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Game 56: Clippers 107, Jazz 94
Posted by: TACOREV on February 23rd, 2013
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.The Jazz starters get destroyed in the third quarter, giving up a 19-2 run en route to a 13-point loss to the Clippers (40-18, 22-6 home) at the Staples Center.
Caron Butler scored 21 to lead LAC, with Blake Griffin and Lamar Odom each adding 18. Jamal Crawford put in 12 and Chris Paul finished with 11/7/7.
For the Jazz, it was Hayward finishing with 23 & 8, Millsap with 19, and Jefferson scoring 16 (on 19 shots). In 17 minutes, Kanter scored 15 points on seven shots, while Burks had a great game, contributing 12 & 6.
That third quarter was pathetic, but Corbin just let it go — not changing up a lineup that so clearly was not getting it done until almost two thirds of the way through the quarter.
Tinsley and Watson were both almost completely worthless, as usual. Late in the third, Corbin finally took both out of the game and put Burks on Chris Paul, who did a fantastic job guarding the All-Star MVP.
The Jazz starting frontcourt registered exactly six rebounds for the game, and the other three starters didn’t score a single point. Hayward had more rebounds than Jefferson and Millsap had combined.
I like Foye, but he was awful tonight and Corbin should have pulled him from the game much sooner. Hayward and Burks are by far the best backcourt players on the team and should consistently be playing at least 30-35 minutes a night, like they did tonight. Also, just four minutes for Carroll while Tinsley and Watson combine for 38.
Utah shot 6.7% (yes, with the decimal in between) from 3-point range (1-for-15). Hard to beat anybody shooting that poorly.
Now that the Jazz (31-25) have been swept in the season series with the Clippers, they return home for a three game homestand before a daunting March schedule sends them away for eight of the following 11 games.
That homestand starts Monday night against Boston.
Jazz player of the game: Gordon Hayward
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I love Burks aggressiveness!!
Yeah Burks and Hayward have both been playing with a lot of aggressiveness. Hayward shot 14 free throws — that’s like a LeBron or Durant FTA stat!
I’m just liking what I see with all the young guys. I’m looking forward to next year when all these worthless players with expiring contracts are gone.
I have a 5 week old son and thus haven’t watched a full Jazz game for that time. This afternoon my wife took my son to the inlaws so I could finally watch a full game. I wish I hadn’t bothered. It was like watching an earkly season away game with Sap and Al only playing at one end, Corbin being inept and the bench showing them how to hustle and play. Watson and Tinsley were pathetic. I am just angry
Its time to change the starting line up.
pg. Burks
. sg foye
. SF hayword
. pf milsap
. c big al
. and if he wants to leave. Gordan as the sixth man then start Carroll. Give kanter more minutes and Marvin none.
3 out of 5 starters went scoreless.
#firecorbin
Starting lineup a combined -98.
Bench a combined +33.
Tinsley and Marvin got their minutes cut. If Foye and Watson did not have it pull them too. Corbin has a bad theory about always have a Point guard in the game. Murph could have done just as well. This is the poorest I have ever seen a starting lineup do. And I am a old Utah Stars ABA fan.. Let the kids play….
AL Jefferson 16 points on 19 field goal attempts. 0 free throw attempts.
Marvin Williams is below the league average in every statistical category.
Gets 25.5 minutes per game.
Tyrone Corbin 2
Vinny del Negro 5
Yep lets blame Corbin for 1-15 3 point shooting.
I know you’re gonna say why didn’t he change the starting lineup.. but remember this same rotation just beat a good GS team by 15. Why would he have changed it?
Corbin did state that they would be looking to change the rotations after tonight’s game. Mo is going to come back in 10 days and we will have a servicable pg.
Tinsley and Watson sucked. Kind of put the Jazz out of the game because they don’t have much more options. Management has stated they don’t want to move Burks out of position too much because they like him at the 2. Foye was awful tonight. Even sliding him down to pg didn’t help.
Bright spots were how great the young guys played. Favors had a bad sequence in the 3rd and got in foul trouble, but other than that it was great to watch.
I have been saying for so long that Carroll should be the starting SF and Marv should be at the end of the bench, he doesn’t do very much … I would love to see Burks,Hayward,Carroll,Favors,Al starting.
@Andy, why wouldn’t we change it? BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING RUN OUT OF THE BUILDING BY THE CLIPPERS, ON A 19-2 RUN!!! I don’t care if they got it done the other night, GSW game is over. This is the game now and they aren’t getting it done. That’s why you change the lineup. What Corbin doesn’t understand is you need to play the guys that will get the job done. Marvin wasn’t getting it done, Hayward was. Watson wasn’t getting it done, Burks was. Al Jefferson wasn’t getting it done, Kanter was. It’s a simple concept… Play the players who will get the job done in that particular game.
@Jazzdependency, that was the starting lineup I said we should have debuted in the LAC game… It’s too bad Corbin doesn’t share our brilliance!
Im sick of Corbin apologists
Just watch it on DVR?! Wtf!!!
Just like I spent all yesterday saying on this site…..Al is inefficient! And I never thought Id say this about a starting Center, but Al is a streak jump shooter?! Lol! Yes Al is a streak jump shooter.
And Kanter was scoring on Blake in the 4th. Kanter can run, dominate the paint, hit jump shots ouside the paint, defend big centers cuz his strength, guard explosive players (Blake) cuz his quickness, gets to the free throw line, has a ridiculous high rebound rate…..Kanter >than Al!
All Marvin minutes come will Al on court, Marvin looks out of it, disinterested. It looked like what I looked like when on Thursday at trade I found out Jazz didn’t trade Al!
