younggunsmn wrote:That win was all heart! Great win and effort from the 2nd quarter onward.
Huge W for tiebreaker scenarios, and with us having so many injuries, taking care of business against the remaining teams with losing records becomes extra important to keep the boat afloat.
Terrible 1st quarter with like 8 turnovers and then only 1 the rest of the game.
Ant with an awful 1st half and an amazing 2nd half and dunk of the year.
He takes out Collins for taking Naz out of the game!
Utah very green still, poor guard play hurting them, Kessler still way too hesitant and not getting involved at all in the offense.
Our defense had them very well scouted, credit to the coaching staff on the game plan.
We had great positioning by our players away from the ball, anticipating and then denying the screener so they couldn't get into their top of the break screen actions they like to run for Markkanen. Led to a lot of shots for some of their less talented players.
Luka battled and even hit a couple 3's. Jmac was fantastic. Morris was good.
NAW was a one man wrecking crew on defense as usual and clutch shooter. Becoming one of my favorite players.
If he and Jaden switched contracts, I wouldn't even be mad.
I know Jaden is the more talented player/higher upside, but NAW is a better player than him at this moment in time.
I would not be mad at all if they played moore/miller/minott/luka 48 minutes apiece tomorrow.
We need to get/stay healthy.
We were missing both our all NBA centers, and our 3rd string C went out for the entire second half after only playing 17:18 out of 24 minutes. We lost the rebounding battle 51-45 with more than a half of not having a true center. For context they have Markkanen, Collins, Kessler, Yertseven (all of whom are 6’10 or larger,) and Taylor Hendricks (who is 6’9, 214.) With all that size we lost the rebound battle by 6 and won the game by 10. Your god damn right that win was all heart.