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EMPTYING THE NOGGIN – Gobert dominates and Jazz do what they should

David Locke

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SUMMARY:  On an emotional day the Jazz control the 2nd half to dominate the Hawks on their way to their 30th win of the season

  • This was quite a day with the Rudy Gobert all-star snub and then the emotional shoot around press event.    It took the Jazz a while to get rolling but when they did it was a dominating 2nd half that lead to the win.

 

  • The Hawks play a unique game. They have good offensive players.  They play fast.  They catch you by surprise a bit and if they are making shots they can get you.  They came in having won 10 of their last 20 with wins over the Clippers, 76ers and the Thunder.

 

  • The Jazz adjusted in the 2nd half to who the Hawks are and how they play and outscored the Hawks 70-50.

 

  • A lot of it was the Jazz started making shots. The Jazz were just 6 of 23 in the first half from three but finished the game 6 of 12 in the 2nd The Jazz took a remarkable amount of corner 3s.  18 tonight.  18 corner threes in this game is one of the highest outputs of any team all season.

 

  • The Jazz held the Hawks to just 29% of their shots at the rim and that was a large increase from what it was earlier in the game.

 

  • Joe Ingles started fast with 10 first quarter points and finished the night with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Plus a very sore hip.  He has put together numerous solid games in a row for the Jazz.

 

  • Rudy Gobert got in foul trouble in the first quarter and had a non-descript first half. After the break he was terrific.  Matching a season high with 25 points and also grabbing 13 rebounds.    His efficiency was amazing.  Gobert took 7 shots and made all 7 on his way to the 25 points.

 

  • The Hawks are a fun young team. Trae Young looks like a really nice NBA player.  He knows how to play with his size.  He is really strong and he gets passes to tough places and his shooting is going to improve.  His floater is nice weapon if he shoots it as well as he has all year

 

  • Kevin Huerter is another really nice player. Wow can he shoot it.  He is somewhere between Klay Thompson and Kyle Korver.  He is not quite the defensive player that Thompson is, but he is much younger.

 

  • John Collins puts up great numbers and is a super rim finisher. Amazingly good at the rim plus he hits on 38 percent of his three point shots.  I wonder how he is going to be defensively in the long run and how his dribble game.

 

  • The Jazz did what they should against a young team. They played the game and when they realized it was going to take a bit more focus to beat them they did exactly that.  It was not a game that too a lot of juice out of the Jazz.  It is why playing the lesser teams is really important and the Jazz have only lost one game against those teams it was in Mexico City.
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David Locke

David Locke enters his ninth year as the radio play-by-play voice of the Utah Jazz, having spent the majority of his career in radio in Salt Lake City and Seattle. In the summer of 2016, Locke created the Locked on Podcast Network which has podcast daily bite sized podcasts for every NBA and NFL team. A native of Palo Alto, Calif., Locke graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles with a degree in Political Science and Sociology. Locke and his wife have a son and a daughter.

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LOCKED ON JAZZ – Why so passive? How Harden blows up the Jazz defense? Donovan Mitchell 2nd year playoffs

David Locke

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April 19, 2019

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The Utah Jazz are getting ready for Game #3 v. the Houston Rockets. David Locke, the radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider takes a look at why the Jazz looked so passive in Game 2 in Houston. Then Locke digs into what makes Harden so unique and why he has blown up the #1 defense in the NBA. Locke also takes a look at what other 2nd year players like Donovan Mitchell have done in their 2nd year playoff season.

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LOCKED ON JAZZ – How good is Houston? Jazz can’t hit open shots. Facebook Live questions

David Locke

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April 18, 2019

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The Utah Jazz have been blown out in both of the first two games of their first round series with the Houston Rockets. David Locke, the radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider tries to figure out what has happened and why it has happened. Plus, it is a live show so Locke takes your questions from Facebook live.

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EMPTYING THE NOGGIN – Opening stretch tells the strory

David Locke

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April 18, 2019

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Summary:  The Jazz start poorly, the Rockets pounced and Harden was amazing it all lead to a Rockets blow out of the Jazz.

  • The Jazz opened the night turning the ball over on 4 of their first 8 possessions. The Rockets scored 10 points on those 4 turnovers and that would tell the story of the night. The Jazz trailed 12 to 4 at the first time out.

 

  • Then Harden went nuts. He is incredible.  He never misses a read.  In Game 1 the Jazz took away the step back and free throws.  In the first quarter he had as many step backs and as many free throws as he had all of the first game.  I really have no idea how you are supposed to guard him,  He was 5 of 11 on step back tonight.  He makes those at 40%.   You have to take that away but the only way to do that is to play him from behind and force him into a drive.

 

  •  He has become the perfect modern player.  The league values the three.  He can make it at nearly 40%.  The league knows you can’t afford to have a 40% three point shooter take 15 to 20 threes a game so you have to play him in this strange manner to force him to drive. Harden would take 20 threes if you let him.   No one has ever had his three point shooting step back coupled with his handle and his passing.  This just destroys the defense.  When you force him to drive he has the floater game and he reads the defense perfectly.

 

  • The Jazz defense failed in transition tonight. According to cleaningtheglass the Rockets averaged 1.7 pts per transition and only .94 in the half court.  The .94 is a little above average but the Rockets are usually much better than that in the halfcourt.  They are the #2 halfcourt team in the NBA.  So the Jazz halfcourt defense was actually ok tonight.

 

  • The Jazz offense is where things should be most concerning. The Jazz were not able to score with regularity against the Rockets in the playoffs last year, they weren’t able to score against them in the regular season and they haven’t been able to score against them tonight.

 

  • The Rockets offense averages about 116 pts per 100 possessions. Even if the Jazz have a great defensive night hey will be around 108 but the Jazz offense v. the Rockets all season has been below 1 point per possessions.  Until that is fixed it is hard see a scenario where the Jazz defense can hold the Rockets offense down far enough to win a game.

 

  • The talk around the Rockets is that they are a better team than a year ago. A year ago they won 65 games and were a Chris Paul hamstring or a glutton of missed 3s away from winning the title.

 

  • The Jazz average .74 pts in the half court

 

  • Rubio and Crowder are a combined 2 of 14 on open threes.

 

  • The Jazz came into the night 22 of 100 on above the break three point shots v. the Rockets this year. It continued again tonight as the Jazz shot 6 of 27 on above the break 3 and some of those were late.

 

  • The Jazz have lost the first two games by 52 points. The Rockets look to be capable of winning the title
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