Watson takes one single good charge, and then people suse that to justify Watsons PT?! Are you kidding me?! Watson is at best 4th string PG.
Its gonna be March and Jazz have ZERO wins against West teams with winning records!
Corbin being Corbin…..uuggg! Maybe Corbin is showcasing Watson and Tinsley for the trade deadline?!
Why is Hayward on the bench …..cuz Al is in starting lineup!!! Bench Al , Foye, and Tinsley and even Sap. Kanter, Favors, Marvin (will play better with no Al, I hope), Burks, Hayward….PERIOD! Bench Al, Sap, DC, Foye, and Murphy till Mo gets back.
Oohh how I wish Jazz had played @Clippers before deadline….I have a sick feeling Corbin will be Corbin and Lakers push Jazz out of playoffs….if that happens, Corbin and KOC need tp resign following morning.
Oh ya, Burks is a baller with swag (CP3 had no baskets against Burks), just like a lot if us had been saying on Halloween!! When Burks was getting DNP in favor of Watson….freaking Watson.
How many free throws did Al shoot for the game – freaking ZERO. Just a few less than his rebound total
. If LBJ can play PG why can’t Hayward? Just leave Burks and Foye as “2″ guards and run the offense through the White Cobra.
What the hell is Foye’s doing????
Im sick of his up and downs games man… wtf. It’s Burks time baby!
What do u think about the bright production of Kanter Jazz fans??? 15 points in 16 mins???
*FreeBurks
*FreeKanter
I don’t have anything against Marvin, but they need to start Carroll just because the jazz desperately need some kind of a spark to start the game.
@ Adam I said we need to change the line up. 0 minutes for Marvin start Hayward and Burks with Foye milsap big al favors the sixth man kanter 7th carrol 8th give Kanter more minutes 20 to 25 favors 20 to 25 big al 23 to 28 same with Millsap
No rebounding, no 3 pointers, and careless TOs thats what cost us.
I have to say this before I say anything else, this game would have been an even worse loss had Millsap been traded for Bledsoe before this game had been played. He scored what? The first 14 points? And was the only scorer of the starting 5 until the subs came in and started helping. He was the only player until then that was keeping this game a game. Yet again the game could have been lost in that first quarter.
I am not a Corbin fan, but I have to pity him when the starting four of the starting five players shoot so ineptly. The guy doesn’t have much of a chance when the guys that he puts on the floor can’t get a basket.
I can’t fault Corbin for the shooting. However there was one recurring theme in this match and that was the Clippers kept getting big lead after big lead due to poor shooting. And Corbin just stood there and watched and allowed the same thing occur again and again. The 3rd quarter lead by the Clippers was allowed to get way too big. Anytime the Jazz went on a 5-0 or 6-0 run Vinny Del Negro was pulling his team aside. Why for pities sake doesn’t Corbin do the same!!!!! Why after 2 and half seasons does he continue to allow so much rope for other teams to go on bigger runs, when the coaches he plays again only allow 5-6-7 point runs?
Hayward’s natural offensive game suffered when playing the 3 alongside Jefferson and Millsap, so I have some sympathy for Marvin. However Carroll doesn’t seem to mind however he gets his minutes, maybe he or Hayward needs to go back in the starting 5 and have Marvin getting more touches amongst the second unit, to see if that brings his game back up.
I can almost live with Tinsley and Watson not shooting, note I said ‘almost’, but 3 of the starting 5 is way too much. Foye will recover. But Marvin just suffers in that 5 unit.
Until Mo comes back it might be nice to see what Burks can do as the starting PG. He isn’t going to outpointguard regular point guards but he can at least be a scoring threat which might help the starting unit have some space to shoot.
I wasn’t that impressed by the limited minutes of Bledsoe. Giving up Millsap AND Burks might have been too much.
As I said a couple of posts ago, it is time for Corbin to step up as a coach. Players within is team have stepped up in recent weeks. Some of those players got the team back into the game after a bad start, and deserved better from their coach in the 3rd quarter, after fighting so hard for the first 2 quarters.
When Vinny del Negro is smarter than your team’s head coach, you have a serious problem.
@Andy McClure, I was directing my comments to a different Andy. I agree with your points!!! Marvin isn’t doing a thing to help our team and is sucking minutes away from guys who will. I think Foye is doing great. Everyone has their up and down games, he’s no exception. Ya’ll forget he’s been a better 3-point shooter than anyone in Jazz history. I applaud him for his effort and commitment.
“I can’t fault Corbin for the shooting. However there was one recurring theme in this match and that was the Clippers kept getting big lead after big lead due to poor shooting. And Corbin just stood there and watched and allowed the same thing occur again and again” THIS +1
Steven, that has been my biggest bugaboo all year… i can’t stand when he just stands there with his hands in his pockets, with the blank stare on his face like he’s day dreaming about whats for dinner. Get engaged with the game & your players, be demonstrative, coach your players while they’re playing, yell at them… Jeez
Also agree, Hayward looked so good. I love when he’s aggressive like that. He’s suddenly become very creative with his offense, some of the moves and cuts he made i have never seen before from him.
Way to go Vets. Please keep up the lack of effort so that your not signed to any lucrative contracts. Thank You
Yeh, anyone wants to give Corbin credit now, I have always been saying he should never be a coach and never coach our Jazz, we have such a great team and players, he just waste those talents, and eventually players want out of the Jazz becuase they do not have any play time.
Corbin just like to start whoever he likes to start. Most of the time it is frustruated to watch the Jazz especially on the games we should have won.
I will never put Marvin Williams & Watson on the court for more than 10 mins, Tinsley is ok but not the starting lineup.