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Utah Jazz: Kings prove royal pain as Jazz record drops to 2-4
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I am beyond tired of this garbage. This defense is garbage, the coaching philopsophy is garbage and the players efforts and execution is inconsistent at best.
You guys I doubt watch Sacramento as much as I do.
TRUST ME THEY STINK
They are likely the worst team in this league, some talent but defensively they are normally worse than us.
You have Matthews score 11 points in 5 minutes in a first half we lead 39-25 middle 2nd quarter. He plays little after. Fez turns in a decent 4 minutes and is plus 7 for 4 minutes! Never see him again. Kous not all. Then we get outscored 63-29 over 19 minutes. One of the quickest turnarounds I have seen in years.
Kirilenko, Brewer continue to brick, Boozer loses the ball, goes soft misses underneath, Jazz live in perimeter making it worse.
Defensively, no adjustments. 3 after 3, they shoot 62 percent on 3s, 48 overall and outscore Jazz by 18 from 3s alone.
At the end down with needed a stop Boozer goes for weak fake, Brewer off side doing nothing, they score
On the other hand maybe that is the plan? Boozer's and Harpring's contracts will be gone, we will have two lotery picks, maybe even Sloan will retire. Could be nice next season. This one is going down the drain for sure.
The +/- consistantly show that we are making a huge mistake by not playing Fes more. Check out tonights. All the other games too. Fes really does his share defending down in the paint making it easier for the other players to defend the perimeter. It's about defense 1st and foremost. Especially in the painted area.
B.R.
The coaching has stayed the same however.
Who Nocioni and Udrih were such superstars?
The Jazz looked like they have "never seen a zone" in theyr'e life.
Gee coaching maybe?
Professionals yes?
Look it is many people fault, I will let others post and not hog this space tonight. There were more no shows tonight....
There is your beloved "pack the paint"
Maybe if Fez played more,,,sure...
I'm insulted as a Jazz fan watching this junk and having them tell me they're working hard on defense. I'm insulted to watch Jerry do nothing, while I know he's a very high paid coach.
This team needs to make changes, or they're going nowhere.
Nocioni remember was coming off "personal issues thursday"
Udrih is actually decent,
it is irrelevant...This team decided to look serious and desperate as the Kings crumbled.
Here is the thing that makes this even worse
The Kings could not hit a pea in the ocean and clearly were stressing and trying to hang on-the Jazz had many opportunities during much of the quarter to comeback and win
However, they did not make nearly enough of a dent in the lead...
Notice, how Sacramento is building a team with "youth"
Napear told me they love theyr'e young players. I am happy for Grant and Westie who I like, but I would rather have delayed theyre happiness beating someone else
saw this same thing happen at the end of last year
against Golden State.
HOT DOGS ARE TASTY.
Trust me. I'll even make this easy for you by writing in short paragraphs and putting spaces between each paragraph.
A good hot dog takes away the sting of defeat.
ball up the court when the Jazz are down by 13 with
6 minutes left??? Probably could have saved 45
seconds if he would hurry the ball up the court and
get the offense set. Why does he play like he is
10 points ahead when he is 10 points behind??? "Be
quick but don't hurry" -John Wooden
I hope the fans won't boo him after he leaves the Jazz ...
I guess I'll be a fan of whatever team DWill goes to
This is just the beginning of a huge tailspin. Jerry does not want to defend 3's. We have so many guys slipping screens that none of them actually know how to hold one. Boozer was not passing to open players and the zone has confused Deron Williams every time he faces it.
It was no big deal beating the Spurs the other night, they were horrible and if it was at their place we would've got whooped!
Almost find myself going for the other team when we play, that might be the only way we get some change at the Jazz.
1) A guard who cannot shoot well in Brewer
2) Big men that are poor defenders (Okur and Boozer)
3) An undersized forward with Milsap
Honestly, I have been surprised we did okay the past 2 years
Stop blaming Sloan, it will get much worse with someone else. Don't forget the cast of second round picks .... If you don't believe me, look at Matthews, an undrafted player doing well in Sloan's system ... Sloan is not the problem!
spare all of us
nighty nite
Get some courage Jazz brass and make a move. Do SOMETHING! Make some kind of changes!
Develop?
That is why Matthews scores 11 points in like 5 minutes and when do you see him again?
Please everyone face it-- Jerry needs to look at himself and this team and after this road trip without at least 2 wins, say goodbye
Unfortunately, will not happen but I can hope
Can the man call a timeout? Can he make some defensive adjustments, like defend the three? Can he stop unheard of rookies torching the Jazz evry second night? Can he play Fes and Kosta like everyone in the entire universe knows he should?
I could go on and on
I ask you this, how long does the man need to prove he can win a title? Cos that what its all about!
CJ
and
Miles
Until he is back in the lineup, Jazz Lose.
Great offensive game and stats.
You will need to pick it up on the defensive end though to make the allstar team. Your team has to win.
Jazz vs Clippers Clippers’ PGs 21 pts Win
Jazz vs Houston Houston PGs 29 pts Win
Jazz vs Dallas Dallas PGs 27 pts Loss
Jazz vs SA SA PGs 23 pts Win
Jazz vs Kings Kings PGs 50 pts Loss
Some of those are actually combo guards, so it isn't as bad as it looks. I just wanted to show that there is plenty of blame to go around when a team is this bad, and DWill has a share. Kings ran the zone to shut down the inside game, so they think shutting down Boozer is important, and that the Jazz have no shooters. Surprise, surprise. Doesn't fit with the agenda of some here, though, I know.
Don't you think ?
I would love to see the stats for a teams win lose when they shoot 60+ percent from the field. I bet they are through the roof. Some games bad teams are just hot, thats why the season has 82 games.
The Jazz are young, I would love to see them trade boozer for a veteran with some experience and maybe a couple rings. I hate d fish, but he gave us that leadership we needed. Thats the only difference from a few years ago. It would be similar to a chauncy billups situation in denver last year if we did. Maybe a guy like Battier?
Its to bad it seems like booze is holding this team hostage. It seems like if he plays good, we are a really good team. If not, we lose. He is also doing it with chemestry and money. Too bad, thats why we need to trade him for some veteran.
All of you talking about how we cant shoot the 3.
a. we made like 2 3-pointers against the spurs and owned them, they are one of the better teams in the league. We won cause we got inside, and didnt let down in one quarter.
b. our two shooters are both out. CJ and Korver.
Everyone calm down, the season is 82 games for a reason.
There may be other issues but the Jazz got torched by the 3 guards. The rebounding was even. The Jazz are not going to get any better. To make matters worse they are losing at home to weak teams.
They may get it together when they want to play against a good team but they will still stink most of the time.
Sloan knows what he needs to do but it does not happen. Why?
CJ might have made a little difference, assuming he could guard Evans. Korver may have broken the zone but there are no set plays for him.
DWill probably is perplexed when faced with a zone. Brewer and AK can't shoot outside and the zone plugs the inside.
Everyone in the NBA knows the Jazz have wings who can't shoot. Ditto for defending the 3. Pack the paint on defense and bomb with 3s on offense.
Sounds about right.
That Santa Ana guy was right, he usually is. When he stated a few months ago the best protests were to contact the Jazz, I would agree.
I would also take it one step further and not buy tickets and force Greg to do something or sell. If he tried to move the team then the city can block it somehow if needed.
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