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Game 32: Clippers 107, Jazz 96
Posted by: TACOREV on December 30th, 2012
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.The Jazz hung around but were unable to make it a game when it mattered late, falling to the Clippers in Los Angeles.
Caron Butler went 6-for-6 from 3-point range, leading LAC with 29 points. Chris Paul finished with 19 & 9, while Jamal Crawford added 19 off the bench.
Jefferson led the Jazz with 30 & 8, with four blocks. Hayward had 16 & 5, while Favors chipped in with 11 & 7.
The Jazz are 0-3 against LAC on the season, with one more meeting on the calendar for February. They fall to 6-13 on the road and 15-17 overall, having dropped three games in a row.
There are several things wrong with this team, but most of them can be vastly improved with decent coaching. More often than not, it seems like this team really doesn’t have that going for it. The point guard position also continues to be a glaring weakness for this squad, even despite producing 16 assists between the two PG’s tonight.
Back home Wednesday to face Minnesota.
Jazz player of the game: Al Jefferson
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Im gonna give Al credit he played well.
Corbin is a damn blockhead…..Watson!!!! Watson played 21 minutes (10 in the 4th)!!! Wtf are you thinking Corbin. I watched game on dvr, and everytime Watson entered the game I was temped just to FF cuz watching Watson run a team is hell and infuriating!! Walks up the court, picks up dribble, his floater looked like a ton of bricks, cant dribble passed anyone.
Watson is straight garbage. Jazz will struggle every game if Watson is getting 20+ minutes per game.
When Favors was in the game late, and Millsap was not, Paul looked like he wanted to be somewhere else.
I for one, am not seeing any real substantial, consistent improvement in this team. It’s the same old song and dance. I’m really not even caring whether we win or lose at this point, because I’d just assume get a lottery pick then get beat down in the first round of the playoffs for the second year in a row.
Just turn this thing over to the young guys. I want to watch more of Hayward, Favors, Kanter, Burks, Evans, Carroll, and even Murphy, and far less of the veterans. With the exception of Mo Williams, I don’t really care if any of the other veterans get traded before the deadline, or end up playing somewhere else next season. I think Mo has some good leadership skills, pushes the ball well, and is a fairly decent shooter. A starting lineup of Mo Williams, Alec Burks, Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors, and Enes Kanter is fine by me.
Well the good news is we have the 3rd easiest schedule remaining in the West.
Who else thinks a coaching change would work wonders for this team right now? Notice the teams that demand performance are firing coaches that aren’t performing..
@Jason: I agree wholeheartedly. I’d much rather watch us lose with growing youth than watch us lose with washed-up vets. And if the plan was to let them develop slowly in winning environment, well that’s failed miserably… so let’s cut our losses and move on to three future.
@KC: Exactly, the right coaching change would help solve most of three problems occurring with this team. Keeping Corbin around not only limits our present, but destroys our future. The longer the youth rots away on the bench, the less likely they are to re-sign when the time comes. And then the franchise is set back another 5+ years .
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We should just bring back Jerry Sloan for awhile. He’s up in the stands at ESA watching the games anyway. He obviously still has an interest in the game.
millsap for calderon… why has this not been completed?
Why continue with a good player stuck on the bench, when there is an obvious deficiency on the floor at another position, with a player available that would fit perfectly?
I just don’t understand the thinking, or lack there of, with FO. Its ridiculously frustrating.
@jason and he has stated he is still interested in coaching, so what is waiting for? An apology? hmm…..
Usually when a team has talent and is playing badly, under achieving, that almost always a sign of bad coaching……but I expect Jazz FO to trade Burks before they fire Corbin, so well just squander these next years, then Favors and Hayward leave, AND THEN, when its already to late, Jazz will realize their mistakes and fire Corbin.
Bobcats have lost 18 straight, MJ is a sorry GM, he might be the only GM dumb enough to give us great value for our mediocre players and straight junk players.
*has been a sorry GM, sorry owner
Al was good and he wants to be here. Millsap obviously has an ego issue and is getting very deron-like. If they want to keep one, keep al, but i am in favour of keeping neither. Did anyone see the comments on the Jazz FB page when they asked everyone to wish Corbin a happy birthday, I think give yourself a birthday present and quit was my favourite comment. Happy new year everybody
@ disco LOL. Corbins Bday,its sad. Al played awesome! I think my favorite thing from him this game was when he rolled his ankle a bit, toughed it out went down the court hit a shot and stayed in the game. He showed some heart.
WTF is with Jeremy Evans??? He doesnt get 1 min. against the most athletic Front court in the NBA? He needs to hit a YMCA or something work on his ball handles, passing and play Point gaurd for like 4 hours a day. If he could get some handles and better passing skills, I think Evans would be an amazing SF
I KNEW this was going to happen. Al Jefferson PLAYS ONE GOOD GAME THE ENTIRE SEASON and everyone is screaming for a Paul Millsap trade. Paul Millsap is an overachiever. Al Jefferson is an underachiever.
Paul Millsap leaves the game when we are behind by 3 points. A couple of minutes later, we’re behind by 13.
I’m not defending Millsap’s !@#$%-poor play of late. But AL Jefferson needs to take 20 shots a game to be effective. And if AlJefferson takes 20 shots a game, your team loses. It’s that simple.
The two people on this team who need to be gone the fastest and hardest are Tyrone Corbin and Randy Foye. If this team continues to keep Randy Foye in the starting lineup, I won’t be able to watch it.
Randy Foye is the worst starting shooting guard in the NBA. Randy Foye has a +/- of -170.
I don’t know if anyone else noticed Hayward yelling at Big Al during one of the timeouts. I think it was right after Al failed to properly cover the pick-and-roll.