Game 2: Utah Jazz (0) @ Oklahoma City Thunder (1)

Rauxcee · Post #201 » by **Rauxcee** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:38 am

Great game by Favors, Mitchell, Rubio, Gobert and Snyder.

Solid game by Jonas, and I think Ingles was solid defensively.

Slo · Post #202 » by **Slo** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:38 am

I take credit for this win, ill be back next game

minami · Post #203 » by **minami** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:38 am

Well there it is.

KqWIN · Post #204 » by **KqWIN** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:39 am

Rauxcee wrote:
KqWIN wrote:
ForeverRDjazz wrote:Joe should be setting right next to Jae.

Take a look at how Paul George played tonight and tell me that Ingles should be sitting.

But he didn't score any points!

PG going 6-20 while being velcro'd to Ingles (creating spacing) is good enough for me. +21 For good measure as well.

LEO MESSI · Post #205 » by **LEO MESSI** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:40 am

Favs was amazing... MVP
And Spida in the second half was incredible too.

1-1, yessssss

vryadli · Post #206 » by **vryadli** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:42 am

Rauxcee wrote:Great game by Favors, Mitchell, Rubio, Gobert and Snyder.

Solid game by Jonas, and I think Ingles was solid defensively.

By the way... Ingles has biggest +- at +21... poossibly had to do something right sometimes... at least more than Crowder, who got -14.

Dual · Post #207 » by **Dual** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:42 am

Let's goooooooo!! This kid is special no doubt.

ForeverRDjazz · Post #208 » by **ForeverRDjazz** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:43 am

Wow....Big time Rookie DM tonight. Rookie is amazing. When he started taking the ball to the hole. Was killing OKC. Setting for 3s almost lost this one.

ForeverRDjazz · Post #209 » by **ForeverRDjazz** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:44 am

vryadli wrote:
Rauxcee wrote:Great game by Favors, Mitchell, Rubio, Gobert and Snyder.

Solid game by Jonas, and I think Ingles was solid defensively.

By the way... Ingles has biggest +- at +21... had to do something right...

Playing with four other players who made shots. Hate that stat.

dr0welf · Post #210 » by **dr0welf** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:44 am

Mission step one accomplished. On to step 2.
Step 1. Steal atleast one of the first 2 games in OKC.
Step 2. Take care of home court
Step 3. Finish round one of the playoffs.
Step 4. Rinse and Repeat until you hold the trophy.

Feilong · Post #211 » by **Feilong** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:44 am

Yeah baby!!!!!
Great game....so happy

TO11 · Post #212 » by **TO11** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:45 am

Damn if you are the Jazz after playing a HORRENDOUS 3rd quarter and PG going Super Saiyan in the game 1 you gotta feel AMAZING going home with the split!

ForeverRDjazz · Post #213 » by **ForeverRDjazz** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:45 am

Joe has to look for his shot. Gotta. That pisses me off when he's not even thinking shot. D isn't the problem.

MTJazzv3 · Post #214 » by **MTJazzv3** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:47 am

The biggest bummer is Mitchell is only scoring 26.5 ppg in his first two playoff games. I remember when Haywood did that (HAH!). Seriously. That 7-0 run he went on was ridiculous - he changed the closing trajectory. I'm not religious but I believe in DM. Just crazy. No way this looked like this during Game 1 2017-18 season. Jazz fans are watching the most exciting development in 20 years.

KqWIN · Post #215 » by **KqWIN** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:49 am

vryadli wrote:
Rauxcee wrote:Great game by Favors, Mitchell, Rubio, Gobert and Snyder.

Solid game by Jonas, and I think Ingles was solid defensively.

By the way... Ingles has biggest +- at +21... poossibly had to do something right sometimes... at least more than Crowder, who got -14.

