Houston Rockets - Utah Jazz Game Thread.

[nuraman00]

TNT

7:30 PM PST
8:30 PM MST

Keys:

1) Make Harden have a hard time.

 

[nuraman00]

3 straight missed 3's.

Let's try something else.

 

[nuraman00]

Jingles and Harden are getting into it with each other.



Harden has a technical.



On the next possession, Jingles fouls Harden for a 4-point play.

 

[nuraman00]

One thing I noticed is that Mitchell's passes are quick through the air.

In NBA Jam T.E., the "pass" rating was an indicator of how fast a player's passes were.

Based on this first quarter, Mitchell would have a high rating.

 

[nuraman00]

Ben Simmons had 15 assists tonight.

 

[nuraman00]

I do like how Rubio gets into the paint.

Chris Webber praises Mitchell for fighting through screens.

Ariza and Paul with back to back steals. That's 4 steals for Paul.

 

[nuraman00]

Rubio with a midcourt steal and layup.

 

[nuraman00]

Stop taking pull up 3's. There isn't a James Harden or Kyle Korver on this team.

Take 3's off of passes. (Even though those were also being missed earlier.)

 

[nuraman00]

I'm not seeing the grit from last year.

 

[Sackataters]

Just catching up. Rubio is complete garbage.

 

[Sackataters]

And Rudy isn't doing anything

 

[Sackataters]

Coach screwing up the rotation and ball movement is gone since Favors got back seated by Gobert.

 

[Sackataters]

One thing I noticed is that Mitchell's passes are quick through the air.

In NBA Jam T.E., the "pass" rating was an indicator of how fast a player's passes were.

Based on this first quarter, Mitchell would have a high rating.

He used to play baseball, had a 88 mph fastball. He's thrown some that have nearly taken heads off

 

[Sackataters]

Crappy performance for national tv.

 

[Sackataters]

Jazz need to figure out what to do with Favors. Sans Gobert, he was dominant and there was movement. Chris Paul wouldn't be getting these little 9 foot shots as Favors is mobile enough to move from the bucket. If we are truly settled on Gobert, then we need to trade Favors while his value is high. We could get value if we move him now. As the rotation is being governed now, he will incrementally be forgotten by other teams and end up walking for nothing.

 

[nuraman00]

Mitchell with an assist to Rubio in garbage time.

 

[nuraman00]

Jazz need to figure out what to do with Favors. Sans Gobert, he was dominant and there was movement. Chris Paul wouldn't be getting these little 9 foot shots as Favors is mobile enough to move from the bucket. If we are truly settled on Gobert, then we need to trade Favors while his value is high. We could get value if we move him now. As the rotation is being governed now, he will incrementally be forgotten by other teams and end up walking for nothing.

Sans Gobert, in those 11 games, only 2 were playoffs teams: Minnesota and Milwaukee.

3, if you want to count the Pelicans. They're currently in the 8th seed.

A lot of how the Jazz looked was due to playing very easy opponents.

In those 11 games, they went 7-4, which is good, but not great.

Now that they're playing teams like the Thunder and Rockets, they're struggling more. I don't think things would have been different if Gobert wasn't playing.

 

[nuraman00]

He used to play baseball, had a 88 mph fastball. He's thrown some that have nearly taken heads off

Thanks, good info.

 

[nuraman00]

I'm not good with trades, so I don't know who is available, or what type of player would be good in return for Favors.

My hope is for Favors and Gobert can play at the level they did together a few years ago.

I also don't think teams usually offer much for impending free agents. The Pacers got Oladipo for Paul George.

Favors would return less.

I actually thought the ball movement was good today, but they couldn't stop Paul or Harden.

And they too too many 3's, when they weren't going in.

They could have gone inside more.

They also had too many turnovers. 13 turnovers isn't much, but most of them happened when the game was close.

 

[nuraman00]

Paul: "Utah got a gem in him [Donovan Mitchell]".