Game 33: Utah Jazz (13-19) vs Miami Heat (19-12)

Post #1 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:46 pm

No listed injuries for the Jazz, while the Heat have plenty of players listed as GTD.

red4hf · Post #2 » by **red4hf** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:05 pm

Kessler not starting?

Post #3 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:15 pm

red4hf wrote:Kessler not starting?

Hardy is on record saying he thinks Collins is a 5 so he's probably trying to find some minutes for him in that position against Bam who isn't as big as other centers so maybe it's a more favorable matchup.

Post #4 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:21 pm

Dunn is cooking.

Post #5 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:32 pm

KG taking bad shots out there.

Post #6 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:41 pm

I don't like the George-Clarkson pairing. No one is there to make good decisions.

Post #7 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:03 pm

Sexton is beating defenders with speed and Olynyk is beating defenders with slowness :lol:

red4hf · Post #8 » by **red4hf** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:46 pm

i'm really liking this season's Simone.......

Post #9 » by **Inigo Montoya** » Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:54 pm

If the Jazz had even a below average shooting night from 3 they'd be up by 15.

Crunch 99 · Post #10 » by **Crunch 99** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:34 am

Fun game! I put the reverse jinx on KG by threatening to send him to the G-League. Lol.

red4hf · Post #11 » by **red4hf** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:03 am

Nice win by the Jazz, Keyonte was ON FIRE in the 2nd half.....

vryadli · Post #12 » by **vryadli** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:35 am

Inigo Montoya wrote:Sexton is beating defenders with speed and Olynyk is beating defenders with slowness

He is next "slow mo" on the team.

..and I sincerely don't understand the eagerness to trade him - the only veteran player with winning experience and high BBIQ. Who young players are supposed tolearn from?

And I'm warming up toward KG. For example he showed (on court) high regards for Olynyc. May be he has not huge inborn BBIQ as some superstars, but quyite possible he can learn - as Hayard - by conscientious effort.

Post #13 » by **FJS** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:01 am

Good game overall, with some players playing worse than usual (Markkanen, Clarkson) and other playing much better, like Sexton and Olynyk.
Props to Hardy... this game we needed a different rotation and maintain it.
In my opinion Kessler-Markannen-Agbaji-Clarkson-Dunn is the more balanced, but Collins(Kessler)-Olynyk -Markkanen (Fontecchio)-Sexton-George was the right rotation in the 4th quarter and finish the game.

Crunch 99 · Post #14 » by **Crunch 99** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:38 pm

My latest hot take which will probably turn out to be wrong:

Keyonte got hot, but Olynyk was the actual point guard on the floor with Keyonte. Keyonte played the role of a hot shooting guard. All of his baskets except one were assisted, including three of them by Olynyk. Keyonte only had 2 assists.

Sexton was good again. He is a gritty, high energy player, who when finally given an opportunity to start, has been locking on to the starting job like a pit bull. As starter, he's averaging an impressive 23.1 ppg on 15.7 fga, 62.8 TS%, 4.9 ast in 30.5 mins of play. His negative as starter is three tovs/game, but Sexton is miles ahead of every one of our other guards on scoring and shooting efficiency as a starter.

Dunn needs to keep starting with Sexton. Dunn is our best passer on assist per minute basis, and he's our best perimeter defender. He struggled with his shot last night, but he still managed to log 6 assists, two steals, 1 block and 1 tov in 18 minutes, and he made many other passes to open shooters where they missed.