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G15 vs.Denver – Preview
Posted by: KCJones on November 26th, 2012
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.Denver Nuggles. They are harder to hate since Melo left, and they’ve dropped considerably on my most hated teams list. The All-Tattoo team that was (Melo, J.R., Birdman, K.Mart +Nene) is no longer. The Thuggets have gone back to just being the Nuggets. I respect their coach George Karl very much, and he has them running an up-tempo transition game that really fits their personnel well.
If you don’t remember what happened on Nov. 9th in Denver let me remind you. Nuggets put a whooping on the Jazz, going up by 15 in the second quarter and then adding five more to that lead over the second half to finish at 104-84. The front court of Kenneth Faried (15 & 11) and Kosta Koufos (15 & 10) looked like all stars and Corey Brewer had 20 points as well. And none of those guys are even named Andre Iguodala, Andre Miller, Danilo Gallinari, Ty Lawson or Javale McGee. Denver is coming off of four straight wins over Memphis, Minnesota, Golden State and New Orleans.
Our Jazz are looking for their sixth straight home win, but we can’t rely on being at home, this will be a tough matchup. The Nuggets bring a lot of energy and hustle and if we look as lethargic as we have at times this season, it just might be our first loss at the Solution (tm Tacorev). I’m a little concerned about us in this game, especially with Mo Williams out with an ankle injury. Tinsley and Watson will be manning the PG position, and Ty and Andre Miller are going to give them a run for their money. There are other Jazz players who are getting a lot of time who are also a bit un-athletic (I won’t mention names, David Locke gets upset) who are also concerning to me against a team that is athletic and up-tempo.
This game feels a bit like a trap game and I’m worried the Jazz won’t approach it with the seriousness it deserves. We really need to win this one as we go on the road for 3 games @Hornets, @Thunder and @Rockets.
I’m hoping to see our young guys bounce back from a bad game in Sac-town and play well at home. I’d like to see heavy doses of Favors and Kanter (Al and Millsap let Faried and Koufos look like All-Stars in our first matchup, while Favors had 10pts, 11reb, 5 blocks).
Will Burks get some playing time in an actual game? Will Millsap Un-named Power Forward find his lost shot and his lost lift? Will Al Un-named Center actually step in front of a penetrator and take a charge? Will Hayward and Favors play well at home after a bad outing against the Kings? Will Marvin Williams be a part of the offense tonight? Find out in tonight’s edition of Jazz basketball!
Go Jazz!
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Dec 15 is a date for all you trade enthusists. Players traded before the season will be eligible now. Raptors are still talking about Calderon and Bargs to go. Three way with Rockets..
Tinsley is going to get destroyed by Lawson. And if Jefferson lets freaking Koufos go ham again, it will be a sad day to be a Jazz fan. The only thing going our way is that it’s at home.
And Miller will post up the smaller Watson. Millsap and Al transition D will give a ton of fast break points/ points in the paint. The Manimal is gonna out work Al anf Sap. Tim Duncan–oh wait I mean Koufus is gonna out work Al for a ton of 2nd chance points.
Im not expecting much from Foye cuz Iggy is elite defender. If Foye starts, Iggy abusing him and penetrates all night for lay ups or kicks out for open 3s. And on D Iggy gives zero open looks to Foye and he probably goes 3 of 9.
Jazz give up early lead, 2nd unit brings them back, Corbin puts starters to finish 4th, Nuggets probably pull away cuz Nuggets attack Al and Tinsley in P&R or post of Foye and abuse him.
@KC – very nice. I believe the saying if you dont laugh youll cry, applies to your post. If the first quarter is anything to go by it is going to be a long game
As the 2nd quarter winds down and the Jazz are down by like 20 or something. I’m starting to wonder…. is it really worth making an 8th seed playoff run? Things are not changing ever since the Hornets game. It’s time the Jazz take a season to blow the team up much like Portland did last year. It’s time.
Wow…I knew Nuggets starters would abuse Jazz starting line up, but this is fn ridiculous!!! We are SLOW, we are UNATHLETIC, no resistance. This is the culture Corbin has created, and now we are seeing come back to kill us. When Corbin allows the worse defender ti start every game, to average 34 minutes, that tells everyone that effort is optional. Corbin needs to grow up however Burks offended you…get the hell over it!!!
Im with Millslapped—time to blow this team up, get assests, fire Corbin and begin the youth movement. And I bet we make playoffs and cuz some trouble!!
If we continue on this path, we will continue to get smashed by healthy playoff caliber teams (@Nuggets, @Memphis, and tonight).
question, Is Millsap gone?