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Rudy Gobert’s defense stymies Warriors in 1st quarter and swings game to Jazz
These are the first quarter possessions for the Golden State Warriors on offense while Rudy Gobert was on the floor. Gobert checks out with the Jazz leading the game 28-20 with 2:30 left in the 1st quarter.
The first quarter was the first time all year the Warriors didn’t make a three. The Warriors missed shots, Klay Thompson missed in transition from 3 and Curry missed an open offensive rebound kick out. However, the story of the first quarter was while Gobert was on the floor the Warriors only scored on 4 of 14 half court possessions. (counting the 2 sideline out of bounds)
The Warriors are the #1 offense off opponents made shots (1.1 pts per possession) and #2 offense off opponents misses (1.15 pts per possession). They scored 8 points in 14 possessions in the first quarter with Gobert on the floor for .57 pts per possession.
| TYPE | Result | Gobert Impact |
| Half court | Green Miss | Green floater over Gobert from 9 feet. |
| Half court | Zaza Miss | Trap Curry, Green and Zaza 2 on 1 with Gobert forces extra pass and a miss |
| Half court off OReb | Shot Clock Violation | Thompson and Zaza bypass shots |
| Half court | Zaza Miss (twice) | Durant/Green pick and roll – Double Durant Gobert guards Green and Zaza forces two misses |
| Transition | Zaza Layup | Zaza layup |
| Half court | Zaza Miss | Klay on curl pass out to Zaza from 15 because he sees Rudy |
| Transition | Durant Dunk | Durant off a turnover by Jazz |
| Early offense | Durant makes 16 | Mid range quick pull up by Durant on no pass possession |
| Half court | Green layup | Double team Curry and Green makes reverse layup around Gobert |
| Sideline out of bounds | Curry misses 3 | Incredible play by Favors. Green picks Rubio in left corner Favors battles all the way to right wing to alter shot.
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| Transition off make | Thompson misses 3 | Quick outlet to quick 3 Thompson misses |
| Half court | Zaza dunk | Double Curry on pick and roll with Green, Green goes to basket brings Gobert and hands to Zaza for dunk |
| Sideline out of bounds | Thompson 16 footer | Hand off with Zaza Thompson stops and hits from 17 |
| Half court | Turnover | Green drives sees Gobert forces pass to Zaza for a turnover
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| Transition | Draymond layup | Catastrophic turnover |
| Half court | Turnover | Supposed to be droppff with Durant but Gobert drops back and denies pass and Zaza turns it over |
| Early offense | Curry layup | No pass possessions Curry drives into Gobert and under hand scoop for score |
| Half court | Durant no 3 | Durant off high pick and roll into off the bounce three. Ingles contests. No drive Gobert back. |
| Half court | Gobert blocks Curry | Curry McGee pick and roll Curry goes right side Gobert shadows with Rubio, Curry goes reverse side blocked by Gobert. This is remarkable as you watch the play notice how Gobert both takes away the pass back to McGee and is able to block the shot. Not many guys can do that
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| Half Court | McGee dunk | Great defensive possession but Curry comes off curl Jazz double and Curry finds McGee for a dunk |
Utah Jazz
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
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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