUOTE]Utah guard George Hill understands after missing 16 games with a big toe injury this season.

"You've got to think, your big toes are the main part of your body to help with balance and explosion and things like that," Hill said. "Just like if you didn't have thumbs, it'd be hard to do a lot of things in your daily life. Just think about your thumbs and big toes are your main points of your body. I'm sure it's something that's excruciating pain for him because I've been in that situation."[/QUOTE]

The question is how is your toe now? Because if it's not bothering you I'm not sure I would want to give you a max contract. I'm thinking maybe the Jazz can just pay Ingles and they can run the offense through him.

[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5207887-155/monson-with-gobert-back-the-battle[/url]

[QUOTE]Added Snyder: "Can't say enough about Derrick Favors, and Rodney picked up his level. Joe Johnson

[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5207931-155/jazz-notes-utah-hopes-to-wear[/url]

[QUOTE]Jazz backup center Jeff Withey was a healthy scratch for Sunday's Game 4. He was placed on the inactive list, while rookie Joel Bolomboy was active.

It was the first time in the series that Withey didn't dress.

Withey reportedly was accused on Tuesday by his ex-fiancee of domestic violence.[/QUOTE]

innocent until proven guilty? I can see putting Bolomboy on the roster but Lyles should be the first to go

[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678450/Brad-Rock-Jazz-are-winning-the-only-way-they-can-with-a-cast-of-thousands.html[/url]

[QUOTE]we hadn

[url]https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/while-you-werent-watching-the-utah-jazz-got-good/[/url]

[QUOTE]Usually, it

[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678447/Twitter-reacts-to-late-Utah-Jazz-run-led-by-the-clutch-play-of-Joe-Johnson-Rodney-Hood-and-Joe.html[/url]

[QUOTE]Positive Residual @presidual

In the first 3 games, the Jazz had an 11% offensive rebound and a 77% defensive rebound rate. With Rudy Gobert tonight: 22% OREB, 85% DREB.

9:44 PM - 23 Apr 2017[/QUOTE]

a different team :bowdown:

[QUOTE]Andy Bailey @AndrewDBailey

Dead serious. I'd be totally fine with Joe Ingles playing full-time point guard for the Jazz next season.[/QUOTE]

Something to consider. He's become their best playmaker. Still love to have Hill around too though!

[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678441/Jazz-notes-Game-4-first-Sunday-NBA-contest-in-Salt-Lake-since-2008-Jeff-Withey-inactive.html[/url]

[QUOTE]JEFF WITHEY INACTIVE: Jazz backup center Jeff Withey was inactive for the game. The team called it a

NBA.com/Stats ✔ @nbastats

Joe Ingles is just the 20th player in @NBA history to have his 1st career game w/ 10+ ASTS come in the #NBAPlayoffs.

[QUOTE]Tate Frazier @tatefrazier

It's amazing to think Joe Johnson believed in Gobert and Hayward over CP3 and DeAndre and could be proven right[/QUOTE]

Doubt the Clippers offered 22 million and 2 years.

Joe Johnson is 35. This year, he's posting playoff career highs in Player Efficiency Rating, Box Plus-Minus and Win Shares per 48 Minutes.

[QUOTE]NBA on TNT ✔ @NBAonTNT

"His decision to go to Utah, made me realize that he was trying to win over everything." - @TheJetonTNT on Joe Johnson[/QUOTE]

Who else was offering the money or the 2nd year?

Angie Treasure ✔ @snark_tank
Doc Rivers on Rudy's influence:

[url]http://saltcityhoops.com/game-4-relived-every-moment-of-a-crazy-close-in-jazz-clips/[/url]

[QUOTE]The Jazz are finally able to sub in Derrick Favors, who has been waiting to take over for Gobert, ostensibly because of the latter

[url]http://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat/2017/4/24/15409150/nba-playoffs-2017-utah-jazz-los-angeles-clippers-chris-paul-blake-griffin-joe-johnson-joe-ingles[/url]

Adrian Wojnarowski ✔ @WojVerticalNBA

Sources: Clippers expect guard Austin Rivers to return from hamstring injury for Game 5 vs. the Jazz on Tuesday.

10:46 AM - 24 Apr 2017

that will help them

[QUOTE]J.J. and Jamal are online from outside once again[/QUOTE]

Redick has done nothing

[url]http://www.slcdunk.com/utah-jazz-game-coverage/2017/4/23/15404088/nba-playoffs-2017-utah-jazz-105-los-angeles-clippers-98-recap-joe-johnson-joe-ingles-rudy-gobert[/url]

[QUOTE] J.J. Redick and Jamal Crawford both broke out of their shooting slumps (hitting a combined 7 threes in 14 attempts).[/QUOTE]

and Rudy and Hill were 10-17 from the field!

