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Game 31: Clippers 116, Jazz 114
Posted by: TACOREV on December 29th, 2012
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.The Jazz blow a 19-point lead and fall to the Clippers at the Solution, thus contributing to their ongoing association-best 16-game winning streak.
The bench was big for the Jazz, igniting a 24-7 second quarter rally to take control and claim a 10-point halftime lead. The momentum continued in the second half, until a 12-0 LAC run late in the third turned the tides.
Plenty of controversy in the final minutes, no doubt. An argument could be made that the refs influenced the outcome, but when you blow a 19-point lead at home you probably don’t deserve to win anyway.
The Clippers were led by Chris Paul’s 29 & 6, Blake Griffin’s 22 & 13, and DeAndre Jordan’s 16 & 10. Six Clippers scored double figures.
Foye led the Jazz with 28 points on 8-of-13 (5-of-9 from 3), while Jefferson had 22 & 8 and Hayward added 17 on 3-of-6.
Interesting to note that all five starters finished -8 or worse in +/-. All five reserves scored +6 or better.
Tough loss. Tough, tough loss. The two teams rematch in L.A. Sunday night. And after a rough outcome like tonight’s, something tells me that Sunday’s contest will be a lopsided affair, not favoring the Jazz.
The Jazz dip below .500 (15-16) for the first time since the last meeting with the Clippers. The Jazz have also now lost three straight at ESA.
Jazz player of the game: Randy Foye
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I literally want to find the nearest extension cord and head to my closet.
I don’t even know how to express the way I’m feeling at the moment.
On one hand, YES… the Jazz blew a 19 point lead. From 8 minutes left in the 3rd to 3 minutes left in the 3rd, I kept saying outloud (put the !@#$% bench in, put the !@#$% bench in). Thank god my girlfriend was already asleep or I would’ve felt like a crazy person. The second that Hayward, Faves, and finally Kanter came into the game… a huge relief fell upon me, we are going to win this game. Unfortunately this bunch didn’t do much, couldn’t score to save their life, though the defense was solid.
The second the game came back from commercial and I saw 24 and 25 on the court, I knew we lost this game.
This loss makes me want to scratch my skin off, then set myself on fire. How was there no foul call on that drive by Milsap, but then a foul called on Al with his fingernail to Chris pauls arm hair?
I absolutely HATE blaming a loss on bad officiating, and as Taco said, “if you blow a !@#$% 19 point lead at home, you deserve to lose”, but wow… just wow.
Our away from ball movement is ZERO. absolutely no one moves . no screens. No plan. STILL no one gets pulled for not hustling. sub rotations: self explanatory. THIS is horrendous coaching!! It doesnt matter if we traded AL for !@#$% Lebron this team would still have the same problems.
#fire corbin
@Dallan – exactly! I was yelling at my TV that entire 5 minute stretch while the starters lost a 19 point lead…. Once the bench came back in the Jazz were fine again, and yet, I was 90% sure as the game came down the stretch, that Ty would put all the starters back in and they would find a way to lose the game.
I was especially freaking out when Hayward and then Jefferson put CP3 at the line twice in the last 19 seconds to lose the game. Neither fowl was a shooting foul, just ‘unable to play pick and roll defense’ fouls… I was screaming for Favors to be in the game defending the P&R instead of Al.
The Jazz are in a very unique situation, I feel like the bench is not only better as a group, but individually 1 thru 5, the bench is better than the starting player they are replacing also … this is just inept coaching.
Before the game: Clippers are going to roll us by double digits.
After 1st quarter: Yep we look like crap out there, gonna lose.
After 2nd quarter: We’re rocking! With this kind of lead we might win! Yes, go young guys!
After third quarter: uh oh our starters started out Ok, extending the lead a bit but then losing all but four points of it. Second unit is keeping on par, but that means the fourth quarter is coming down to Jazz vs CP3 and the refs. We’re screwed.
After 4th quarter: Yep we were screwed.
So we didn’t lose by double digits. yay. But our starters suck. Where the hell did Paul Millsap go? Did he tear all his ACLs and MCLs over the summer and not tell anyone?
I really feel that if we moved Al, we would actually see players like Paul, Marvin and others’ games improve. Especially if we could get a great PG and get Tinsley and Watson back to the bench. Plus, we would be so much better defensively.
How do you expect different results from the same thing?? Give the younguns minutes and fill in with the vets..
This is getting ridiculous! The C4 and a PG that probably couldnt start for most teams in China were outplaying the best team in the league AND the best bench in the league! Imagine if C4 played with an NBA PG that can defend and shoot??!!
I am so glad Hayward was ripping into Al about his P&R defense, since “coach” Corbin has failed to do so over the 2 years + he has been coach.
Jazz games are so predictable you can set your watch to it: starters play uninspired in 1st fall behind, 2nd unit brings them back, 3rd quarter starts give up lead/ or fall behind a ton, 2nd unit makes it competitive into 4th, starters come back and barely beat bad teams and lose to good teams. Rinse and repeat.
Al and Millsap gave up 20 points in the last 5 minutes of the game?! Kanter and Favors in practically the whole 2nd quarter gave up 10 points.
