2017 Playoff bound!!!

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[QUOTE]Raul Neto has been upgraded to questionable for Game 2, still recovering from a left ankle sprain. He was moving well during the portions of practice we observed. I am curious, though, if he'll make the 13-man active roster. The Jazz had been sitting Joel Bolomboy in that spot, but now will probably like to have him available with Gobert's injury. On the other hand, the team has four healthy point guards now.

I asked Snyder how Neto can contribute during this series.

"The same way Jeff Withey and Fav did," he started. "Hopefully not. Just his presence on the bench. The same way he did against Portland, when Lillard got going, and we used him to come in. The same way he has when he started. You don't know how you're going to contribute, you just have to contribute in any way you can. Including being Chris Paul in practice."

That doesn't sound like Neto will be the primary backup option, even when healthy. I'd expect the Jazz to continue using Shelvin Mack, unless he gets burned too badly defensively.[/QUOTE]

Mack didn't play well. Neto is the better call here

[QUOTE]The team was a little bit worried that the soreness would linger for Favors. That's happened after he's played major minutes in some games this season: the worst part was the day after a game, when his knee really started to hurt. But Snyder reported that that wasn't the case after Saturday's big minute game, a very good sign.[/QUOTE]

:applause:

[QUOTE]It's going to be difficult. I expect the Clippers to attack the glass, and to be more variable in choosing their plays than they were in Game 2. But the Jazz can play better too: none of Gordon Hayward, Rodney Hood, or Joe Ingles shot the ball well. The game could well be determined by which team's guard improves their shooting the most in Game 2.[/QUOTE]

I expected that from Hayward and who knows what you're going to get from Hood game to game.

[url]http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678045/Jazz-notes-Rudy-Gobert-officially-out-for-Game-2-Favors-good-to-go.html[/url]

[QUOTE]"His spirits are high," said Jazz big man Derrick Favors, who'll start in Gobert's absence Tuesday. "Hopefully, we'll get him back in a week or two."[/QUOTE]

2 will likely be too late

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[QUOTE]Raul Neto, who has missed more than a week with a sprained ankle, is listed as questionable on Utah's official injury list. But the point guard told The Tribune that he plans to play in Tuesday's Game 2.[/QUOTE]

:cheers:

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[QUOTE]The Jazz have survived a major injury this season to most of their main players not named Gordon Hayward. Even Gobert

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[QUOTE]JJ Redick is the weakest defensive player in the Clippers starting lineup, but I don't believe the Jazz have anyone who can consistently punish him. Rodney Hood and Joe Ingles are good players, but if the Jazz go to them frequently to attack Redick, that's a win for the Clippers, as it takes the ball out of better player's hands.[/QUOTE]

As I said before the series started the Jazz win that match-up. Now everyone knows Ingles is for real!

[QUOTE]ISO Joe is actually a bad matchup for the Clippers, but it's kind of hard to imagine him turning the series.[/QUOTE]

lol!

[QUOTE]I've admired the Jazz's method of rebuilding without tanking, and it's finally producing results. [/QUOTE]

If letting your best player go along with Demarre while playing youngsters that should be in the D-league isn't tanking what is? Only thing that wasn't tanking was Rudy's emergence

[QUOTE]Wesley Matthews who became a starter left after one year. [/QUOTE]

they let him leave you mean

[url]http://www.clipsnation.com/2017/4/18/15342262/2017-nba-playoffs-first-round-game-1-recap-and-game-2-preview-with-slc-dunk[/url]

[QUOTE]part of the reason why these two teams have only 51 wins this year is that at times they play down to their competition[/QUOTE]

Jazz have mostly dominated the weaker teams this year. What we haven't seen much is them stepping up against the top teams like in game 1.

[QUOTE]Derrick Favors is a very nice stand-in, but Jordan is bigger, more athletic, and just better. [/QUOTE]

They are listed at the same weight though Derrick had supposedly lost a lot of weight and Jordan is listed one inch taller though at 7'5" Favors may have a longer reach. More athletic and at this point better sure but if Favors can play like last game than it's at least competitive

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[QUOTE]Rant Point 5: Do You Really Think G-Time is Leaving?[/QUOTE]

I can see it

[url]http://www.sbnation.com/2017/4/9/15236666/joe-johnson-highlights-jazz-clippers-blazers-20000-points[/url]

[QUOTE]Johnson was never going to pass up that ball on Saturday night.[/QUOTE]

If the double had came he would have.

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[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz General Manager has been very smart, he and his scouts have made more hits than misses, and his number crunchers haven

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[QUOTE]I haven’t looked at the numbers, but the Jazz have not shown they can defend when Withey is at center in this series.[/QUOTE]

Give Bolomboy a shot? Too bad they didn't let us see more of him in regular season. Hard to throw him to the wolves now

[QUOTE]This was a good performance with a lot of positives.[/QUOTE]

clipps have to be worried that they couldn't run away

[url]http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5191079-155/jazz-notes-rodney-hood-comes-off[/url]

[QUOTE]Jazz rookie Joel Bolomboy was placed on the active roster. The power forward from Weber State was inactive in Game 1. Snyder made the move because he needed another big man, in case of foul trouble. In somewhat of a surprise move, shooting guard Alec Burks was made inactive.[/QUOTE]

Has to be Lyles

[QUOTE]There

[QUOTE]Andy Larsen: Alec Burks is officially out of Game 3 against the Clippers due to a platelet rich plasma injection in his left knee, according to Jazz PR.

Andy Larsen‏: Jazz statement on Jeff Withey: The Utah Jazz released the following statement:

[QUOTE]Utah Jazz center Jeff Withey has been accused of domestic violence in a police report filed by his Playboy Playmate of the Year ex-fiancee, Kennedy Summers