Jazz vs Blazers

FINAL

POR
UTA

19	17	25	16	77
26	25	22	13	86

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS (23-23)
FIELD GOALSREBOUNDS
	POS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	+/-	OFF	DEF	TOT	AST	PF	ST	TO	BS	BA	PTS
N. Batum	F-G	38:11	2-7	1-1	0-0	-10	2	4	6	3	3	2	3	3	2	5
L. Aldridge	F	36:53	6-17	0-0	4-7	-3	5	5	10	4	3	0	1	1	2	16
J.J. Hickson	C-F	26:33	4-6	0-0	3-4	-5	1	5	6	0	2	1	4	1	1	11
W. Matthews	G	26:54	3-8	1-4	2-2	-12	0	3	3	0	2	1	2	2	0	9
D. Lillard	G	41:47	10-23	3-8	3-3	-3	0	3	3	5	1	0	4	1	1	26
M. Leonard		05:38	0-1	0-0	0-0	-8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
J. Jeffries		03:55	0-2	0-0	0-0	-9	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
W. Barton		06:05	1-2	0-0	0-0	-2	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
L. Babbitt		21:05	2-6	2-4	0-0	+4	0	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	6
R. Price		14:32	1-4	0-1	0-0	-1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
V. Claver		17:15	0-2	0-2	0-0	+4	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
N. Smith		01:12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
S. Pavlovic	DNP - COACH'S DECISION
Totals		240	29-79	7-20	12-16		12	28	40	15	22	6	15	8	7	77
			36.7%	35.0%	75.0%		TEAM REBS: 6			TOTAL TO: 15

UTAH JAZZ (26-21)
FIELD GOALSREBOUNDS
	POS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	+/-	OFF	DEF	TOT	AST	PF	ST	TO	BS	BA	PTS
Ma. Williams	F	26:45	4-6	0-1	0-0	+11	0	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
P. Millsap	F	29:27	6-12	0-0	3-3	+5	1	1	2	0	4	1	1	2	3	15
A. Jefferson	C	36:55	10-22	0-0	1-1	+8	3	7	10	2	2	1	1	2	0	21
R. Foye	G	35:38	4-17	3-11	3-4	+9	0	7	7	3	3	1	2	0	3	14
J. Tinsley	G	16:18	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
E. Watson		22:19	1-1	1-1	0-0	+3	0	4	4	7	2	1	2	0	0	3
D. Favors		23:28	3-9	0-1	1-3	+3	2	10	12	1	3	1	1	1	1	7
A. Burks		21:22	1-4	0-1	0-0	+5	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
D. Carroll		21:15	5-8	0-0	3-4	-2	2	0	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	13
E. Kanter		05:47	1-2	0-0	1-2	+4	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	3
K. Murphy		00:23	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
J. Evans		00:23	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
G. Hayward	DND - RIGHT SHOULDER SPRAIN
Totals		240	35-81	4-15	12-17		9	38	47	19	21	7	13	7	8	86
			43.2%	26.7%	70.6%		TEAM REBS: 12			TOTAL TO: 13

INACTIVE

• Trail Blazers: Freeland, Williams
• Jazz: Bell, Williams

TECHNICAL FOULS

• Trail Blazers: --
• Jazz: --

SCORING

• Lead Changes: 3
• Times Tied: 3

ARENA STATS

• Arena: EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT
• Officials: #14 Ed Malloy, #30 John Goble, #52 Scott Twardoski
• Attendance: 19512
• Duration: 2:06

Lakers Game is upon us!

Tomorrow is the Jazz vs Lakers Game, as we all know. I for one have gotten more excited than any game all season.

To get you guys as excited as I am:

Key points:

The Point Guards:

Jamaal Tinsley

Steve Nash

I'm sorry Jazz nation but there is no question here, Nash will pass, score, drive, and run over the Old Jamaal.

The Shooting Guards:

Gordon Hayward, Randy Foye, Alec Burks

Kobe Bryant

While the Jazz might be able to score from the three with Foye and Hayward, while Burks will drive, I can't see us beating Kobe up, but we might just be able to play good d on Kobe. They have in the past 4 games.

The Small Forwards:

Marvin Williams, Demarre Carroll

Metta World Peace, Antwan Jameson

This is the position of want it, or lose it, whoever plays more like they want it will win the game, and I am excited to see these match-ups.

The Power Forward:

Paul Millsap, Derrick Favors

Pau Gasol

While Pau CAN play like a beast, Paul and Derrick easily win this matchup, Favors is too rough for Pau to even get the ball, and Millsap will beat him every offensive possession and Pau will be extremly run over by the end of this game.

The Centers:

Al Jefferson, Enes Kanter

Dwight Howard, Jordan Hill

Al Jefferson vs Dwight Howard in the low post [On the Jazz's end] will be very fun to watch. Al Jefferson on Offense is probably the best in the league while Dwight is probably the best Center on Defense. Enes Kanter should dominate Jordan Hill anywhere on the court.

The Starters:

Jazz: 7 Lakers: 9

The Bench

Jazz: 10 Lakers: 6

Overall I think our bench will power through and win us the game in a tight match, that Kobe keeps alive for the Lakers. But the Lakers will prevail in the final minutes to lose a close one and get swept in the season series, which would be the first time in Utah Jazz history, and make our winning streak against LA 5 straight.

