unluckyseventeen

I really can't comment on how this game will go down. The Suns are the obvious favorite because they are expected to be a better team. If the Suns' 3-ball isn't falling (as in lower than 25-30%), the Jazz are going to win this game.

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unluckyseventeen

Ha... Raja, you need to dribble buddy.

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unluckyseventeen

Wow, Jazz up by 9 with about 1:30 left in the 1st.

The offensive weapons sure are showcasing themselves. The defense is also looking really tight, too.

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unluckyseventeen

Hahaha... wow. 29-18, end of the 1st.

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...Wow. Jazz outscored 36-18 in the 2nd.

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endora60

Haha...wow. Suns up by...is it seven?...at halftime. Jazz fell apart in the second quarter--thirteen turnovers?! JesusMary.

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Haha...wow. Suns up by...is it seven?...at halftime. Jazz fell apart in the second quarter--thirteen turnovers?! JesusMary. They stopped playing slow Jazz ball and tried to run with Phoenix--and that's never a good thing.

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unluckyseventeen

Jazz are running their new defense!! 2:41 in the 3rd. Check it out.

Link to the new defense: http://www.basketballboards.net/foru...d.php?t=310463

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unluckyseventeen

Giricek is getting hot. I'm telling you, he's good to have when we need to close a lead.

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unluckyseventeen

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Holy crap what a comeback!

Fisher to the line... ICE it. Ice it, Fisher.

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Darkwing Duck

Damn skippy.

Solid win.

Fisher was the difference here. Would have been a loss last year.

EDIT: I saw that odd defense U17 for the first time. I'll post on it later. More of a 2-1-2.

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unluckyseventeen

Yeah, I saw that defense in the preseason and commented on it as soon as I got home.

Theoretically, it could be a really great invention by Sloan. I guess we'll see.

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Krstic All Star

The Utah frontline is downright scary...

Really, the only guy who didn't have a good game was Miles - and that was more than offset by Harpring, Fisher and even Giricek.

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Wow. Good win for Utah. Not such a good game for Phoenix, when all was said and done. Could've gone either way, but it's going to take some time for the Suns to get properly into their run-n-gun thing.

Wonderful to see Matt Harpring playing so well. All of them, really, even Giricek, whom I usually think is a waste. Speaking of him being a waste, did anybody else notice Sloan's comment in the Deseret News about Giri not working hard enough to deserve to play, and how he has a lot of talent but wastes it? Man, Sloan just doesn't pull his punches, does he?

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Well, I've made my rounds around where I go after a Jazz win.

That defense, when I first saw it, instantly recognized zone. It struck me as odd after a split second because the Jazz weren't gaurding the perimeter in the normal way a 2-3 does when one or none are in the paint for the offensive team.

When that thought passed, I paid more attention to it and then said, "Is that a 3-2 zone?" The thought made sense as it was Phoenix, who is a perimeter team. I watched the rest of the possession and saw AK playing more like a matchup zone with the other four in box formation playing normal zone. It's like Jerry took the idea of a box and one and instead of having the one play a man, he has him playing a matchup zone in the middle of the zone.

I think it's a defense that will work if used in spots because it's confusing. If used too much, coaches will look to find exploits in it. It's not the standard 2-3 which all team practice for anyway. It looks really intuitive and looks useful against perimeter oriented teams. A good point guard should be able to break it, so maybe we'll see it more against GSW tomorrow.




EDIT: As a side note, Deron was about tied for my worst fantasy guy tonight, and he was 12-6. Joe Johnson had 30. Kevin Martin had 30. KG was himself. Kirilenko was himself. Bogut at 18-7. Darko 11-6 with a steal.

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