"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[TripletDaddy]

i show knicks down by 2 with 6 seconds left?

[MarkGrace]

Another TO for the Knicks.

Gallinari just checked in. Guarantee he hits a 3.

[CardiacCoug]

Holy hell. This team is so bad with its shot selection.

Here we go. NY with the ball, down 2, 6.4 seconds left.

Guarantee they'll drill a 3 after the timeout.

Yep. Brewer from a foot inside the 3-point line is a pretty low-percentage shot when you need a bucket to put the game away.

Boozer's defense on the pick and roll at the top of the key is beyond pathetic -- between Boozer and Okur the Jazz really suffer on the defensive end. That's their biggest problem, in my opinion.

[TripletDaddy]

Jazz win! fusnik celebrates!

[MarkGrace]

Just a miserable shooting night for Deron. 2/10 fg, 0-5 from 3, 1-2 from ft. I have no idea why half his attempts have been 3pters. That's ridiculous.

[MarkGrace]

Holy hell, a win.

rtfld will be happy. He's on the 10 row behind the Jazz bench courtesy of Scott Layden.

[MarkGrace]

Yep. Brewer from a foot inside the 3-point line is a pretty low-percentage shot when you need a bucket to put the game away.

Your two final shots are an AK 3 from the corner, and a Brew J just inside the 3pt line. wtf? Talk about lack of execution.

I know AK hit 5 3's tonight (I'm guessing that's a career high), but that's still not a shot I'm all that comfortable with.

[cougjunkie]

Another big night for Millsap, 4 points and 5 rebounds. He did have 4 fouls, 2 turnovers and went 1-5 from the floor in 24 minutes.

[JohnnyLingo]

Yep. Brewer from a foot inside the 3-point line is a pretty low-percentage shot when you need a bucket to put the game away.

Boozer's defense on the pick and roll at the top of the key is beyond pathetic -- between Boozer and Okur the Jazz really suffer on the defensive end. That's their biggest problem, in my opinion.

This team will never be elite with Boozer and Okur as their starting 4 and 5.



Way to get the tough win, the Jazz. I know beating the Knicks was hard, but you did what you needed to do.

I'm so proud.

[TripletDaddy]

At what point would some of you put this on Deron? Are these 4th quarter meltdowns the result of a lack of veteran leadership? We are talking meltdowns against horrible teams, not just good teams.

Who exactly is the closer on this team? No wonder they keep blowing big leads. Nobody steps up to assume the role.

I am not blaming Deron specifically, btw. The roster isn't his fault, obviously. But building leads and then blowing them in the 4th quarter indicates more than just missing pieces on the roster.

[LiveCoug]

I listened to the second half on the radio in the car..... .Locke? Meh....

Jazz just have a hard time keeping a huge lead. Up 16 on the road in Dallas - lose. Up 15 at home to Sacto - lose. Up 21 on the road in New York - win by 2. That's scary.

[cougjunkie]

At what point would some of you put this on Deron? Are these 4th quarter meltdowns the result of a lack of veteran leadership? We are talking meltdowns against horrible teams, not just good teams.

Who exactly is the closer on this team? No wonder they keep blowing big leads. Nobody steps up to assume the role.

I am not blaming Deron specifically, btw. The roster isn't his fault, obviously. But building leads and then blowing them in the 4th quarter indicates more than just missing pieces on the roster.

Deron can do no wrong in the eyes of Jazz fans. He is the best pg in the nba according to most of them. Just like Malone was the best PF ever, and Stockton was the best PG ever.

[MarkGrace]

I listened to the second half on the radio in the car..... .Locke? Meh....

Jazz just have a hard time keeping a huge lead. Up 16 on the road in Dallas - lose. Up 15 at home to Sacto - lose. Up 21 on the road in New York - win by 2. That's scary.

You forgot Houston.

[TripletDaddy]

Deron can do no wrong in the eyes of Jazz fans. He is the best pg in the nba according to most of them. Just like Malone was the best PF ever, and Stockton was the best PG ever.

i am kind of getting that vibe.

and some people didn't want to read your simmons book because it doesn't offer any insight or analysis!

This team keeps blowing huge leads. Almost nightly. Who is responsible?

This Jazz thread has unwittingly become something greater than I could have ever imagined. The one thread that has serious potential to overtake the Lakers thread....and it is an entire thread, by Jazz fans, for Jazz fans....dedicated to complaining about how awful the Jazz are. I couldn't have scripted that any better if I had done it myself.

[MarkGrace]

I'm still kind of shocked AK hit 5 3's. I thought mediocre shooters becoming 3pt gunners only happened on the Suns.