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Game 66: Jazz 90, Grizzlies 84
Posted by: TACOREV on March 16th, 2013
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.The Jazz hold on for a much-needed win over Memphis (44-21, 19-13 away).
Hayward started for the first time in a while and led the Jazz with 17 & 8, including a couple huge 3-pointers late in the game to keep Utah ahead. Jefferson scored 14 (on 16 shots), Millsap finished with 13 & 8, Mo put in 13 & 6, and Favors went for 10 & 6.
The Grizzlies were led by Jarryd Bayless’ 24 points and Zack “Eddie Winslow” Randolph’s 19 & 9. Mike Conley scored 13 and Marc Gasol added 11 & 6.
Great game from Hayward, as well as Favors. How about that play where Derrick took the ball at the 3-point line, crossed over, spun, and went all the way to the rack for the score? It was a thing of beauty. Seriously, that was like a Dwyane Wade-type move.
Memphis did its best “Utah Jazz third quarter” impression, as the Jazz won the period 24-9.
Only nine minutes for Burks, and 12 for Watson? Earl was getting absolutely destroyed by Bayless and was as worthless as ever.
Carroll goes from starting to getting DNP-ed tonight. Hmmm…
Memphis was playing its fourth road game in five nights, but still put up a good fight.
Good win for the Jazz, who now improve to 34-32, just a half game behind the Hated Lakers for the No. 8 spot in the West.
Up next, we have a chance to get back at the Knicks (38-25) when they come to town Monday night.
Jazz player of the game: Gordon Hayward
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taco you shouldn’t forget Kanters spin move. Good result with some good play but if Millsap and Jefferson play that many minutes against Duncan and Dirk the Jazz haven’t got a prayer on the Texas trip. They were bystanders at times in their man defence.
What the hell was gasol’s foul with his boot?
What happened to Al the game closer with his two free throws?
LMAO isn’t that the dude from Family Matters?
Personally I thought that the defense was great most of the night . This is a good Memphis team , that plays great defense too . I am also impressed with the effort that Jefferson put into the game tonight , probably one of his best in a Jazz uni .
Now dont get me wrong there were elapse at times , but I think that this is the kind of team effort that we all wanted from them right ? Not the one that we seen in our last game with OKC ?
@ disco sorry but I have to say this . Yes Al did miss those 2 ft attempts , but lets not forget that others missed some too like Hayward and Milsap .
@ Taco I was wonderin why I never seen DMC play to , is he injured or did he do somethin that warrented the DNP ?
Anyway I loved the effort i saw out there tonight , wish we could see that more in our road games , not just at home .
This was a great win. A very needed win if theres any sort of hope of making the playoffs. If you think of the season like a game, the 10 games after the AllStar break was like the third quarter. Which according to Jazz custom, we completely blew. Now the game is tight heading down to the end.
It doesn’t matter all that much, but if it came down to it and I was honest with myself, I’d rather keep Lakers or Houston or GS out of it and have the Jazz in. Hey if we win just ONE playoff game that would be progress right?
Step in the right direction. Does not matter it was a back to back for the Griz they are pros like any other team. Heyward should be a starter for good now. Griz a a very good team. I think they came out in the plus on the Gay trade.
If anyone can figure out Corbins rotataions good luck. JYD should have got at least 8-10 minutes. Win, lose, or craw Ty feels like he has to play a backup point guard. one of Tinsley/Watson needs to be on inactive and the other sit on the bench “just in case.” Are they just going to look at Leslie in practice only?? He could not have done any worse than Watson. Let Murph spend some more time in the D- league.
During the 2nd quarter Al Jefferson played the best defense he’s ever played in his entire career.
It’s amazing how the crowd reacted. The Jazz received multiple standing ovations for their defense. This shows that the fans just want to see some legitimate effort. Hopefully they will remember the feeling of the crowd applauding sheer defensive effort.
I mean Al Jefferson hounded Marc Gasol and even dove on the floor for a loose ball. This is the first time in a Jazz jersey that Jefferson has ever done that.
Our defense started slipping in the 4th quarter. It is not a coincidence that our team sucked for the entire 12 minutes Earl Watson was in the game.
Huge game for Favors. The impact he had on the game cannot be stated enough. Similarly, Enes Kanter helped get the Grizzlies in foul trouble by drawing multiple offensive fouls.
Millsap also had a big 3rd and 4th quarter, playing better than Jefferson in the second half.
Mo Williams has obviously been told he needs to pass the ball during crunch time, and he did. He’s a much better player when he’s looking to distribute.
All around fantastic game, even though the refs tried repeatedly to give it to the Grizzlies. There were 4 uncalled back to back fouls in the 4th quarter (including the no-call technical or flagrant 1 on the Gasol shoe attack).
Go Jazz. Time for some revenge against the Knicks. And please, Corbin, for the love of God, DO NOT PLAY EARL WATSON.
The huge difference down the stretch was having….drum roll….Favors to close the game?!—-Sure took Corbin long enough to figure that out! I don’t have time, but I would be interesting to see how many non-blowout games Jazz have lost when Favors closes the 4th quarter. Favors is a defensive ace, and paint protector. But still Corbin only did that cuz Grizzlies don’t have the personnel to exploit Sap at the 3. So will Corbin bench Al or Sap to make sure Favors closes the game against teams that have quick SFs that can’t guard? Will have to see.
Had the Jazz not fallen apart after All-Star break, a matchup with the Grizzlies would have been ideal. What kills the Jazz are long athletic front courts, teams that shoot well, especially from 3, and speed and quickness in the backcourt. That’s why Bayless had the best game, cuz he does have speed and quickness as a backcourt player. Grizzlies are 26th in scoring offense, so the Jazz weaknesses are what the Grizzlies do not have the personnel to exploit, which is why Jazz vs. Grizzlies are usually a close game.
So Corbin can get away with playing a scrub like Watson, and Al and Sap are not taken advantage by quicker more athletic frontcourt players, and quicker and speedy guards. Which the next three teams, and have good to high quality personnel to do so.
Al will always take a ton of shots, and against good defensive frontcourt players, he will shoot badly. Any team Jazz face in the playoffs will have that, so I look for Al to be a weak spot comes playoffs, if there are playoffs.
Carroll moved from starter to DNPed—-thats just Corbin being Corbin. We all are worried about C4 leaving in a couple of years, well I don’t see why Carroll would even want to stay and play for Corbin, so I appreciate all the hard work you have given us JYD, good luck with your next team next year!