Game 4: Utah Jazz (2-1) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (2-2)

Post #1 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Wed Oct 29, 2025 10:43 am

Should be a fun one, shame Scoot isn't playing. Hopefully Ace will get more significant minutes.

Post #2 » by **FJS** » Wed Oct 29, 2025 5:29 pm

I hope Nurk plays. i like what he is doing.

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babyjax13 · Post #3 » by **babyjax13** » Thu Oct 30, 2025 4:36 am

Good loss. Taking everyone to the wire, seeing growth. Keyonte is awesome, I am glad that he has developed. I loved him in the draft, but I think I got too impatient. Year 3 is a big year for guards, probably something to remember for Collier and Clayton, too.

Post #4 » by **FJS** » Thu Oct 30, 2025 9:22 am

Bailey with worst +/-...
They had some interestings moments.

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SkyHook · Post #5 » by **SkyHook** » Thu Oct 30, 2025 12:31 pm

babyjax13 wrote:Good loss. Taking everyone to the wire, seeing growth. Keyonte is awesome, I am glad that he has developed. I loved him in the draft, but I think I got too impatient. Year 3 is a big year for guards, probably something to remember for Collier and Clayton, too.

Fun game to watch, eked out the L in the end. Hopefully this one does wonders for Cody's confidence. Harkless is a beast. Ace has a pretty elbow jumper but is otherwise lost. I'd be ecstatic to be wrong about the kid.

Next up: five game road trip. Shooting for 2-7 by the end of next week.

Post #6 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Thu Oct 30, 2025 1:27 pm

A somewhat unexpected but welcome loss. Markkanen continues to beast, Kessler was pretty good, and George continues with his good start of the season. Props to Williams for his good defense and important baskets, and to Harkless for completely changing the tone of the game through his defense.

Ace is clearly on a minute restriction for some reason. 20,13,13,15 minutes in these 4 games.

I continue to by annoyed by the existence of Starter Svi. And to make things even worse, there was a stretch in the 3rd quarter where he played with the bench players, while Bailey was on the bench. This drives me nuts. If Hardy wants shooting he should just start the Sensei, and bump up Williams in the rotation (not for shooting, but for defense and because he needs minutes as a young player).

bkohler · Post #7 » by **bkohler** » Thu Oct 30, 2025 2:41 pm

babyjax13 wrote:Good loss. Taking everyone to the wire, seeing growth. Keyonte is awesome, I am glad that he has developed. I loved him in the draft, but I think I got too impatient. Year 3 is a big year for guards, probably something to remember for Collier and Clayton, too.

Keyonte looks so much better but still is struggling to shoot. If he doesn’t get that 3pt % up he’s going to struggle to stick around despite his growth.

Crunch 99 · Post #8 » by **Crunch 99** » Thu Oct 30, 2025 3:01 pm

bkohler wrote:
babyjax13 wrote:Good loss. Taking everyone to the wire, seeing growth. Keyonte is awesome, I am glad that he has developed. I loved him in the draft, but I think I got too impatient. Year 3 is a big year for guards, probably something to remember for Collier and Clayton, too.

Keyonte looks so much better but still is struggling to shoot. If he doesn’t get that 3pt % up he’s going to struggle to stick around despite his growth.

I am cautiously optimistic. He shot 33 and 34% for 3P% the last couple of seasons. I am guessing he can get back there or better. The thing I am most impressed about is the 8.5 FTA/game. That is good for #10 among NBA guards. The 9.3 apg is impressive too, though it would be even more impressive if/when he improves his ast:tov ratio. Small sample warning.

https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1641718