2020-21 Regular season- The tax team

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50162231/bojan-bogdanovic-scores-career-high-48-points-in-jazz-win-over-nuggets[/url]

[QUOTE]Bogdanovic's play has been crescendoing to a game like this. In the previous five games, Bogdanovic has averaged 25.8 points on 57% shooting. Without Mike Conley and Donovan Mitchell in the lineup, he has turned into the Jazz's No. 1 option on the offensive end, and he has more than answered the bell.


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someone needs to tell Clarkson that he's not the number 1 option

[url]https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2021/05/07/triple-team-bogdanovics/[/url]

[QUOTE]I think the above also shows how little the Jazz were forcing things to Bogdanovic. Even on a 48-point night, how many plays were run for him? The post-up certainly counts, as do the screen plays. His pick and roll baskets do too. But most of his 48 points were actually in the flow of the offense, either from his teammates or just simply being aggressive in transition.


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now if Mitchell and Clarkson could do the same

[QUOTE]Bogdanovic’s outburst was awesome to watch. But do you know what was just as important?


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more important

[QUOTE]In the fourth quarter, this got better. Miye Oni helped for sure, and showed an ability to stay on Porter’s hip. Even when he was screened, he gets this backside contest, forcing the miss.


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imagine if he'd played Oni, Brantley, Morgan or Tucker last year. They would have went to at least the 2nd round

[QUOTE]Jordan Clarkson scored 21 points today, but it wasn’t his best shooting night: he went just 6-20 from the floor. But I liked how he turned up his defensive game late, getting two critical steals that really propelled the Jazz in the fourth quarter.


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sadly it was one of his better shooting nights :facepalm

[QUOTE]His defense late was good enough that the Jazz could afford to end the game with Clarkson out on the floor instead of O’Neale. The Jazz weren’t getting out-rebounded, and were getting stops with Clarkson on the floor, so why not keep him out there as an extra offensive threat?


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because he's not a threat but a liability?

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/5/7/22417150/instant-analysis-utah-jazz-beat-denver-nuggets-on-career-night-for-bojan-bogdanovic-nba-espn[/url]

[QUOTE]You can say all you want about Jordan Clarkson having inefficient nights but when it’s a 3-point game with less than a minute to play and he hits a deep pull-up 3, you can’t tell me that’s not a guy you’d want on your team. He got hot in the first quarter and then cooled off for most of the game, missing many that he normally would make. But Clarkson is nothing if not confident and he kept shooting, scoring seven of his 21 points in the fourth quarter — and they were very timely, important buckets. He also had eight assists, five rebounds and came up with two steals.

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He's not a guy I want on my team. It's not a 3 point game if he's not 6-20 :cry:

[QUOTE]The Jazz struggled on the defensive end early on. There were just a ton of miscommunications and guys missing rotations, letting the Nuggets get an early lead that the Jazz had to fight against. The Jazz ended up turning it up and playing a lot better, doing well on switches, but as we get closer to the playoffs you have to start thinking about what would happen in a postseason game. The Jazz can’t take a whole quarter in the playoffs to figure a team out defensively or to get into their own defensive rhythm — they have to be ready out of the gate.

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been rare that they've played 48 minutes of D this year which says a lot about the current NBA since they are one of the top defensive teams despite their inconsistency at that end

[QUOTE]Clarkson and Royce O’Neale, when open, should not be passing to Trent Forrest. I’m all for getting a young guy some reps and letting him gain his confidence, but not during this game and not when two much better shooters are already open.

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happened multiple times and another reason why Forrest shouldn't be in the game. Oni, Brantley, Ersan, Morgan and Thomas can hit shots

[QUOTE]The biggest loser of this game was not the Denver Nuggets, it was ESPN. The game was originally scheduled to be played on national television, but when LeBron James came back from missing 20 consecutive games the scheduling brass decided that Portland vs. Lakers was a better game to show. Well, James is out again, didn’t play on Friday and the Nuggets-Jazz game was one of the best of the season. It was an incredible game, it had the intensity of a playoff game, it had great play from both teams and it was an excellent showing from two of the Western Conference’s playoff teams. And less people were able to see it. ESPN chose wrong.


