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Game 50: Jazz 100, Bucks 86
Posted by: TACOREV on February 6th, 2013
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.The Jazz front court beats up on Milwaukee (25-23, 12-13 away) at the Solution.
Millsap finished with 19/6/5 and four blocks while Jefferson had 19 & 11.
Kanter was a monster — 17 points, nine rebounds and five blocks in just 17 minutes. Foye scored 12, Carroll with 11, and Favors added 9 & 11.
Ersan Ilyasova and Brandon Jennings led the Bucks with 17 apiece, while Monta Ellis put in 13. After posting 35 points at Denver last night, Samuel Dalembert went for just 10 & 11 but did have four steals and four blocks.
To Milwaukee’s credit, they were without their starting center Larry Sanders and it showed.
Now, three things:
Burks did a decent job at backup PG duties. Like last game, he made mistakes, but also made things happen, and finished with the second-highest +/- on the team at +14.
The guy who had the top +/- was Carroll with +18. The surprising part is that DeMarre’s stats weren’t really that good: 4-of-12 for 11 points, four boards and two assists. It just goes to show how much this dude works and hustles out there on the floor.
What does Kanter have to do to stay in the game? He was absolutely dominant in the first half — dominating in a manner on both ends of the floor of which Jefferson never has and probably never will — yet Corbin still pulled him for the final few minutes of the half. Kanter didn’t check back in until the final 30 seconds of the third quarter. He could literally go 10-for-10 for 20 points and 10 rebounds in eight minutes, and Corbin would still pull him. This is just one of the reasons why Corbin gets criticized.
The Jazz improve to a season-best six games over .500 at 28-22, still holding the #7 spot in the West, with the Bulls (29-19) coming to town Friday.
Jazz player of the game: Enes Kanter
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I thought this was a good game for the most part except for the 1st quarter slow start , which seams to be this teams identity lately . The bench played well and the team played defence .
I would like to say that at least Corbin played Kanter alot more tonight than he has of late .
Thanks Taco for your analysis of all the games .
Oh yea and I thought Burkes played much better tonite , he did make some mistakes but over all he made improvements from last game .
taco i saw ur name on the espn conversation during some games was that you lol..
the reason i dont post on here alot is because maaannn.. but imma bout to be ignant. We have too many jazz fans who dont realize the future is now.. we cant score without al, man please stfu. Burks can pass the ball; the dude just have that play making ability.(the only players on the jazz roster who has swag is kanter and burks) Kanter the future allstar gets no respect. JYD is a great rotational player and yet many believe he cant play.. really(please jump off a cliff).. imma stop because..turn this tema over man damm
@pintz11 when was the last time you were one here? thats all we talk about bro. pretty sure i read more about Kanter & burks needing more minutes, than anything or anyone defending Al… jus sayin haha we all, well most, agree with you
haha yeah the EPSN boards are completely anti-al. We even created an anti al association called the NAAA.
@pintz Ha yeah I go by there every once in a while. A few weeks ago I got attacked by some people after I criticized Al and Corbin, but these days more and more people are coming around.
@pintz11, word!! We’ve been driving the Burks (C4) bandwagon from the beginning!!! I remember some people giving me hell cuz I was pissed Watson was playing and Burks getting DNPs early in the season. Jazz could have had this since day one! But Corbin just can’t man-up and bench Al and DNP Watson!
Taco, you should just copy/paste:
“Jazz starters start slow, yet again, and fall behind by about 10 points in the first quarter, but enter the second unit and the Jazz come back—AND take about a 10 point lead themselves…..again”……hopefully only until Al is traded!
Millsap’s D from when he is on court with Al to when he is on court with Favors and/or Kanter is like night and day!!! Millsap should have a faux accounted on UJ360 and be begging for Al to get traded. Millsap and Marvin are probably licking their chops, anticipating Al being traded. Everyone ask yourselves…..”Do the Jazz NEED Al?”
Please trade Al and Watson!!! I want to see more of Kanter and Burks!
Jazz are now 8 out of 25 against teams with winning records. Jazz have too much talent to have such a bad record in this regard. Had Corbin manned up sooner, or FO stepped up and been proactive, the Jazz could have won a lot of those games! Had Jazz dumped Al and Watson (and Bell) in offseason, Jazz would be fighting for homecourt in the playoffs! It’s still not too late. Trade Al and dump Watson ASAP, and I am not scared of any team in the West conference.
p.s. My favorite part was when Burks got fouled by Gooden, and Favors pushed a Buck out the way and Kanter came rushing in to back Burks!!! That was the moment when I was, “ya, ya, these dudes are down for each other.” Just turn the team over already to C4, Jazz FO!!! I am pretty excited about this playoff run!! So long as Al (Watson) get traded and Corbin keeps playing the C4.
What kind of f#%king moron would bench a bloke who scored 13 in 8 mins?
The same guy who starts the same line up day in and day out even though they stink together! The same guy who only plays better younger talent when forced too.
