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Game 55: Jazz 115, Warriors 101
Posted by: TACOREV on February 19th, 2013
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.The Jazz control the entire game to beat Golden State (30-23, 14-16 away) at ESA.
Jefferson scored 24 to lead the way, with Foye adding 15 and Millsap and Favors each contributing 14, as seven Jazz players notched double figures in the Utah victory.
Hayward recorded 17 points on 5 of 9, with four assists, three rebounds, and two blocks in his first game back from injury after missing the last 10 games.
Burks also played well once again, scoring 13 with five boards. That layup he had when he drove the lane and got that little bit of English on the ball… that was sick. He can get to the basket, he can get to the free throw line, his outside shot is improving rapidly (2-for-3 from 3 tonight), and he’s playing solid defense.
Stephen Curry’s 29 and Jarrett Jack’s 19 & 9 led the Warriors, who have now lost six straight. David Lee finished with 18 & 9, while Klay Thompson put in 15 & 7.
While it was good to see Burks remain in the rotation (playing a reasonable 25 minutes) now that Hayward is back in action, it looks like Carroll becomes the odd man out. DeMarre played just one minute of garbage time, going 1-for-1.
I have to applaud Corbin for leaving Burks in during the fourth quarter instead of going back to Tinsley or Watson, who were both getting completely torn apart by Curry and Jack.
The Jazz are winners of three straight and now sit at 31-24, tied for No. 6 in the standings with this very Golden State team.
No more games until Saturday, though, when the Jazz visit the Clippers (39-17).
In the meantime, we’ll all anxiously await all that may or may not happen over the next 38 hours as the NBA trade deadline approaches, with the cutoff coming on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
Jazz player of the game: Gordon Hayward
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Love a good win over the team holding our soon-to-be lottery pick. The basketball gods have been giving it to the W’s lately. Won’t be long before they are back to the tanking game.
I was at this game. Even though there’s less than a 25% chance the Jazz deal Millsap or Jefferson, I’m super glad I got to see this one…just in case.
Great game. It really wasn’t close at any point, even if the score said so. Warriors didn’t lead a single time. David Lee got in early foul trouble and the Jazz had their way in the paint.
Curry is FAST when he decides to drive and dish. I think he settles for jumpers too often, though. I’d like to see him get his teammates more involved.
Jarret Jack is a great player too. He and Curry destroyed the Jazz. They got everything they wanted. Burks’ defense on Jack was big.
Corbin’s rotations were VERY weird in this game. Almost like he, the rest of the coahcing staff, and the front office are really taking stock of how each player on the team is contributing. I don’t believe they’re “showcasing” players for trades–but I do think they are doing some serious evaluating.
And I’m sorry, but you can’t convince me it was Corbin’s idea to bring in Alec Burks in the first quarter. Something just seemed very unusual about this game. It’s frustrating that Demarre Carroll got so little time, but Marvin had a good, high impact game. He seems to be playing better lately.
Gordon Hayward got a standing ovation and the loudest cheers of the night when he came into the game. It’s great to have the Vanilla Cobra back on the court. Hayward is a HUGE part of this team. And he killed it tonight.
Also, I was hoping for a little more Jeremy Evans. Just to throw the kid a bone, and acknowledge that he’s part of the team and was our sole representation in Houston.
Other biggest takeaway: Earl Watson is AWFUL. Just terrible. I was sitting behind the basket (upper bowl that is) and it amazed me how immobile Earl Watson is. The amount of time he spends just standing around is astounding.
He would make the first pass, and then stand behind the three point line. And wait. And wait. And wait. He might make one more pass. Then it’s back to just standing there like a tool. Ridiculous because everyone in the NBA knows you don’t need to guard him. So it’s basically 5 against 4 when Watson is on the court.
Great game overall.
Good game and good win, have been waiting for ages for a game like this, I think the previous one was our first game against the Mavs.
Just a bit upset that Corroll got only the garbage mins, I mean come on he deserves more than that. It’s not a rocket science that Watson needs to go and Burk should get Watson’s mins.
Still cannot understand what Ty Corbin is doing, sorry I can’t call him Coach Corbin.
Wow you guys are sad Jazz fans. Give Corbin credit for the way he coached tonight or don’t give him flack for the way he has subbed in the past. He’s obviously getting better as a coach.
It looked like Marvin was on display tonight and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him go with Millsap.
The starting lineup of Mo, Foye, Demarre, Favors, Al (barring who we get for millsap/marvin) is a much more balanced 5 than who we have right now.
Al is entering the prime of his career, like Millsap he is a great dude, he’s really putting in effort on the defensive end, and his offensive game has evolved. I used to be all chips in on trade Al, but I think moving Millsap is the better choice.
Watson doesn’t deserve playing time on a team with good pgs, but on ours he does. He should be playing over Tinsley because of the energy he brings.
Corbin went with the Foye, Burks, Hayward lineup for a crucial period to close out the game. He put Marvin on Curry in the 2nd when the dude was torching it. He got everyone up to play last night which is more than can be said about Mark Jackson. Maybe most important, Burks still got minutes with the return of Hayward. Sad about Demarre, but his play always finds his way back into the rotation.
Shout out to Omar, we’ve won our last 2 games against western conference playoff teams by an average of 14.5 points. I know they weren’t on the road, but it’s an improvement right?
First off let me state that ALL my issues with Al or entirely based on basketball and stays on the court. So I have never said anything bad about Al as a person off the court. So I totally love what Al did over All Star break, and you can tell Al is a really solid dude. Now with that said, I still think that Al is overpaid considerable. If Al made 8M and played about 20 minutes per game I would have little problem with him.
The C4 are like my children so I like them equally, but Burks is the guy I root for because of all the Burks haters early in his career. I am not saying that this is ALL because of Burks, but NOT DNPing Burks is a big reason Jazz are having success lately.
@Andy, its no coincidence that when Jazz play their best players, Jazz have more of a chance of success. I honestly believed in preseason that Jazz could make the West finals THIS YEAR, but I thought Al would be trade, Kanter and Favors more developed, Burks never DNPed and more developed, and Watson and Tinsley getting DNPed. Jazz are slowly moving into the right direction.
HOWEVER, Tinsley and Watson should never get minutes over Carroll or Burks. Once Corbin grows a set or wakes up and tells Watson his main man that he ain’t playing, Jazz will become even more of a threat.