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better ratings probably so they probably chose right sadly

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/5/7/22425898/bojan-bogdanovic-drops-48-jazz-beat-nuggets-in-thriller[/url]

[QUOTE]Bogdanovic absolutely gets all the credit for this big win, but the Jazz had some awesome contributions from other rotation players that need to be recognized. Georges Niang, who has honestly been so solid for the Jazz pretty much all season, came through in the clutch tonight hitting some huge shots and some key moments. George’s energy is awesome.


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gave up 120 points so Bojan hardly deserves all the credit

[QUOTE][h=4]i thought kira wanted to trade bogey for gordon[/h]
and 2 first round picks

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he definitely needs to be traded along with Clarkson, Favors and Hughes(and Mitchell!)

[QUOTE]We were short on ball-handlers. As we’re seeing now, it’s really just Mike, Don, and Joe. And when 2 of them are out, we are hurting! It’s not Oni’s game. Or JC. Or Royce. Or Bojan. We needed someone else. And he has REALLY stepped up!

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It actually is Oni's game for anyone that watched the Stars. Brantley even more so. The difference is they can also hit a shot

[QUOTE]he had three wide-open corner threes in the first half which he missed. Those are tough minutes to recover from. Overall though, he is figuring some stuff out. Has to hit open corner threes.
-I don’t know if it’s a one-game bias or I’m leaning into what I know about Aaron Gordon from his Orlando days, but I’d rather him be on the court than Gary Harris. He’s an okay defender, but can’t shoot for shit. The difference between him and Harris which I think is big is that GH would knock down shots from time to time and was quick enough to knife the defense and get to the rim to collapse the d into the paint. Gordon does none of those things. He’s just really meh. Every single game I’ve watched of Denver’s since he got traded there, the announcers have said, "Gotta get an easy one for him to get going," and he never gets going. He’s also not as good as a defender as Gary Harris says the eye test.
-The Jokic/MPJ pairing is going to be top-3 in the league for the next 5+ years. Once MPJ knows how to not shoot bad shots or maybe learns what a bad shot is and once he isn’t a chauffeur for ball-handlers to waltz to the rim on defense, he’s might be a top-20-ish player. I love his game so much.
-Mike and Donovan’s injuries could be one of those "well-timed" ones. Bogie has found his rhythm getting to the rim and from deep. 47 is pretty good.
-Denver was absolutely obsessed with not letting Gobert dunk the ball. Led to open threes all game. If Denver and Utah meet in the playoffs and this is Malone’s strategy, we could blow the f-ing doors off of them.
-QS should be fined for double-teaming Jokic in the post. He’s such a phenomenal passer that he’s gonna find the open three-point shooter every single time. I don’t mind if dudes dig, but Austin Rivers just kinda stood there and knocked down open threes because Q sends unnecessary help. Jokic is gonna burn Gobert sometimes because he’s Jokic. But I’d rather Jokic go off than let him get his teammates going too.
Great win. Key win for the #1 seed.

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Forrest has potential but shouldn't be in there. That's on COTY. Porter's D didn't seem as bad or the Jazz didn't take advantage

It Mitchell comes back and plays within the ofense and puts some effort towards D it will be good but I doubt it

Tony Jones: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell and Juwan Morgan are all OUT tonight[/URL] against the Houston Rockets for the Utah Jazz
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Jonathan Feigen: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Rockets forward Jae’Sean Tate and center Kelly Olynyk are questionable to play against the Jazz tonight. Danuel House Jr. and D.J. Augustin not on injury report for first time in weeks.[/URL] The other usual seven still out.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen"]Twitter Jonathan_Feigen[/URL]

Cayleigh Griffin: Kelly Olynyk is out. Jae’Sean Tate will play tonight, per Coach Silas. – via Twitter cayleighgriffin

[url]https://kslsports.com/459096/jazz-beat-rockets-clinch-top-two-seed-in-west/[/url]

[QUOTE]After sweeping their last homestand of the season, the Jazz now finish the year playing three of their final four games on the road. Unless the Jazz are deadset on earning the top seed in the West, Quin Snyder could use the opportunity to find significant rest for most of his starters.


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going to get plenty of rest waiting for their opponent in the play in

[url]https://kslsports.com/459084/georges-niang-ties-career-high-as-jazz-take-care-of-rockets/[/url]

[QUOTE]Jordan Clarkson added 21 points off the bench, while Bojan Bogdanovic poured in 20 points. Rudy Gobert recorded a double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds to go with three blocks.


