Game 80: Utah Jazz (29-50) vs Houston Rockets (39-40)

[Inigo Montoya]

I wonder how competitive the Rockets will want this game to be now they have been eliminated from the playoffs.

[red4hf]

Jazz bench-mob played quiet well, and Hendricks was very active despite having only like 5 points.......

[Inigo Montoya]

It was an entertaining game. Lofton and Bazley had good moments. THT and Sensei were good too.

Samanic is frustrating. He looks like he has all the tools to be much better than he has shown to be so far. He has great size, he's physical, athletic and skilled. But during his time with the Jazz, even though he hasn't played much, when he did play he was put in good positions and had a lot of quality looks and open shots and at some point you have to make your shots. And it looks like he is used to make the shots he takes but for whatever reason they don't fall for him in games.

[Crunch 99]

I watched most of the second half and loved how hard all the Jazz players were competing. I particularly enjoyed Keny Lofton's effort and results. He was effectively using his weight to get position, rebounds and tip outs, and he was quicker afoot than I would have expected.