WCQF: P1 | (4) OKC Thunder vs Utah Jazz (5) | Utah wins 4-2

Post #1021 » by **jazzfan1971** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:37 pm

Oh, thanks. Angles man.

lakerz12 · Post #1022 » by **lakerz12** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:06 am

sonictecture wrote:

Watch on YouTube

Looks like the WWE

loveandbeer · Post #1023 » by **loveandbeer** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:13 am

Jazz look done tbh, and I say this as a guy who loves how they play. Stick a fork in them. They played about as well as they could but still came up short.

jjscap · Post #1024 » by **jjscap** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:16 am

loveandbeer wrote:Jazz look done tbh, and I say this as a guy who loves how they play. Stick a fork in them. They played about as well as they could but still came up short.

Look done how? They're the honey badger of the NBA, won't throw in the towel no matter what.
OKC played well indeed but UTA actually defended well too until Gobert got into foul trouble because of 2 silly offensive fouls that wouldn't be called even in RS. Also OKC made shots after shots, mostly contested jumpers. If you're saying they'll keep making those I don't think any team can beat them anyway not alone UTA.

nurseryc · Post #1025 » by **nurseryc** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:46 am

Hoping Mitchell plays

nurseryc · Post #1026 » by **nurseryc** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:47 am

How do Jazz fans rate their chances without your awesome rookie if he can’t okay?

Litany · Post #1027 » by **Litany** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:34 pm

nurseryc wrote:How do Jazz fans rate their chances without your awesome rookie if he can’t okay?

If Mitchell's out? Slim to none

erudite23 · Post #1028 » by **erudite23** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:51 pm

If Mitchell is out or even limited I can't see the Jazz winning this short of a gargantuan defensive effort.

To me it's all about PG. If he's lit up like he was in Game 1, the Jazz just don't have the juice to match that. If he's not, it will be hard for the Thunder to generate points. It's always possible that Westbrook can get hot in the midrange for a game, but that's a low probability play. Jazz were mostly getting what they wanted, but when you have a beast that can throw up contested 25 footers and hit at a 70% clip, that wins every time. If PG falls back to earth this game, I'm fairly confident the Jazz take this one, with or without Mitchell.

LookToShoot · Post #1029 » by **LookToShoot** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:24 pm

I expect a double digit win for OKC tonight.

Post #1030 » by **jazzfan1971** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 6:28 pm

lakerz12 wrote:
sonictecture wrote:

Watch on YouTube

Looks like the WWE

I'll go ahead and stipulate that he flopped at the very end, but that was after getting hammered 2x. Rubio does flop. Of all the Jazz players he accounts for probably 70% of the flops on the team.

Gobert tries flopping, but he's not very good at it. Usually just results in him taking himself out of the play. His flop game needs a ton of work.

Ingles does a bit too, he's probably 2nd on the team behind Rubio. His aren't quite as bad as Rubio's flops most of the time. More subtle. Rubio tends to stick to the Chris Paul school of flopping.

Mitchell hasn't learned the art yet. Probably the biggest hole in his game currently.

babyjax13 · Post #1031 » by **babyjax13** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:15 pm

erudite23 wrote:If Mitchell is out or even limited I can't see the Jazz winning this short of a gargantuan defensive effort.

To me it's all about PG. If he's lit up like he was in Game 1, the Jazz just don't have the juice to match that. If he's not, it will be hard for the Thunder to generate points. It's always possible that Westbrook can get hot in the midrange for a game, but that's a low probability play. Jazz were mostly getting what they wanted, but when you have a beast that can throw up contested 25 footers and hit at a 70% clip, that wins every time. If PG falls back to earth this game, I'm fairly confident the Jazz take this one, with or without Mitchell.

Eh, Burks could have one of his random nights where he goes off if OKC is gameplanning for him, but I agree that it hurts us a lot (and Alec isn't a defender).

Rauxcee · Post #1032 » by **Rauxcee** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:38 pm

nurseryc wrote:How do Jazz fans rate their chances without your awesome rookie if he can’t okay?

Zero. Zilch. Nada. None. No way.

Atmanne · Post #1033 » by **Atmanne** » Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:42 pm

Read on Twitter

Thought this article was great.

knuckles862 · Post #1034 » by **knuckles862** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:12 am

Didn’t take Westbrook long to do something stupid

Kabookalu · Post #1035 » by **Kabookalu** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:13 am

Of course this game would be on NBA TV

Bank Shot · Post #1036 » by **Bank Shot** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:14 am

5 shot attempts to 1 for the Jazz. Not a bad start.

knuckles862 · Post #1037 » by **knuckles862** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:14 am

Kabookalu wrote:Of course this game would be on NBA TV

I absolutely hate it I don’t have nbatv on my package and didn’t wanna pay for the next package up just for the one extra channel I might watch every once and a while

Beacon · Post #1038 » by **Beacon** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:15 am

Jazz flying start for round 2. Looks focus so far.

Catchall · Post #1039 » by **Catchall** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:16 am

Well, good start for the Jazz. OKC's not getting good looks. OKC opens with 3 TOs and only 1 shot.

Catchall · Post #1040 » by **Catchall** » Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:16 am

Jazz made some good defensive adjustments so far.

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