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Clarkson and Bojan sucked but let's mention them first!

[QUOTE]The third quarter was solid for the Jazz as they outscored the Rockets 30-23 and took a 96-83 lead going into the fourth quarter. Utah led by as much as 21 points but Houston didn’t want to throw in the towel.


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solid? Only good quarter they had

[url]https://www.ksl.com/article/50162543/jazz-avoid-trap-and-beat-rockets-to-reach-50-wins-on-the-season[/url]

[QUOTE]What was more of a surprise: Rudy Gobert, Bojan Bogdanovic, Joe Ingles and Royce O'Neale were all still in the game at the end.


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not too familiar with COTY eh?

[url]https://www.sltrib.com/sports/jazz/2021/05/08/triple-team-against-bad/[/url]

[QUOTE]Even though this was just one game out of 72, and the outcome was virtually certain from the word go, Snyder wanted to get the most out of it. And I think that explains a lot about how the Jazz find themselves where they are after years of his leadership.


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hardly certain. They are where they are because of Gobert. Snyder wouldn't have a job without him

[QUOTE]But I did think that Snyder had a good point in the postgame presser, too: because of the unique play-in schedule this year, the Jazz will have their time to rest. Their last game is May 16, and they’ll play their first playoff game on either May 22 or more likely May 23, which means either five or six full days off. So their tiredness now won’t impact them in the playoffs, just so long as it doesn’t cause an injury in the next four games. So that’s good!


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do you want to rest guys with that much of a break?

[QUOTE]“I’m a a good individual. I usually hold my emotions in, and I just happened to lose my cool. That’s not who I am or I aspire to be,” Niang began. “Something happened. I thought he had brushed me in the face on purpose. So I told him that he was too late: he wasn’t going to get to my shot anyway. And (referee) Marc Davis decided that I was worthy of a technical.”


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Right! More like Ingles every day

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/5/8/22417158/instant-analysis-jazz-earn-50th-win-by-beating-rockets-utah-houston-nba[/url]

[QUOTE]Jordan Clarkson’s crossover is sick.

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he certainly makes me ill

[url]https://www.deseret.com/2021/5/9/22408402/neither-rudy-gobert-nor-donovan-mitchell-will-be-named-mvp-that-would-be-historic[/url]

[QUOTE]Donovan Mitchell is in a similar situation, albeit to a much lesser extent. He shouldn’t win the MVP award, but he should at least have his name mentioned once or twice in the discussion, simply as a courtesy.


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Conley sure. Mitchell no

Eric Walden: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Donovan Mitchell, Mike Conley, Juwan Morgan all OUT on Monday[/URL] against the Warriors.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/tribjazz"]Twitter tribjazz[/URL]

The Utah [URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-announce-time-change-schedule-2"]Jazz announced today a time change to their schedule and changes to the broadcast schedule.[/URL] The Jazz home game on Wednesday, May 12 against Portland at Vivint Arena has been moved from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (MT) and will be broadcast by AT&T SportsNet and ESPN.
– via [URL="https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-announce-time-change-schedule-2"]NBA.com[/URL]

[url]https://sircharlesincharge.com/2021/05/09/joe-ingles-historic-season-utah-jazz/[/url]

[QUOTE]Ingles came to the NBA trying to make the Clippers 15-man roster in 2014, but lost out on the last roster spot to Jared Cunningham (ouch, Clipper Fans). As Ingles was packing his bags and getting ready to fly back out to Europe, Utah Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey called him and signed Ingles to a 10-day contract. Ingles came to Utah, impressed with his interesting mix of skills, and eventually earned himself a permanent spot on the roster. An incredible success story – Ingles did not log his first minute in the NBA until he was 27 years old.


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picked off waivers. no 10 day contracts at the beginning of year :facepalm

[QUOTE]His first season with the Utah Jazz was a true growing period for Ingles. He earned significant playing time because of his ability to handle, pass and play defense. However, he was not seen as much of a threat from beyond the arc. That season Ingles attempted 2.5 3’s a game and only shot 35 percent.


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35 % was looking pretty good on that squad