My Take: Jazz Pound Warriors

Posted by David Locke on November 03, 2007

‘Hammer Time’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)

FINAL SCORE — JAZZ 133 WARRIORS 110
The Jazz beat the Warriors twice tonight. The first time in the first half and then when the Warriors made a surge they just whapped them again. They really smacked them something special.
Deron had a huge 4th. This kid is really special.
The team is doing a really nice job of finding AK.
Brewer hit 6 jumpers tonight including the first two three’s of his career.
AK hit some shots as well.

2:09 4th Quarter Jazz 123 Warriors 106
From the moment the game got close the Jazz just put the hammer down. Very impressive.
They scored on 10 of 11 possessions.
DWILL IS SICK. He has 16 in the Quarter.
He took over. Hit nasty shot after nasty shot.
Baron Davis has been ejected for an elbow to the face of DWill.
We are watching a star getting brighter by the night.

5:46 4th Quarter Jazz 111 Warriors 100
Very impressive stretch by the Jazz.. They came out and executed the offense and ran their plays to perfection.
Al Harrington is taking over for the Warriors. He has 37, 12 in the Quarter. The Jazz don’t have a defensive answer.
Harrington is giving Boozer a tough time on the defensive end so D-Will is taking over instead.
D-Will has back to back buckets.

8:34 4th Quarter - Jazz 101 Warriors 93
it is a little bit of a tussle.
The Jazz just need to bare down for about 5 possessions and end this game.
A lot of this the style of game you are going to have when you play the Warriors.
A big 5 possessions right now.

End of 3rd Quarter - Jazz 94 Warriros 81
This game is lacking any intensity at this point
Warriors pulled Baron and then made a run. He really didn’t play hard tonight.
The run was with Jason Hart on the floor but I am not sure it was on him.
Ronnie Brewer has hit 4 outside shots.
Really what happened was the flow of the game and no one made a play to stop the flow.

5:58 3rd Quarter — Jazz 85 Warriors 66
Jazz are hitting the three’s at an absurd pace. The Jazz three’s are out of the offense and are wide open. The Warriors aren’t running anything. They are shooting the three. It is falling but it won’t last. It is the wrong way to play the game.
Okur is having a very good game. 21 points.
I wonder how long Don Nelson lets Baron play tonight.
Ronnie Brewer hit back to back jumpers from about 15.

Halftime — Jazz 65 Warriors 46
The Rout is on.
The 2nd quarter was 36-18. The Jazz are playing hard and playing right and the Warriors aren’t it is that simple.
If the Jazz played the Warriors every night we might win 70 games.

2:41 2nd Quarter — Jazz 59 Warriors 39
You could see this coming. I turned to Tom Nissalke and said Jazz are about to be up 16. I was wrong they went up 20. The Jazz are playing the game correctly with energy and executing and the Warriors are dead.
Everyone is hitting. Jazz are scoring at will. Memo and Giricek hit three’s. Giro has 12 and Memo has 10.
Baron is not putting out a lot of effort right now
Boozer works pretty hard on the defensive end. It is really impressive.

5:25 2nd Quarter - Jazz 47 Warriors 36
Warriors were -14 with Baron on the bench
Okur had Pietrus in the post and didn’t score he has to be able to beat the guys who are mismatches.
Boozer just hit a fade away from the right block. It was sick. That is unguardable.
Jazz bench has outplayed the Warriors bench.
D-Will is making Baron work

End of 1st Quarter - Jazz 29 Warriors 28
Ronnie Brewer just hit a three, the first of his career, to give the Jazz the lead.
Matt Harpring changed the game. His energy and intensity brought a new level.
The defense intensified the with Hart and Harpring.
The Warriors can’t play without Baron, the Warriors were +5 with him on the floor.
Jason Hart and Matt Harpring were +11 in the first quarter.

2:49 1st Quarter Warriors 24 Jazz 18
Jason Hart is doing well thus far.
Matt Harpring has brought a boost.

5:35 1st Quarter Warriors 20 Jazz 12
Don Nelson went with Al Harrington to guard Boozer. He gave Boozer real problems in Oakland for the brief time he was guarding him. My observation is Boozer struggles more with athleticism than with size.
Utah is incredibly turnover prone.
Warriors are hitting the three’s they missed in Oakland
Long game — Warriors played last night and lots of minutes.

Officials — Jack Neis, Benny Adams and Tom Nunez.

Line-ups
Jazz will stay the same
Don Nelson would not reveal his starers. Speculation is Al Harrington will get the start at power forward

Keys to the Game
1) Make Baron work he played 46 minutes last night in LA
2) Outscore the Warriors when Baron is off the floor
3) More possessions, dominate the boards again.

STATS — 2006-07 SEASON
Note: Efficiency Stats are based on possession. Therefore, equalizing for pace of play. Efficiency rankings are based upon 100 possessions. Example: The Jazz average 111.1 pts per 100 possessions

Pace: Jazz 90.3 possessions per game (15th in NBA) Warriors 97.6 (fastest in the NBA)
Offensive Efficiency: Jazz 111.1 (3rd in NBA) Warriors 109.0 (10th in the NBA)
Defensive Efficiency: Jazz 109.1 (19th in NBA) Warriors 108.7 (17th in the NBA)
Jazz Defensive Glass: Jazz Def Reb % - 75.1 (4th in NBA) Warriors Off Reb % - 25.6%
Warriors Defensive Glass: Jazz Off Reb % - 32% (1st in NBA) Warriors Def Reb % - 69% (29th)