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Game 62: Bulls 89, Jazz 88
Posted by: TACOREV on March 8th, 2013
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.Yet another game we should have won slips away in the final minute.
Marco Belinelli scored 22 to lead Chicago (35-27, 18-14 home), including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 5.9 seconds left. Carlos Boozer recorded 22 & 10, Nate Robinson posted 14/7/6, Luol Deng put in 12 & 6, and Joakim Noah added 9 & 13.
Jefferson returned for the Jazz and scored 23 points, while Marvin had one of his best games with 14 & 10. Favors was flat out dominant on defense, putting together an 11/10/6 outing — that’s six blocks. Kanter and Millsap each contributed 10 points apiece.
First off, gotta give credit where it’s due. Jefferson played as aggressive as we’ve ever seen him, driving to the hole and throwing down multiple dunks early on. It was one of his more efficient games, and his defense wasn’t flat out embarrassing like it usually is.
Watson got a DNP! However, Mo’s performance in his second game back (2 points on 1-of-7) almost had me yearning for Watson again… almost.
Another donut for Foye. Carroll started but played just 10 minutes. He was in foul trouble, and Marvin had one of his best games, so that’s understandable.
What’s not understandable is Tinsley playing more minutes than Burks (17 to 14).
Now, onto that final play. I’m not surprised one bit. Every time we’ve been in that situation, behind at the end of a game in need of a score, Corbin draws up (if that’s what you want to call it) a play which basically consists of the following:
- Pass the ball in.
- Whoever gets it, dribble around for a while.
- Right before the clock runs out, throw up a terrible shot.
It wasn’t even a play. Just a throw-in to Hayward — who wasn’t having a good game, and hasn’t done well in crunch time lately as our friend JRN5150 so kindly reminds us — he dribbled around for a bit, almost losing control, then pulled up for a shot. It was a decent look, but come on. Run a play to try and get an easy bucket.
More frustration.
We’re practically giving the Hated Lakers a playoff birth, now just a half game ahead of them after losing six of our last seven since the trade deadline.
Now on to Manhattan to face the Knicks (37-22) at the Garden tomorrow night.
Jazz player of the game: Derrick Favors
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The sad part is that the was the best play we’ve had in that kind of situation all year. Offensive rebounds killed us this game. The free throw disparity doesn’t help either… i’m not saying that is why we lost though.
Terrific defensive effort by the team in the second half. Everyone was engaged on the defensive end.
Hayward needs to start in place of Randy, who just isn’t getting the job done. It seems coming off the bench might have jumpstarted Marvin tonight, and possibly it could do the same for Foye. Our “bigs” continue to play excellent ball each night, but our starting backcourt lineups continue to shoot us in the foot. I say start Gordon.
as much as i would love to blame all our struggles on corbin im starting to think that the jazz just arent that good . That being said i still feel they need a new coach, but a coach doesnt have enough of an impact to lose evry game. Sometimes it just comes down.to players needing to make plays. No one on the jazz is.able to consistently make.that game changing play which could have changed the outcome of numerous games this season. Now , we have multiple players with the potential to do.so( hayward, burks, favors, and kanter), but the current level our players are at, we dont have the skill to pull out wins consistently. Even if our young players get a majority of the minutes we are still a borderline 8th seed team. I think.that development over the rest of the season and the off season , and good free agent aquisitions could propel.the jazz into a legit season4th or 5th seed contenders next year and top 3 seed in a couple seasons . The reason corbin should be fired shouldnt be for losing games because I woulde that woild
Just watched game on DVR…..
Does anyone remember I think it was a Donald Duck cartoon where he plugs a hole with his extremities on a ship where water is going in, and each time he plugs one hole another is left open, and so on?! Okay, well thats what I picture is going on in Corbins head:
Yest Watson DNPed!!!….but like Taco said, Tinsley gets his minutes?!
C4 and Mo go on a 10-0 run to get a lead, then Mo turns the ball over twice and he pulls Kanter and Burks (I could understand Kanter cuz Al was playing really well; what a difference when Al actually plays the center position in the paint!!)?!
Corbin kept Favors in the game to close and left Sap on the bench!! But he had to leave the vet Mo in game which was not the right decision.
Al and Favors where dominating and Marvin was playing well, but Mi really seems out of control and spasmatic!! Is it just me or does watching Mo feel like watching baby when they are just learning to run?! Where u have anxiety the whole time?!
Even though Jazz lost, I feel good they fought hard and played desperate, but Tinsley cannot be getting minutes, and Foye is really playing bad. Until the best players are getting the minutes and Mo settles down, Jazz are gonna struggle.
