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It describes a mindset of fluidity as opposed to rigidity. “You take what the defense gives you.” It’s rung in my ears since it was said in the Game 4 postgame interview given by Jazz head coach Quin Snyder. I suspect many thought too highly of this group to want to have the lasting conversation about them be a question you might hear a toddler ask “Why?” The hike to the top of Utah’s peaks makes the heart wrenching ways in which they were upended all the more sour, I guess. Better yet, they responded with a tasteful and smug ‘Aight.’
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It was fun, too! Utah was the talk of the league, and even if some of that talk was skepticism, Jazz fans were treated with seeing whoever suited up prove the doubters wrong. Even better, the Jazz set records consistently: 154 points in a night, 17 three pointers in a half, three consecutive games with 20 or more three pointers.
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#RUDY GAY KINGS 2016 SERIES#
Things were worse in 2022, where they blew 16 double-digit leads on the way to losses and didn’t even have a winning record after New Year’s.ĭon’t get me wrong, there were flares of brilliance over this 3-year span: two 50-point games in a playoff series for Donovan Mitchell, an incredible 20-1 stretch over the course of a month and a half, a third DPOY for Rudy Gobert. It doesn’t stop there: Utah had a historically good point differential in 2021, but still didn’t reach a 60-win pace because they dropped games like candy getting swept by the 23-win Timberwolves and losing two of those back-to-back, blowing important seeding games to Phoenix, trudging through the mud against the Lakers without Anthony Davis or LeBron James. The Clippers and Mavericks were without Kawhi Leonard and Luka Doncic in five of those games, and Utah lost four of them. In the span of three years, the Jazz blew a 3-1 series lead against Denver, a 2-0 series lead against the LA Clippers, and needed nothing short of a miracle to win game 4 against Dallas and lose “just” four of their last five appearances in this year’s playoffs. The shooting woes are, of course, just the tip of the iceberg for frustrated Utah fans. Just three years later, Utah would find themselves shooting 27% on 179 attempts against the Dallas Mavericks in a postseason that lasted just one game longer than the 2019 failure the prompted a fairly major reconstruction. Fans were hopeful that an influx of offensive talent would help them avoid another series with horrific 26% shooting on 179 three-point attempts. It’s been a rough three years for Jazz fans since a roster remodel that followed up a 2019 playoff defeat to the Houston Rockets. A systematic failure proves the downfall of the strongest contenders.
#RUDY GAY KINGS 2016 HOW TO#
Game plans are built with individual intricacies to each potential counter, planning ahead for how to beat your opponent’s next move. The NBA Playoffs are a larger battle of wits. If a style of play is working consistently to create good looks, you continue with the favorable play until your opponent sells out with a more susceptible counter. NBA basketball is like a chess match: Team A chooses a plan of attack, Team B counters, Team A follows with a new plan of attack, and Team B counters again. We’ve all heard the mantra: you take what the defense gives you. The Suns season continues on while the Utah Jazz deal with disappointment again.