Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
Time: 7:00 pm AZ (7:00 pm PT/10:00 pm ET)
Place: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ
TV: FSAZ, NBALP
I don't know if we can win but I'd like to see the same energy and effort as Monday. Can they bring it two games in a row?
Go Suns!!!
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Place: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ
TV: FSAZ, NBALP
I don't know if we can win but I'd like to see the same energy and effort as Monday. Can they bring it two games in a row?
Go Suns!!!
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
It's the Jazz, back to the 40pt losses we go!
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
I agree. Sharing the ball and playing hard is really the name of the game at this point. It appears that is what Triano is going to demand.Superbone wrote:Time: 7:00 pm AZ (7:00 pm PT/10:00 pm ET)
Place: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ
TV: FSAZ, NBALP
I don't know if we can win but I'd like to see the same energy and effort as Monday. Can they bring it two games in a row?
Go Suns!!!
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I remember watching an Indiana Basketball game years ago, coached by Bobby Knight, and they were getting killed in the first half. Bobby Knight didn't throw any chairs, slap any players or curse anyone out. He was very calm. At halftime the reporter asked him why he was so calm. His comment was that his team was playing hard, making the right passes and in the correct positions on the defensive end. The only problem is that the ball was not going in the hoop.
In the 2nd half of the game Indiana blew out the opponent because the ball started going threw the hoop.
That is what I think Triano is after as well. I liked what I saw from Triano in his interviews before and after the game. I hope he keeps it up. What we really need is consistency and accountability. That appears to be his strength. Let's hope.
He does not see basketball as rocket science. He sees it as a game and it is supposed to be fun. However if you want to play on his team you better bring energy or you are going to be a bystander.
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
Jazz got worked last night. They will be out for blood today, but might not have fresh legs late in the game. Lets see if our young guys can hang on and through the whole game and maybe steal one.
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
I wonder what our practice was like yesterday. Triano made a good point about practice vs games:
“Like today, I don’t know how hard we can practice today with a game tomorrow and the minutes that these guys play,” the interim coach told Doug & Wolf. “But at the same time, I don’t believe we’re in good enough condition to play with the intensity we need to play at moving forward. It’s tough to figure out right now whether we’re going to be a grind-it-out practice team and not care about games and just care about development of players, or we’re going to compete, which is the number-one thing for these guys.”
So refreshing to hear a coach talk about, ya know, basketball.
“Like today, I don’t know how hard we can practice today with a game tomorrow and the minutes that these guys play,” the interim coach told Doug & Wolf. “But at the same time, I don’t believe we’re in good enough condition to play with the intensity we need to play at moving forward. It’s tough to figure out right now whether we’re going to be a grind-it-out practice team and not care about games and just care about development of players, or we’re going to compete, which is the number-one thing for these guys.”
So refreshing to hear a coach talk about, ya know, basketball.
Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
Even after our adrenaline rush of firing our coach, we barely beat the pathetic Kings. I think we will get destroyed by an actual good team like the Jazz.
Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
Remember in preseason when all the talk was about how great the guys conditioning was coming in to training camp? It's nice to have a dose of reality.ShelC wrote:I wonder what our practice was like yesterday. Triano made a good point about practice vs games:
“Like today, I don’t know how hard we can practice today with a game tomorrow and the minutes that these guys play,” the interim coach told Doug & Wolf. “But at the same time, I don’t believe we’re in good enough condition to play with the intensity we need to play at moving forward. It’s tough to figure out right now whether we’re going to be a grind-it-out practice team and not care about games and just care about development of players, or we’re going to compete, which is the number-one thing for these guys.”
So refreshing to hear a coach talk about, ya know, basketball.
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
Yep, there's a big difference from being in shape to being in fast break basketball shape.O_Gardino wrote:Remember in preseason when all the talk was about how great the guys conditioning was coming in to training camp? It's nice to have a dose of reality.ShelC wrote:I wonder what our practice was like yesterday. Triano made a good point about practice vs games:
“Like today, I don’t know how hard we can practice today with a game tomorrow and the minutes that these guys play,” the interim coach told Doug & Wolf. “But at the same time, I don’t believe we’re in good enough condition to play with the intensity we need to play at moving forward. It’s tough to figure out right now whether we’re going to be a grind-it-out practice team and not care about games and just care about development of players, or we’re going to compete, which is the number-one thing for these guys.”
