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Method28 · Post #1361 » by **Method28** » Mon May 1, 2017 1:33 am

inquisitive wrote:The Jazz are scheduled for Tuesday game 1. Shouldn't the Jazz really be playing on Wednesday? At least the Spurs got 2 whole days off after they finished off the Grizz.

Because how would that benefit the Warriors? Cmon man! Lol

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Ballerhogger · Post #1362 » by **Ballerhogger** » Mon May 1, 2017 1:39 am

Method28 wrote:
inquisitive wrote:The Jazz are scheduled for Tuesday game 1. Shouldn't the Jazz really be playing on Wednesday? At least the Spurs got 2 whole days off after they finished off the Grizz.

Because how would that benefit the Warriors? Cmon man! Lol

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We will see what a well rested warriors can do . I suspect some cold layerd bricks early on,

RSCD3_ · Post #1363 » by **RSCD3_** » Mon May 1, 2017 1:50 am

TMU wrote:
sogood wrote:Fact: 90% of this crowd were Lakers fans in 2010.

After the 2017 draft, more than half of them will switch back to being Lakers fans. A lot of options in that city.

There's a greater chance philly gets their pick than the lakers do though :lol:

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TheNewEra · Post #1364 » by **TheNewEra** » Mon May 1, 2017 2:21 am

spacemonkey wrote:What was going on with Reddick this series? Did he just miss makeable shots, or were the Jazz really hounding him?

Admittedly I didn't watch him much because my eyes were glued to His Hairness.

Joe Ingles single coverage. JJ usually craps in the second round but this was new level bad. DJ was our second leading scorer nothing but love for DJ but that shouldn't happen. Jamal was terrible and so was JJ.

Post #1365 » by **og15** » Mon May 1, 2017 2:31 am

wonkrazyz28 wrote:

Read on Twitter

How sad, I do love that 1-0 lead though, what a commanding position

Maybe the Clippers future plan can include getting stars who won't be injured halfway through their series every other year.

Post #1366 » by **og15** » Mon May 1, 2017 2:34 am

JoeyLightYears wrote:I think DJ was clearly better than Gobert this series (give DJ credit for the fact that he never gets injured). Hill and especially JJ were great but how much of that is the system over the talent? Before the series, would someone really have ranked those guys over, say, Redick and Crawford?

Hill over Redick? Yes. Johnson over Crawford? Yes. Yea, still doesn't change much, I mean the "system" for Joe Johnson was iso. Jamal Crawford can do that too he just sucks more at it and can't beat up on little people like Joe can.

Apollo64 · Post #1367 » by **Apollo64** » Mon May 1, 2017 2:35 am

Impressed by how calmly the Jazz were executing down the stretch in a Game 7.

Post #1368 » by **og15** » Mon May 1, 2017 2:37 am

dc wrote:
TheNewEra wrote:Going to be tough Jazz were at their best with bully ball on smaller frail ClIpper wings. You get none of that with GSW joe Johnson abused us they have from Klay to Iggy to guard that switch.

Yeah, that was the big failure in the Doc era with the Clips. He just didn't get enough overall help at the wing positions. Clips lacked size, athleticism and overall talent here. Redick was a good get, but he's a bit undersized and not that athletic. He got exposed against bigger wings in this series, on both ends.

Redick tries, but he plays smaller on the court than guys like George Hill and Eric Bledsoe, and even Pop who loved George Hill had to trade him when they had him basically playing SG alongside Tony Pakrer. Paul is small, Blake is length challenged, you really can't survive with a small SG also and a weak and frail backup SG.

Clemenza · Post #1369 » by **Clemenza** » Mon May 1, 2017 2:44 am

Props to the Jazz.. Can we please move on from Doc already

Post #1370 » by **Duke4life831** » Mon May 1, 2017 2:50 am

wonkrazyz28 wrote:ouch....

Read on Twitter

Im not going to lie that is pretty crazy. Also that shows that yes there maybe some dominant teams, but damn there is plenty of enough parity where all but 2 of the teams in one conference were some kind of legit contenders at least once in the last 15 years. Wonder if the NFL or MLB has that high of a percentage of teams in their conferences to get to at least the conference finals.

Spens1 · Post #1371 » by **Spens1** » Mon May 1, 2017 5:05 am

wait, i didn't get a chance to watch this but did the Clip's seriously lose this series. how, they had their chances to win.