I know KOC was behind bench I saw him, so if its not clear ti him that change needs to happen, fire Corbin and trade Al at least, then he needs to be fired as GM as well, and let Lindsey be the actual GM. Spurs traded good talent in Hill to get Kawhi, cuz they had Parker, yet KOC refuses to trade mediocre to scrub status players (even players that arent with team—Bell), and give them heavy minutes while young talent barely cracks 20 minutes of playing time, to usually averaging about 12 or 15 minutes. KOC needs to step down as GM.
The young guys played very well, its exciting watching burks, hayward, favors, and kanter play together. They are growing in chemistry and all are producing like starters. It was also good to see Foye shoot lights out like that.
I will not blame the starters or players for blowing the lead in the 3rd quarter. I blame Coach Corbin entirely. Does anyone think, any of starting 5 are better than the clips starting 5? PG-clips SG-neutral SF-neutral PF-clips C-neutral(slight edge towards clips, jordan is as good defensively as Al is offensively, but jordan can get easy buckets). The Clips were due for a run. There is no way a team that hot, was going to stay that cold the entire game, especially one with CP3.
I remember watching the Rockets vs Bulls game on christmas, the rockets were up 20+ through the 3rd. The bulls made a little run, and cut it to 15, so coach Mchale then called a timeout put his starters back in, got an easy bucket, and preserved the lead the rest of the game. WHY DIDN’T CORBIN DO THAT?!
To top it off, Corbin had nothing to say about his coaching or lack there of. I don’t know if he is blind to it, ignorant, and incompetent, but this game is completely corbins fault. It would atleast have brought closure had he admitted this one was on him.
Do the Nets visit here anytime soon? I would love for Dwill to make a comment about Corbin’s offensive system. He’s 2 for 2, getting coaches fired when that happens. Lets make it 3 for 3!
Linsey is the GM..
Id question how much power Lindsey has, considering he comes from the Spurs organization:
Danny Ferry in first week as Hawks GM moved Joe Johnson’s 19M multi year contact.
Presti tradef 2nd best player on West champs.
Rob Hennigan becomes Magic GM and finally Howard gets moved.
GMs from Spurs organization arent gun shy and pull the trigger on any player……Jazz cant even move Raja Bell?!
So for me the Jazz management looks a lot more like KOC than it does Lindsey (Spurs organization).
And of no GM wants Al and is therefore unreadable, then why does he lead the Jazz in minutes, FG attempts, (salary)????
Did you mean untradable?? Reading national news they say there is a good market for him. I see where Manyor has slipped to third string. Bell and GS 2013 pick for Maynor??
I still say keep Tinsley/Watson on the bench and only use if you are down to ten guys and play combinations of Burks,Hayward, Carroll.. Get Evans in there too. He makes things happen..
Maynor sounds good, I just dont see Jazz FO doing much of anything. I hope Im dead wrong, but until proven otherwise Jazz will end the year w Al, Watson, Bell, Millsap, and Corbin, and by virtue of that, the 11 pick in the draft and the 20th pick (GSW).
@LK Yeah, Evans doesn’t get 1 min ? Hes already had a game this year against the clippers where he proved effective. I just have not understood how your 2 most athletic players, Burks and Evans have racked up so many DNP’s this year while we have been getting burned by athletic teams all over the court all season.
And i really liked Maynor when we had him. Ive always wondered if he was about to break out big before his injury. Hes like an athletic Tinsley.I think he would do great with the C4. Hell, any PG would.
@LK and Jazzed: agreed about Evans. The Kids is instant offense, instant energy. The second I saw Turiaf come off the bench I Yelled “Evens! Put in Jeremy Evans!!!!”
The psychological scars from what Evans did to Turiaf during the preseason would have been too much for Turiaf to take.
So I’m kind of joking on that last bit, but only a little bit. Good coaches need to be able to exploit mismatches. Good coaches need to know the track record of their players–who they struggle against, who they dominate, who they have a history with. Corbin is incabale of thinking about anything with that degree of complexity.
If Popovich was our, he would have put Evans in when Turiaf got put in. I guarantee it. I’d put money on it. Why?
1. It’ll Mess with Turiaf’s head (seriouslly, he’ll remember being embarrassed by Evans)
2. It’ll mess with Vinny Del Negro’s head (there aren’t a whole lot of scouting reports on Jeremy Evans)
3. It’ll give Jeremy Evans a lot of confidence, and inspire him to play well (simultaneously it will reward him for his previous performance against Turiaf, and show that hios head coach believes in him)
4. It would of brought down the roof at Energy Solutions Arena (good crowd response=strong player response. Major crowd response can also alter the way that “Officials” call the game).
5. It could potentially be a huge momentum changer for the game and allow the Jazz to go on a run
6. Worst case scenario, put Evans back on the bench.
Any real coach could see that the benefits outweigh the risks. Basketball, like any sport, or indeed any game, is very much mental, psychological.
You have to play SMART, not just hard. You have to think outside of the box. How can you exploit mismatches? How can change the momentum? How can you get a leg up on the other team? How can you get in their heads?
Tyrone Corbin is incapable of doing any of those things. Any of them. He’s too stubborn, rigid, and dimwitted. He allows the other team and their coach to control the tempo and style of play.
Corbin often talks about “forcing our will onto other teams.” He thinks the best way to do this is to NOT make matchup adjustments.
What a jackass.
#firecorbin