He also provides spacing and actual defense. Ingles did what he could against PG. If the matchup continues to go the way it did tonight, that is a huge win for us.

vryadli · Post #216 » by **vryadli** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:00 am

MTJazzv3 wrote:The biggest bummer is Mitchell is only scoring 26.5 ppg in his first two playoff games. I remember when Haywood did that (HAH!). Seriously. That 7-0 run he went on was ridiculous - he changed the closing trajectory. I'm not religious but I believe in DM. Just crazy. No way this looked like this during Game 1 2017-18 season. Jazz fans are watching the most exciting development in 20 years.

He was not especially efficient tonight. Max one notch above his average middle season games. 0-7 from 3p also... Really don't understand that hype. Pretty good player - yes. But savior of Jazz and best thing after invention of 3-blade razor...hm-mm...

And of course leading scorers not named Jordan making less that quarter of team points - that is not a biggest bummer, that is a significant advantage. Of course if goal is to win games, not to sell T-shirts.

MTJazzv3 · Post #217 » by **MTJazzv3** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:04 am

Not being a total dick, but I thought about the tank wars on this board earlier in the season and not taking a victory lap, but this here is why a tank concept was premature when it was popular among some. 1-1 first round, going home with home court advantage. These are the facts. And DM was that much. And Q and the development staff was that good. And RR was more than salvageable. OKC could easily beat the Jazz in the first round still. But game on. Until it is over, the Jazz are a serious playoff team again.

TO11 · Post #218 » by **TO11** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:16 am

MTJazzv3 wrote:Not being a total dick, but I thought about the tank wars on this board earlier in the season and not taking a victory lap, but this here is why a tank concept was premature when it was popular among some. 1-1 first round, going home with home court advantage. These are the facts. And DM was that much. And Q and the development staff was that good. And RR was more than salvageable. OKC could easily beat the Jazz in the first round still. But game on. Until it is over, the Jazz are a serious playoff team again.

I don't like tanking and I wasn't in favor of it, but that's because I am largely happy with teams that make the playoffs and win a series or 2 even if we aren't real contenders. But the argument that the people made for tanking aren't shaken by how this series is going, we really aren't championship contenders. And it's totally possible that by tanking we could've put ourselves in a better position to win a Championship in years to come. But I tend to like the approach of getting our guys playoff experience and maybe the stars align and with injuries we get lucky and make a good run.

Stern Fixer · Post #219 » by **Stern Fixer** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:32 am

ForeverRDjazz wrote:Joe has to look for his shot. Gotta. That pisses me off when he's not even thinking shot. D isn't the problem.

Ingles was trash on offense that much we can agree on.^ Not only did he pass up shots including a wide open lay up, but he totally choked on some pretty routine plays, including a late pick and roll. Hopefully he relaxes a little bit at home and is able to do his thing again. Snyder called a smart game tonight and put the ball in the right hands down the stretch - Mitchell and Rubio. Aside from that, as Mitchell said "Favs played his ass off tonight", and I thought Gobert did a great job down low as well. And how about our bench tonight, particularly O'Neale and Jerebko ?

MTJazzv3 · Post #220 » by **MTJazzv3** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:33 am

TO11 wrote:
MTJazzv3 wrote:Not being a total dick, but I thought about the tank wars on this board earlier in the season and not taking a victory lap, but this here is why a tank concept was premature when it was popular among some. 1-1 first round, going home with home court advantage. These are the facts. And DM was that much. And Q and the development staff was that good. And RR was more than salvageable. OKC could easily beat the Jazz in the first round still. But game on. Until it is over, the Jazz are a serious playoff team again.

I don't like tanking and I wasn't in favor of it, but that's because I am largely happy with teams that make the playoffs and win a series or 2 even if we aren't real contenders. But the argument that the people made for tanking aren't shaken by how this series is going, we really aren't championship contenders. And it's totally possible that by tanking we could've put ourselves in a better position to win a Championship in years to come. But I tend to like the approach of getting our guys playoff experience and maybe the stars align and with injuries we get lucky and make a good run.

I respect this view but also disagree. Per Gobert (paraphrase), " You don't learn how to win by losing to move up on a position to draft another unknown 19-year old." A team learns how to win by making the playoffs with a bullet.