Utah Jazz
Close game turns into blow out as Jazz never solve Hawks defensive riddle
EMPTYING THE NOGGIN
SUMMARY: A close game turned into a blowout quickly as the Hawks defensive scheme flustered the Jazz all evening.
- The game was 61-60 in the 3rd quarter with 3:05 left when everything fell apart. The next thing you knew the Jazz were down 26, 95-69 to the Atlanta Hawks. The run was 34 to 9 in a span of 9:47 and that was the night.
- The run started with Dennis Schroeder attacking the rim the moment Rudy Gobert left the game and then it never stopped. This has been a problem throughout the season the inability to make the plays to slow down the opponents runs. In addition, the Jazz don’t have the offensive fire power to come back from these deficits so it just compounds itself when things start to go wrong.
- The Jazz didn’t start well tonight. They didn’t make a field goal until the 6:48 mark of the 1st quarter when Joe Ingles hit a three. Ricky Rubio was 0 for 5 with a turnover in the first 7 possessions of the game.
- The Hawks did some interesting thigs defensively and it had a huge impact. When a team runs a pick and roll the defensive big has a few choices. He can trap the ball handler (blitz) he can play at screen level (up) or he can drop usually stay the level of the offensive teams big and retreating with the ball handler. The Hawks took it a step further and had their big retreat into the paint immediately. This forced the Jazz into mid range shots and kept them off the rim. This eliminated Rudy Gobert and Derrick Favor’s rim rolls. The Jazz ball handlers were unable to engage the big enough to have them release and create space for either of the bigs.
- The wild part of the night is the Hawks defense also denied the Jazz getting any three point shots. The Jazz only took 15 threes in the game. Previously, the season low was 21 and 23 after that. This is a tremendous difference.
- The Hawks trailed the ball handler off the pick and roil so they couldn’t stop for the off the bounce three point shot. Then they came off the other shooters or non shooters and clogged the lane eliminating most of the passing lanes.
- Donovan Mitchell really struggled tonight. He had 6 turnovers and 0 assists. In addition, he missed his rim finishes tonight. The sagging defense of the Hawks got him into trouble in the paint. The wing defenders of Kent Bazemore and Taurean Prince were a tough athletic match for Donovan tonight. They are both long and strong.
- Atlanta does two things well offensively. They shoot the corner three the best of anyone in the NBA at 44% and they play well off turnovers. They continually got corner 3 attempts and made 9 of 14 on the night and missed their last two. The Hawks also are 23rd in offense after an opponent make, 23rd after an opponent miss but 7th off an opponent turnover. The Jazz turned it over 17 times leading to 22 points by the Hawks.
- The Jazz have struggled to be resilient inside game this year. They have trailed by 10 the 5th most of any team in the league and 4-23 in games they trail by 10 or more, only Philadelphia and the Lakers have fewer wins when trailing by 10.
Utah Jazz mailbag edition today as David Locke wraps up the Danny Ainge week long breakdown on Locked On Jazz. Then questions in the mailbag ask the following 0:00 Open 3:00 Takeaways from Danny Ainge week 7:00 Do you think Ainge will trade for players or picks 9:00 What are the three goals of the franchise, this off-season 13:00 What are the roles of Danny Ainge and Justin Zanik 15:30 Locker room leadership, what was missing? 17:00 Is Donovan Mitchell ready to be a leader? 19:00 Is Mike Conley a vocal leader? 22:00 What Jazz player is most likley to be traded 27:00 Is Gary Harris a target? 28:00 How about Christian Wood? 29:00 Who is your ideal back court mate to Donovan Mitchell? 30:00 How much does Danny Ainge value length? Locked On Jazz Podcast 💻 https://www.lockedonjazz.net/ 🎧 LockedOnJazz.com https://buff.ly/2FEZTVY 🎧 Apple https://apple.co/3Dc8QBq 🎧 Spotify https://spoti.fi/3IfvgVX 🎧Stitcher https://bit.ly/3pkGyzB 🎧 Google https://bit.ly/3I8TwJz Follow David Locke on Twitter: 📲 https://twitter.com/DLocke09 #NBA #UtahJazz #DonovanMitchell #RudyGobert #NBAPodcast
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Danny Ainge the Executive Part 3 – The Deals not made. Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Anthony Davis and Kawhi Leonard
In a 3 part series a deep dive look into Danny Ainge career as a General Manager and what we can learn from how he might run the Utah Jazz. Ainge’s career has 4 stages and yesterday we look at the first two the rebuild to the Championship. Today we look at the two fleeces he pulled off that lead to a contender that could be a championship team. The final signature of Danny Ainge’s career in Boston is the deals not made. A different times the Boston Celtics were in the midst of trade rumors involving Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis. Non of the deals got done and it left Ainge with a reputation of not wanting to do deals unless he won dramatically, In retrospect is that true? These deals also tells us one item that is very telling toward what the Jazz might do. The common threads of Ainge’s career are a great read of the moment, a variety in the types of players he acquires, added value that matters, perfect recognition of his talent, fleecing of other teams and he doesn’t always hit on this draft picks but he doesn’t miss. David Locke, the radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider brings you the daily podcast on the Utah Jazz. Locked On Jazz Podcast https://www.lockedonjazz.net/ LockedOnJazz.com https://buff.ly/2FEZTVY Apple https://apple.co/3Dc8QBq Spotify https://spoti.fi/3IfvgVX Stitcher https://bit.ly/3pkGyzB Google https://bit.ly/3I8TwJz Follow David Locke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DLocke09 #NBA #UtahJazz #DonovanMitchell #RudyGobert #NBAPodcast
In a 3 part series a deep dive look into Danny Ainge career as a General Manager and what we can learn from how he might run the Utah Jazz. Ainge’s career has 4 stages and yesterday we look at the first two the rebuild to the Championship. Today we look at the two fleeces he pulled off that lead to a contender that could be a championship team The common threads of Ainge’s career are a great read of the moment, a variety in the types of players he acquires, added value that matters, perfect recognition of his talent, fleecing of other teams and he doesn’t always hit on this draft picks but he doesn’t miss. David Locke, the radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider brings you the daily podcast on the Utah Jazz. Locked On Jazz Podcast https://www.lockedonjazz.net/ LockedOnJazz.com https://buff.ly/2FEZTVY Apple https://apple.co/3Dc8QBq Spotify https://spoti.fi/3IfvgVX Stitcher https://bit.ly/3pkGyzB Google https://bit.ly/3I8TwJz Follow David Locke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DLocke09 #NBA #UtahJazz #DonovanMitchell #RudyGobert #NBAPodcast
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