EMPTYING THE NOGGIN – Ricky Rubio leads Jazz in dominating performance

Published

3 years ago

April 2, 2019

EMPTYING THE NOGGIN

Summary: The Jazz dominate the Hornets in a no doubt win on their way to the 111-102 their 10^th win over the last 11 games

The Jazz dominated the game tonight and it was never in doubt. The Jazz dominated the game defensively for most of the night. The Hornets couldn’t finish at the rim. They couldn’t hit threes and the Jazz defense was stifling.

The Jazz were able to keep the Hornets in the half court and in the half court the Hornets were completely incapable of scoring.

Kemba Walker scored 22 points in the final 5:04 of the game. The Jazz lead by 17 when he started this onslaught. It was impressive I guess but it was completely irrelevant in how the outcome of the game was impacted.

Kemba Walker was 6 of 17 from the floor tonight with Rudy Gobert on the floor in the first 43 minutes of the game. Then he scored his irrelevant 22 points.

The game only had 12 possessions left in the final 5 minutes of the game down by 17 there is no relevance to anything that happens.

The Jazz opened the night with Gobert getting wide open roll after wide open roll to the basket. Charlotte adjusted to this by bringing another defender into the Gobert roll and it bothered the Jazz for a short while but by the end of the night the Jazz had launched 16 corner 3 attempts, making 8

At one point tonight the Hornets were 1 of 22 from three

Ricky Rubio was great this evening. He understood exactly what Charlotte was trying to do defensively. He opened the game hitting Gobert time and time again. Then the offense stalled with him off the floor and he got it going again in the 2^nd quarter when he returned. He finished the night with 13 assists and was controlling the game. His ball fakes were tremendous. He kills defenses that over shift. He reads it perfectly and Quin Snyder has the team spaced perfectly.

The Jazz were without Derrick Favors and Kyle Korver plus Dante Exum and the 2^nd unit really struggled to score tonight.

Donovan cruised to a 25 point game.

Over the last 40 years of the NBA a team with a 2^nd year guard or wing player who is the leading scorer without a 2^nd scorer has never won more than 47 games. Carmelo Anthony won 47, LeBron James had 45, Vince Carter won 41 and Derrick Rose won 40. Tonight Donovan Mitchell won his 47^th

Danny Ainge the Executive Part 2 – The Fleece to Contender

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21 hours ago

May 18, 2022

David Locke

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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Danny Ainge the Executive Part 1 – Rebuild to Championship – What can we learn

Published

2 days ago

May 17, 2022

David Locke

In a 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 today we look at the first two the rebuild to the Championship. In the next episode we will look at the Fleece into a contender. 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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Luka Doncic and Dallas made Phoenix look like Utah and it was a bad day for Centers

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3 days ago

May 16, 2022

David Locke

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks made the Phoenix Suns look the same way they made the Utah Jazz look. How did they do it? What does it mean for the Jazz and the Suns looking forward.

The Game 7 match-ups were a bad day for Centers in the NBA. Brook Lopez who had led the take away the rim style of NBA defense in Milwaukee had Grant Williams shooting 16 three point shots and the Celtics got the win. The Phoenix Suns #1 pick Deandre Ayton was played off the floor by the Dallas Mavericks as well as “internal” issues. Plus, the Mavericks 5 out drive offense makes it very hard for a center to defend on the perimeter.

David Locke the radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider looks at all those options and sets the table for what the Utah Jazz can do.

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