So refreshing to hear a coach talk about, ya know, basketball.
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
You know what, that could happen.Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:Even after our adrenaline rush of firing our coach, we barely beat the pathetic Kings. I think we will get destroyed by an actual good team like the Jazz.
However I will watch this game. I probably would have done something else if Watson was still our coach.
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
I just want to point out that Rubio and Gobert lead the Jazz in scoring.
They are a mature team that knows how to play, but they aren't very good. There's no real scoring threat, and I don't see them as a playoff team. If we let them score over 100, we'll know were we stand.
They are a mature team that knows how to play, but they aren't very good. There's no real scoring threat, and I don't see them as a playoff team. If we let them score over 100, we'll know were we stand.
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
They're gonna drop like 115 on us.
Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
Geez, at least, I would think.ShelC wrote:They're gonna drop like 115 on us.
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
The biggest difference here is that this is our first game against a good defensive team. The Jazz don't give up 100pts often and they unlike the Grizzlies are sticking to their slow methodical pace so we will have to continue the ball movement from last game and be willing to make the extra pass unless we will struggle to break down their half court defense. also in those blowouts we really got beat up on the boards so want to see if we have any luck with Gobert tonight
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
They're probably the best defensive be team in the leagueO_Gardino wrote:I just want to point out that Rubio and Gobert lead the Jazz in scoring.
They are a mature team that knows how to play, but they aren't very good. There's no real scoring threat, and I don't see them as a playoff team. If we let them score over 100, we'll know were we stand.
Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
Donovan Mitchell got off to a slow start but just had a bit of a breakout game. He can go off and can also be a beast defensively. Should be interesting to see how our bigs fare against Gobert.
Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
On paper. But they are 14th so far in opponents points per game. They allow 97 on average. They did a great job shutting down OKC, and obvs we aren't at that level, but we'll see how they do tonight on the second game of back to backs.Split T wrote:They're probably the best defensive be team in the leagueO_Gardino wrote:I just want to point out that Rubio and Gobert lead the Jazz in scoring.
They are a mature team that knows how to play, but they aren't very good. There's no real scoring threat, and I don't see them as a playoff team. If we let them score over 100, we'll know were we stand.
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
It's only been 4 games and they've played Minny, Denver, OKC, and LAC. So some pretty good teams. Their points per game average has no real meaning at this point. We'll see what it is after 20 games.O_Gardino wrote:On paper. But they are 14th so far in opponents points per game. They allow 97 on average. They did a great job shutting down OKC, and obvs we aren't at that level, but we'll see how they do tonight on the second game of back to backs.Split T wrote:They're probably the best defensive be team in the leagueO_Gardino wrote:I just want to point out that Rubio and Gobert lead the Jazz in scoring.
They are a mature team that knows how to play, but they aren't very good. There's no real scoring threat, and I don't see them as a playoff team. If we let them score over 100, we'll know were we stand.
Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
I'm not waiting for 20 games to make statements about our chances tonight.Split T wrote:It's only been 4 games and they've played Minny, Denver, OKC, and LAC. So some pretty good teams. Their points per game average has no real meaning at this point. We'll see what it is after 20 games.O_Gardino wrote:On paper. But they are 14th so far in opponents points per game. They allow 97 on average. They did a great job shutting down OKC, and obvs we aren't at that level, but we'll see how they do tonight on the second game of back to backs.Split T wrote:They're probably the best defensive be team in the leagueO_Gardino wrote:I just want to point out that Rubio and Gobert lead the Jazz in scoring.
They are a mature team that knows how to play, but they aren't very good. There's no real scoring threat, and I don't see them as a playoff team. If we let them score over 100, we'll know were we stand.
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
Funny thing is that I am actually looking forward to this game, even though I know we might get beat bad. I am having this strange sensation I have not had in a long time.
Hope.
Hope.
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Re: Game Day: Jazz (2-2) @ Suns (1-3), Wed 10/25/17
Oh yeah? Well we’re gonna drop 89 points on them! See how they like that...ShelC wrote:They're gonna drop like 115 on us.