I think I have finally figured out why Corbin is so reluctant to play the young guys more while he plays Al and the other vets regular minutes regardless of production or effort. He is being pressured by the FO to keep their stats up. Al will make much better trade bait if he’s averaging 19 and 10. I mean its obvious when you look at it from that perspective. If your own team is benching you what other team is gonna give up any kind of assets for you? Also, they dont want the young guys to get too big of egos or stat lines because they dont want to dole out huge contracts. Artificially deflate their stats by keeping them on the bench, then you can re-sign them on the cheap next season! It’s actually quite brilliant and im sure it was part of the long term plan all along!!!
Grocery stores display their expiring products in the front where they are most visible. I can only hope this is what the Jazz are doing with Al. Other than that, their is no reason Kanter shouldn’t have played 35 tonight.
I’m going to remain patient until the trade deadline, as I have been, but if they don’t make any moves I’m not sure I can watch any more.
Kanter destroyed an awful front line, and Burks played really well for a guy out of position and with the limited time he has got this season. Favors and Carroll are awesome.
Does anyone else think Marvin might be CJ 2.0? Really inconsistent, but occasionally will have a game that makes you want to keep him. Or is it just the reality of playing his minutes during “Al time?”
I gotta give him credit for playing Burks, Kanter, Favors, and Carroll all those minutes tonight though. Either this is a sign a trade truly is eminent, Corbin is actually starting to have some confidence in the kids, or Corbin has been abducted by aliens and replaced by an intergalactic space ball league coach from the planet Commonsense.
@Andy
I definitely wouldnt go as far as to say that Marvin is CJ 2.0. He isnt out there jacking up ill-timed ill-chosen 3’s at a clip of 5 or 6 a game in the second unit. He also plays in the offense and takes what the defense is giving. CJ would often press too much and forget that he had the handles to take it to the hoop and get easy buckets to help get into rythym. Marvin has done a great job of doing a disappearing act for most of the season. He had some stand out games here and there but I think a lot of the issue is that Foye, Mo Williams, Jefferson and Milsap have demanded the ball so much. Also, not that it should matter, but it probably factors in, Marvin has another year on his contract with a player option next year. He’s got guaranteed money here next year, its not likely he will get a better offer on the FA market. I would like to see him be a lot more aggressive taking the ball inside or even posting up more. I think you are probably right about “Al Time”, if you moved Hayward into the starting unit and Marvin to the second unit, then you could draw a better comparison.
I am still very confuse on what Corbin is doing, I mean everyone here can pretty much coach better than him and thing he is doing right now it dose not make any sense, I might not know when to call time out or make whatever play, but lets put thing simple are you suppose to put the player who plays well and keep him on the court?
I am confuse that why Kanter play so good and he has been kept on the bench, and don’t get me wrong I like Watson, I like he has a good personality but I hope he dose not come back playing any sooner, cous I know once he is back with the team then Burks will have “DNP” all over.
I am hoping we will trade away Al & Watson, I think Omar is right, do we need Al to win, we probably need him in some games but we can surely survive without him in short term and we will become better without him in long term cous Kanter and Favor will get more play time and experiences, when you have the experience, you will become confident, that’s what lots of our youth are lack, no playing mins, how can you develop without playing mins??
Or we can trade away Mr. Corbin, cous we don’t need him to make stupid play and all his mind is full of those rotation. You can look at him and tell he is not a good coach yet, he also need time to develop but not at the Jazz cous he is making the team worse at the moment.
Even people from different countries are like “WTF? This Tyrone Corbin guy is a jackass!”
@mtnman Agreed, his defense really helps the team even on nights he isn’t shooting. His shots come within the offense for the most part.
@Andy. I don’t know what Marvin is capable of in a Jazz uniform until he stops playing with Al. If Al moves on and the offense becomes more balanced we might see the true Marvin step up. I don’t see Marvin being anything more than a solid role player, but a role player that can average maybe 15 points 7 rebounds a night once he gets comfortable, but to get comfortable you have to see that ball, and as long as Al is in the lineup getting 32 minutes players like Al and Hayward see the ball less than they should.
Marvin’s contract isn’t guaranteed, he has an option for next year, so his contract could be up too.
@mtnman I wish you were right about Corbin playing the vets to showcase them for trades, I really do. But remember last year, he gave tons of minutes to CJ and Josh Howard even after the trade deadline, when it was obvious that neither would be on the team the following season (not to mention the fact that neither was any good).
And you can bet your ass that Corbin will go right back to playing Watson 30 minutes a game when he’s healthy, while DNP-ing Burks.
@Steven Marvin has a player option for $8 or 9 million, so there’s no doubt he will take it. Nobody else will pay him even close to that.
I’ll tell you when to call a timeout. Whenever it feels like the other team has found a weakness that they are exploiting again and again and our team can’t adjust to. That would be silly though when you could just watch and let the other team keep doing it until you are down by 20.
I’ve only been in the States 4 years, watching basketball for the same amount of time and yet find myself screaming at the TV shouting TIMEOUT a good couple of plays game after game before Corbin thinks one might be necessary. For the life of me I don’t understand why I see coaches around the league using them faster than Corbin, when teams continually exploit Jazz weaknesses in match up, tactics or boneheaded play.