P.s. Raptors are jobbers!! Kobe is killing these fools by himself!!
as much as i would love to blame all our struggles on corbin im starting to think that the jazz just arent that good . That being said i still feel they need a new coach, but a coach doesnt have enough of an impact to lose evry game. Sometimes it just comes down.to players needing to make plays. No one on the jazz is.able to consistently make.that game changing play which could have changed the outcome of numerous games this season. Now , we have multiple players with the potential to do.so( hayward, burks, favors, and kanter), but the current level our players are at, we dont have the skill to pull out wins consistently. Even if our young players get a majority of the minutes we are still a borderline 8th seed team. I think.that development over the rest of the season and the off season , and good free agent aquisitions could propel.the jazz into a legit season4th or 5th seed contenders next year and top 3 seed in a couple seasons . The reason corbin should be fired shouldnt be for losing games because that would happen regardless of who he plays . The r eason he should be fired is for hindering the development of our young guys by failing to realize Al and Watson and the rest of our veterans are not making a difference. These last two games are a prime example. Al goes out we have the same problems. Mo comes back we have the same problems. Al returns, our play remains the same . What everything comes down to is that the young guys need to have a considerable increase in playing time. . To me this season feels lost now. Not playing the players who will be the future of our franchise will do nothing but hurt the jazz next season. Any minutes that Al, watson, tinsley, milsap, and marvin recieve are now meaningless. Save face and play the future of this team .
The Jazz need to change their name to “The Ball Busters”. Then they need to put a warning before every game that says “Warning: this game is going to cause high blood pressure, bad language and may lead to heart attack, aneurysm, and alocholism.
The last play may have been poorly drawn up, but the fact of the matter is Hayward was WIDE the F open and threw up (basically) an airball from 8 feet.
I litterally think the Jazz are causing me health problems. God, I hate the Lakers.
It’s official: Gordon Hayward SUCKS in crunch time.
I was actually marginally impressed with Hayward’s last shot. One of the young guys is going to need to be “the guy” in the future, and Hayward seems to want to be that.
The shot attempt he got was great, just didn’t drop in. I guess I’m mainly happy with the lack of TOs in the clutch.
Man is Al the most frustrating player to watch or what? When he plays like he did last night, I would prefer him over Millsap. But I feel like this flips every week so maybe we should let them both go.
Btw, not sure if they were limiting Al’s minutes last night, but I felt like Favors/Kanter got more time than they were getting earlier in the year.
Not the end of the world if Jazz miss playoffs.If it would be any other team to get in other than the Fakers though.These two teams are on opposite luck, and bad luck trends. Being in the lottery and having maybe back to back picks might work out. Maybe they can move up.Look at the long term missing the playoffs might be the only thing that gets Corbin fired..
Its not a coincidence that Al had a monster game after sitting on the bench (albeit due to injury) and watching Favors and Kanter play some awesome ball the previous 3 games, and have his spot threatened!
Had Corbin any ball 130 games ago, or even just this year, Corbin could have sacrifice an early game to make a point to Al that if he plays lazy or soft (taking a ton of 15-17ft jump shots) his butt would be benched. So again injuries helped Corbin cuz Al being benched made him see just how good Kanter and Favors are and his spot in jeopardy.
If the Jazz are gonna keep the Fakers out the playoffs, Tinsley and especially Watson (I wouldnt be surprised if he got 20+ minutes tonight) NEVER see playing time the rest of the way. Play FN Burks damn it!
I just dont feel comfortable with Mo, to be honest. I kinda wish he didnt play last 3 games cuz I really felt the Jazz chemistry was feeling good, and Burks Hayward closing games was sick. Oh well. I do misd watching C4 and JYD on the court together. Maybe next year.
I really dont think Hayward likes being on the court with Al, and especially with Al and Mo.
Millsap and Jefferson = 12 rebounds in 51 minutes. Like I said the Bulls beat us by out hustling.
Mo has had 4 turnovers in each game, and 6 assists and 3 assists. Mo is 4/19 (21.1%); 2/5 from 3 (40%).
In this 3 game roadtrip, Burks is 15/25 (60%); 2/3 from 3 (66.6%)! Hes shooting lights out! He had 6 TO against Bucks (zero in 4th quarter, 2 in OT—Burks entered the game at 4:48….in the 3RD!! Thats 22 straight minutes!); zero TO against Cavs, and 1 TO against Bulls. I really hope Corbin doesnt kill this kids confidence hes playing so well lately.