JJ was 3-11 and 2-7 from 3 with 4 turnovers. Way to break out! :wtf:

[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678473/Jazz-are-making-their-own-Stayward-statement.html[/url]

[QUOTE]Win or lose their series with the Clippers, the Jazz have shown promise in their first postseason appearance since 2012. They feature a blend of crafty experience and youthful optimism.

Had the Jazz been swept in the first round, it could have given Hayward pause. [/QUOTE]

Anyone really think they were getting swept before Rudy went down?

[QUOTE]Instead, they

[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5213294-155/utah-jazz-joe-johnson-has-reshaped[/url]

[QUOTE]Rivers again engaged in talks, though the Clippers' salary cap crunch left little hope of signing him in free agency.

"Hey, we're going to give you a hundred grand," Rivers jokingly pitched Monday when asked about their discussions last summer. "I'm a sweet talker, but I'm not that good."[/QUOTE]

there it is. He didn't actually choose the Jazz because of winning.

[QUOTE]"There's something to be said for someone who's as respected as he is in the league, and the kind of mind he has for the game, to identify this place as somewhere that he wants to be. I think that's a nice compliment to our players and our organization. And he certainly made a good decision."[/QUOTE]

did anyone else offer him close to 22 million for 2 years? :rolleyes:

[QUOTE]Obviously it's paid off."[/QUOTE]

Ka-Ching$$$$$$$ :lol

[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5213152-155/clippers-notes-austin-rivers-expected-to[/url]

[QUOTE]"Gobert's a great defender, but we've been really good with Gobert on the floor in the regular season," Doc Rivers said, adding that the Defensive Player of the Year candidate may have had a greater impact on the offensive end. Clippers guard Jamal Crawford also downplayed Gobert's role in the Jazz's win on Sunday, saying the center's return gave Utah "more of an emotional lift than anything."[/QUOTE]

keep on telling yourselves that. The series is over!

[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5212233-155/utah-jazz-bigs-play-big-change[/url]

[QUOTE]Gobert's presence, as the series moves to Los Angeles for Tuesday night's Game 5 at Staples Center, could prove to be a game-changer. The Clippers were able to win two straight games in large part because of Jordan's dominance in the lane. Without Gobert, the Jazz had no answer for his length and athleticism.

That changed Sunday. The Jazz won the rebounding battle for the first time in the series. The Jazz also outscored the Clippers in the paint for the first time in the series.

Gobert and a rejuvenated Favors also made things difficult for Chris Paul. The Clippers point guard was still great, scoring 27 points, handing out 12 assists and grabbing nine rebounds. But the open lanes to the hoop he enjoyed for three games were largely not there. The Jazz forced him to shoot under 50 percent (10-of-21) from the field for the first time in the series. And he didn't dominate in the fourth quarter.[/QUOTE]

Bring on GS! :cheers:

[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5212396-155/monson-quin-snyder-is-the-nbas[/url]

[QUOTE]Quin Snyder is a smart, passionate man.

Nobody doubts that.

He should be the NBA's coach of the year.[/QUOTE]

homer!

[QUOTE]He certainly has been the match of Doc Rivers, a coach who's already won an NBA title.[/QUOTE]

not saying much

[url]http://www.slcdunk.com/2017/4/24/15411004/nba-playoffs-2017-los-angeles-clippers-doc-rivers-rudy-gobert[/url]

[QUOTE] I thought Favors had more of an impact on the game, to be honest, tonight. Again, both of those are offense. Defensively, we do what we do. You know? We don

[url]http://purpleandblues.com/2017/04/25/utah-jazz-enjoy-favorable-injury-report-ahead-game-5/[/url]

[QUOTE]Neither Gordon Hayward nor Rudy Gobert appear on the injury report at all for Tuesday

[url]http://www.ksl.com/?sid=44003602&nid=304&title=jazz-shootaround-gordon-hayward-rudy-gobert-ready-to-play-normally-in-game-5[/url]

[QUOTE]The good news: he's back at 100 percent for Tuesday's Game 5.

"I got it from a sandwich from a place," Hayward said, trying to avoid putting the offending restaurant out of business. He did say he wouldn't be going to that restaurant ever again.[/QUOTE]

Clippers fan working there?

[QUOTE]To me, that says that the knee contusion isn't as big of a deal as the hyperextension, which he wears a brace to protect. That's very different from Derrick Favors' knee contusion, which gives him pain and limits his explosiveness at varying levels.[/QUOTE]

May just be that they are different guys. Hood had the same thing as Gobert months ago and still hasn't recovered. Rudy is the man! :bowdown:

[QUOTE]We'll see how he does in his second game back from injury, but it seems like he thinks that he'll play at about 100 percent. With only eight days between when the injury happened and his return, that's a major win for the Jazz.[/QUOTE]

Clippers are done for!

[QUOTE]"It's a chance to have some level of impact on the game that during the 82-game regular season there isn't as much preparation time," Snyder said. "You're also able to impact the game negatively too, so it goes both ways."[/QUOTE]

like making Withey inactive instead of Lyles?

