Crunch 99 wrote:The Jazz went on an impressive 9-2 run to close out the last 2:21 of the third quarter with a high energy, run and ball movement lineup of Rubio, O'Neale, Jerebko, Ingles and JJ. JJ is the only potential ball stopper in that group, but he drained an open three and was passing the ball well. I liked that back court of Rubio and O'Neal. They both brought intense, non stop running and hustle on both ends of the court. I think Rubio plays better when he has another high energy, unselfish guy playing in the back court with him.
Rubio just needs people to move, not stand still. If noone moves noone is open. O'Neal, when Rubio was penetrating, followed what we call "offense automatics" by cutting to a certain spot where 1. there was a passing angle and 2. he could immediately finish and sure enough Rubio got him the ball in an instant. Jonas does that too and so does Sefolosha, often Favors too, rarely Ingles (and if he does, he turns down the open shot to "create" a more difficult one). Give you an idea of waht teh team could look like with less passing around the perimeter and more movement off the ball.