Nate505 · Post #1372 » by **Nate505** » Mon May 1, 2017 5:30 am

Chris Paul is everything I love and hate about a basketball player. He's competitive, has a great BB IQ, and can dominate a game. He's also whiny, an ill tempered little bitch, and does crap like the 3 point shot at the end of the half and has the gall to be upset the refs didn't fall for his crap. So **** him, I'm glad to see him out.

That being said, on the long shot that he joins the Jazz this summer, hey, can't wait to see him play again.

ISayshowmee · Post #1373 » by **ISayshowmee** » Mon May 1, 2017 5:34 am

JoeyLightYears wrote:The Jazz are a good team. They overachieve like the Spurs thanks to excellent team construction, ball movement, and defensive fundamentals. I would say that even without Blake the Clippers had the mor impressive roster on paper, but the Jazz have a much better system. Good for them and their fans (even the incredibly whiny and arrogant ones posting her). I hope Hayward stays and they can keep the team competitive.

Great analogy !!

Roscoe Sheed · Post #1374 » by **Roscoe Sheed** » Mon May 1, 2017 5:39 am

How are the clippers better roster wise than the jazz without Griffin in the line up. Besides cp3 and Jordan, who is better at their respective positions? Also, with DJ it is close. Gobert is a really solid player

JoeyLightYears · Post #1375 » by **JoeyLightYears** » Mon May 1, 2017 5:45 am

Roscoe Sheed wrote:How are the clippers better roster wise than the jazz without Griffin in the line up. Besides cp3 and Jordan, who is better at their respective positions? Also, with DJ it is close. Gobert is a really solid player

Well if you take cp3 and jordan out obviously the jazz have the better roster. My thinking is that cp3 is worth whatever their top two guards/swings are (say Hayward and Hill) and dj and gobert are basically a push. Then it is pretty close, which is why this series was so close. in the end, the Clippers ran out of gas because they didn't have enough depth over the course of a series. That's where Griffin was really missed since at the very least he could free up 30+ mpg of rest for some backup.

ISayshowmee · Post #1376 » by **ISayshowmee** » Mon May 1, 2017 6:06 am

Jazz is a wonderful team. Perhaps the 2nd best team that plays team basketball just behind the Spurs.The chemistry of this team is great. Nice to watch a team of unselfish players.

DEEP3CL · Post #1377 » by **DEEP3CL** » Mon May 1, 2017 6:51 am

ISayshowmee wrote:Jazz is a wonderful team. Perhaps the 2nd best team that plays team basketball just behind the Spurs.The chemistry of this team is great. Nice to watch a team of unselfish players.

Agree, none of this "I'm option 1...this is option 2, I'm the closer" bull crap. Just play ball as a team, move the ball to whoever is open and live with the result. I'm so over that brand of ball, that was 90's and early 2000's ball, this is 2017 and it's a new style NBA. 5 will always beat 1, don't get me wrong I like guys who can be dynamic and score at will but keep and trust your teammates.

This is why guys like Melo and CP are a dying breed, they don't trust other enough to just make plays.

Throwback24 · Post #1378 » by **Throwback24** » Mon May 1, 2017 2:11 pm

MartinToVaught wrote:From before Game 6:

MartinToVaught wrote:
Throwback24 wrote:I expect the Clips to lay down tonight.

The ultimate Clipper move would be to win tonight, get everyone's hopes up, and then embarrass themselves in Game 7.

Called it

CP0 really is a choker man. He said it himself, and he is right.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #1379 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Mon May 1, 2017 2:20 pm

Congrats Jazz fans. Well deserved. The Jazz play basketball the right way. I'll be grateful long term if it forces the Clippers to rebuild, although I get the feeling Ballmer likes torturing us by defending Doc's plan.

Doc should be fired, but obviously won't be. Maybe 3 more 1st round exits at which point CP3 will be like 36 and Blake will be 32, peak wasted.

OdomFan · Post #1380 » by **OdomFan** » Mon May 1, 2017 2:26 pm

Duke4life831 wrote:
wonkrazyz28 wrote:ouch....

Read on Twitter

Im not going to lie that is pretty crazy. Also that shows that yes there maybe some dominant teams, but damn there is plenty of enough parity where all but 2 of the teams in one conference were some kind of legit contenders at least once in the last 15 years. Wonder if the NFL or MLB has that high of a percentage of teams in their conferences to get to at least the conference finals.

He wouldn't have that problem if this had happened.

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