[url]http://www.ksl.com/?sid=43998250&nid=304&title=ben-anderson-playoff-magic-alive-for-the-utah-[/url]

[QUOTE]From pushing the Showtime Lakers to seven games in 1988[/QUOTE]

blowing it to the Lakers

[QUOTE] Rodney Hood missed a total of 12 games in 15 outings with a similar hyperextension.[/QUOTE]

as I said different guys

[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678577/Twitter-reactions-Gordon-Haywards-food-poisoning-comes-from-a-sandwich-from-a-place.html[/url]

[QUOTE]Coach Quin Snyder is happy to have Hayward back in the lineup tonight and said there shouldn't be any limitations on his minutes.

[url]http://www.slcdunk.com/2017/4/25/15428620/nba-playoffs-2017-utah-jazz-vs-los-angeles-clippers-austin-rivers-gordon-hayward-injury-update[/url]

[QUOTE]SG: Alec Burks is out of the rotation, so maybe the PRP treatment in his left knee is more PR spin than anything else. It seems just like a really fishy time of the season to have that done.[/QUOTE]

might have been out of the rotation because of his knee. If he can't help them it seems like the perfect time. Maybe he can help them at some point this year still?

[QUOTE]PF: Joel Bolomboy is likely to be selected as a fellow Inactive for this game, along with Burks.[/QUOTE]

Was Withey last game so I imagine it will be again though it should certainly be Lyles

[QUOTE]Rivers is going to come off the bench, and I don

[url]http://www.slcdunk.com/2017/4/25/15426360/nba-playoffs-2017-los-angeles-clippers-chris-paul-joe-johnson-joe-ingles-marreese-speights-threes[/url]

[QUOTE]I am putting Luc Mbah a Moute and Joe Johnson here as wings though, you could argue for them to be

Well that 4th quarter was a nice reminder on what a bitch Chris Paul can be.

Yeah he's a great player but a sore loser apparently.

About time Kabong made an appearance. Is Ingles a national hero yet? :cheers:

Having earned the nickname

[QUOTE]Gobert wouldn

[QUOTE=Xiao Yao You]Yeah he's a great player but a sore loser apparently.

About time Kabong made an appearance. Is Ingles a national hero yet? :cheers:[/QUOTE]
Hasn't been much on him at all. They probably won't unless the Jazz make the finals.

Too bad. He's a huge part of this.

[url]http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2705404-rudy-gobert-is-daydreaming-of-a-utah-jazz-championship-and-a-rap-career[/url]

[QUOTE]"He can be a leader," Jensen says with a sort of wide-eyed conviction. "It comes with the maturity. Making the playoffs, winning in the playoffs. That leadership, people listening to you, just comes."[/QUOTE]

Already is. In Rudy we trust! :bowdown:

[url]http://www.ksl.com/?sid=44009539&nid=304&title=the-triple-team-jazz-clutch-resilience-leads-to-game-5-win-over-clippers[/url]

[QUOTE]another minute later: Hayward and Paul end up on the ground, struggling for the loose ball and rebound. Even though it's after the whistle, Hayward fights Paul for it, even eliciting a Paul shove.[/QUOTE]

The double T was a joke. Should have been on Paul for the shove. I'm not one to complain about the refs generally but they've been horrible in the series especially towards Paul.

[QUOTE]Hood co-led the Jazz (along with Hayward) in fourth quarter scoring with nine points, making three of five 3-point shots.[/QUOTE]

took the most shots on the team. That can't happen when he's not hitting

[QUOTE]One of the interesting subplots about this series was how a very deep team (the Jazz) would compete against a very-evenly matched star-laden but shallow team (the Clippers).[/QUOTE]

I'd say they're pretty close on depth actually. After Rudy, Hayward, Ingles, Johnson, Hill and Favors the Jazz have problems as they've had all year. At least they'll have cap space for the draft! Might be time to try starting Johnson again and leave Diaw on the bench.

[QUOTE]Being versatile is the Jazz's biggest strength, and they're showing it again in this critical playoff series.[/QUOTE]

I think Snyder is just doing a better job than the overrated Rivers.

[url]http://www.ksl.com/?sid=44009278&nid=304&title=hayward-scores-27-jazz-beat-clippers-96-92-to-take-3-2-lead[/url]

[QUOTE]They fell to 1-11 all-time in Game 5 of a playoff series that was tied 2-2.[/QUOTE]

:roll:

[QUOTE]moni @monilogue

Did y'all catch Quin giving CP3 the death glare after he & Hayward fought for the ball? Jerry-like and I love it.[/QUOTE]

probably be a good fight!

NBA History ✔ @NBAHistory

.@rudygobert27 2nd @utahjazz player with 10+ pts, 10+ reb, 5+ stl in a playoff game; Karl Malone (33/11/5) did that in 1990. @EliasSports