Comments on: 8:17

By: canadajazz

canadajazz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:47:50 +0000

At least you got to see the whole game. For some reason, NBA League Pass blacked out the game until about the 7-minute mark of the third period. Couldn’t watch it on my local affiliate, Raptors TV. Couldn’t watch – or even hear it – on my computer through NBA TV.
Then miraculously, the game came on. This proved to be the ultimate insult, though, as I got to watch Novitsky dismantle the Jazz and set his 4th Quarter scoring record.
But you’ve provided great analysis of what went wrong.
Obviously, the Jazz learned something from it. There were very few wasted possessions against San Antonio last night. And most of the game was actually televised locally! (Except I had to wait until the completion of the college football game between those two powerhouses, East Carolina and Virginia Tech).
It’s not easy, being a Jazz fan.

By: Jeff Winget

Jeff Winget — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:57:37 +0000

@Joey,

I think the Jazz have lacked that killer instinct that is needed to suck the will out of teams for the last several years. The finish against San Antonio tonight makes me feel better about it, though. Watching the second half again was painful, but informative. I noticed myself focusing on things more while watching the Spurs game as well (the Jazz really clicked within their offensive sets tonight–the pick-and-roll was deadly tonight).

@Ben,

I think the lack of a shooter is a problem, but I think Matthews could fill that role while KK and CJ are out. The problem will be how to divide minutes once the other two come back if Matthews is still impressing.

By: Ben H

Ben H — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:48:30 +0000

Me too, Joey. I turned it off when the meltdown was on, checked the final score half hour later, and deleted the rest. Couldn’t take it.

Jeff: excellent analysis. To me, the 4th quarter offense brings out a painful, currently unfixable flaw the Jazz have: we have no shooters. With our simple pick and pop curl route 12 footer, we have 3 guys who can do it: CJ, Korver, and Harp. All out. Ballgame.

I’m optomistic about the Spurs game tonight. I think we’re going to see some fire out of the boys.

Go Jazz, and great post, Jeff.

By: Joey Parker

Joey Parker — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:55:45 +0000

This team is weird. Every time things are going good for them, they just sit back and relax and go back to not running the offense and not playing defense. I remember that the late 90’s Jazz teams knew that if they just went at it hard for a couple more minutes and were able to get the lead from 15 to 20, the other team would probably just give up. We just don’t have that quality yet.

Also, you are very brave to rewatch that 4th quarter. I myself deleted it from my DVR as soon as it was done.

By: J R Stewart

J R Stewart — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:32:27 +0000

Excellent points!

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