Breakdown of Jazz at Lakers game

[jozef]

When the Jazz ran UCLA Cut the Lakers put a pressure on wings (Matthews and Miles). Williams threw predictable passes and the Jazz committed 3 turnovers. In right execution a team has to have scoring option for every pass: in this case a backdoor cut is the solution how to break down a pressure but Jazz players seemed to be unawared of such an option.

Despite Lakers size advantage Okur was spotted mostly on perimeter. Lakers size bothered Boozer and he missed a center waiting for a drop pass around the basket. It's impossible to catch a pass on the roll in the paint and find Okur open on perimeter. Okur has to work around the paint and rathet shoot short jumpers than launch threepointers.

The Lakers established a big man on the block on regular basis, while spreading the floor and opening the game for inside-outside passes or backdoor cuts. In contrary the Jazz rarely got the ball on the block and if they did it they did not spread the floor and made some unorganized cuts.

While Williams made some damage in transition game and on high picknroll possessions the overall Jazz execution was very shaky. Calling simple side picknrolls would establish correct positioning and timing as it did in Stockton/Malone era.

The Jazz maybe overplay the defense on Gasol early in the game and if they double on him they should leave Artest open on perimeter not Fisher.

Miles proved to be very effective in picknroll situations and he should be involved in first 10 possession, put a pressure on opponent wings and not be completely forgotten. Price hustled but made a lot of out of team rhythm plays proving he cannot play within team concept. Korver was benched for no reason. Fesenko should play 20 minutes a game, he would stop Lakers size dominance.

[BarneyGumble]

I think this is good analysis. Sloan needs to find a way to beat this team. That way is not by running our predictable stuff that Jackson has made a career of shutting down against Sloan. We need to mix it up and come out of the gate swinging.

Also, if I were Sloan...I'd tell my players that anyone I dont see laying wood on Gasol or whoever else is killing us is coming out of the game...

[Neon Black]

Mix it up? Sloan? What?


Yeah I never really bought the whole "the Lakers beat us because of their length thing, and the aforementioned points seem fairly accurate...and frustrating when you think about them. I only think it would take a couple of tweaks until we could compete with the Lakers. Hell, the Hornets beat them...why can't we?

[jozef]

Jazz stuff is not predictable. Say entry pass to wing in UCLA Cut: if an opponent puts a pressure on wing (Hornacek) then the wing would make a backdoor cut and point guard (Stockton) would find him with a bounce pass. Or point guard would pass to power forward (Malone) in high post. Or point guard would just switch places and roles with the wing. There are even more options how to deal with such a pressure but it all requires correct reading of the defense every second not an automatic run-something-then-go-ad-lib mentality.

It's about choosing right plays and involve players early in the game. It's hard to complain about FT disparity when our center steps out to perimeter on picknrolls. He should hammer down misses.

[BarneyGumble]

Jazz stuff is not predictable. Say entry pass to wing in UCLA Cut: if an opponent puts a pressure on wing (Hornacek) then the wing would make a backdoor cut and point guard (Stockton) would find him with a bounce pass. Or point guard would pass to power forward (Malone) in high post. Or point guard would just switch places and roles with the wing. There are even more options how to deal with such a pressure but it all requires correct reading of the defense every second not an automatic run-something-then-go-ad-lib mentality.

It's about choosing right plays and involve players early in the game. It's hard to complain about FT disparity when our center steps out to perimeter on picknrolls. He should hammer down misses.

Actually, our stuff is the most predictable in the league. Everyone knows what's coming. 29/30 coaches can't stop it. But Jackson can, and has for 13 years. He puts his best defenders on our PG's to disrupt our timing and get us into our offense too late in the shot clock (Pippen on Stockton, Artest on Williams). He pushes our guys out of the middle by playing the passing lanes and forcing us to make our initial wing passes too far out on the perimeter. We need to have a game plan that involves some serious bruising. No more of this "we play like women" crap (as Larry Bird would say). Punch them in the mouth right from the start, get them flustered and scrambling to adjust to whatever it is they've never seen from us before.....and THEN get into your traditional bread and butter plays.

Its all about adjustments in the post season....and sadly, Sloan cannot adjust. Its the reason we never won a title w/ John and Karl. You think Sloan could have figured out that Stock didnt necessarily need to exit the game at the 4 minute mark in the Finals, but he couldnt figure it out....he just stuck to his seasonal rotation....

[StocktonShorts]

Actually, our stuff is the most predictable in the league. Everyone knows what's coming. 29/30 coaches can't stop it. But Jackson can, and has for 13 years. He puts his best defenders on our PG's to disrupt our timing and get us into our offense too late in the shot clock (Pippen on Stockton, Artest on Williams). He pushes our guys out of the middle by playing the passing lanes and forcing us to make our initial wing passes too far out on the perimeter. We need to have a game plan that involves some serious bruising. No more of this "we play like women" crap (as Larry Bird would say). Punch them in the mouth right from the start, get them flustered and scrambling to adjust to whatever it is they've never seen from us before.....and THEN get into your traditional bread and butter plays.

Its all about adjustments in the post season....and sadly, Sloan cannot adjust. Its the reason we never won a title w/ John and Karl. You think Sloan could have figured out that Stock didnt necessarily need to exit the game at the 4 minute mark in the Finals, but he couldnt figure it out....he just stuck to his seasonal rotation....

+1 million

Agree with this 100%. Sloan's stubbornness wins the Jazz a lot of games, but it also has kept them from true greatness.