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VIDEO: Jazz vs Lakers PROMO

Are the Jazz a top ten team?

I group teams into categories three of them are; Super Teams, A ton of talent but don't play like a Super Team, and Very Good teams


The Super teams:

Celtics
Heat
Lakers
Thunder
Spurs

A ton of talent but don't play like a super team:
clips
knicks
nets

Very good teams
grizzlies
nuggets
pacers

I wanted to see if the Jazz fell in there so I figured out.

Utah’s record vs “Super teams, Very Good teams, and ton of talent but don’t play like a super team”
Big wins are separated from the rest

UTA vs MIA W 99-98

UTA vs OKC W 97-90

UTA vs OKC L 87-101
UTA @ OKC L 85-111
UTA @ BOS L 82-94

UTA @ LAL W 103-99

UTA vs LAL W 96-87
UTA vs LAL L 87-90 (OT)
UTA @ LAL L 71-96
UTA @ SAS L 104-114
UTA vs SAS L 102-106
UTA vs SAS W 91-84
UTA @ SAS L 89-104
UTA vs DEN W 121-102
UTA @ DEN W 106-96
UTA @ DEN L 100-117
UTA vs LAC W 108-79
UTA vs LAC L 105-107
UTA @ LAC L 96-105
UTA @ NJN W 105-84
UTA vs NJN W 107-94
UTA @ NYK L 88-99

UTA @ MEM W 98-88

UTA @ MEM L 98-103
UTA vs MEM W 94-85
UTA @ IND L 99-104

Interesting stats:

• The Jazz played 26 games and won 12 of them (46 %)
• They Played 12 of those at home and won 8 of them (66.67%)
• They Played 14 on the road and only won 4 (28.5%) -Not bad though considering these are the best 10 teams
• Their record against the finalists(OKC and MIAMI) was 2-2 with 2 on the road
• They won the Memphis, Miami, Denver, and Brooklyn series and tied the Lakers series
• They lost the Pacers, Thunder, Spurs, Celtics, and Knicks series
• They lost 50% of these games by less than ten points.  That means half of their losses could have gone either way too, they could have very well have won 73% of their games vs these Big Boys

Contenders for 4th position? I think so.

I think the Jazz are going to be a threat for the 4th seed in the west for a few reasons,


They had 3 weaknesses last year: 3 point shooting, Defense, and fouling. And have adressed each one of them.


3 point shooting:
The Jazz last year did not have any 3 point shooters at all. literally. They had 0 people in the top 75 in three shooting last year and with the pickups of Mo Williams, Randy Foye, and Marvin Williams they have three in the top 45. They also will have the young guys stepping up (Hayward and Burks). With consistent threats on the outside and Post the Jazz will continue to be one of the best offensive threats in the league.

Defense
All three additions for the Jazz have been defensive upgrades for who they are replacing. And with Favors development we will jump “high to the sky”

Fouling
Ever hear the phrase “addition from subtraction”? Well that is true here, The Jazz traded Devin Harris who was fouling a whopping 3.5 times a game. That’s the highest on last years team by 0.7 fouls! The Jazz management is also going to try to address this problem during training camp.

The Jazz will also get much better on offense while Favors and the young guys game progress.  This team is ready for a big leap this year.

Lets Talk Stats!

I recently read a comment on a website that I thought you guys would like:

“Let me help you guys jump on the Hayward bandwagon
I was putting in some stats into basketball reference, and what I found was really interesting
I put in:
Players who were between 6′4 and 6′11
players who scored 16 or more a game
Players who had 4 or more rebounds a game
players who had 3 or more assists a game.
Players who shot at least four FT’s a game.
Players who shot at least 37% from behind the line (Gordon shot 42% post all star game)
Now just a to reiterate, This is what Gordon Hayward did after the all star break. This is when we saw him make “the jump”, and I think this is what he’ll be able to sustain throughout his career.
You know what other players had at least these numbers?
James Harden
Kevin Durant
Joe Johnson
If you take out the 3pt%, (allowing for worse 3pt shooting to be considered), the players you get are:
Harden, Durant, Joe Johnson, Griffin, Wade, Pierce, Josh Smith, Lebron James, Carmelo, Kobe, John Wall, Tyreke Evans.
Now I know that these others players also excelled at other parts of the game or did better at these stats, but this is still a pretty awesome list. I think if Hayward sustains the play he had last season (and most likely getting a few more ppg, my guess is 18 or so), he’ll be a top 25 player in the NBA, as his defense is already pretty good.”

I read this and wanted to do more than just Hayward.

I decided to do Favors first:

When I watch Favors play I see a TON of potential and when I compare his stats to others I see the same thing. I wanted to see every player in history that was 20 or younger, in their second season, and the method of per 36 minutes averaged: 1.7 blocks, .495 fg%, 14.9 points, and 1 steal. These were the Names that showed up:
Andrew Bynum
Dwight Howard
Eddy Curry
Tyson Chandler
Kevin Garnett
Andris Biedrins
Jackie Butler
Robert Swift
Olumide Oyedeji
These are very good players and an even better stat is that when I sorted these players by Block % Favors showed up at 5 ahead of Biedris, Jackie Butler, Howard, Curry, and Oyedeji. And so indeed, the future is bright for Favs!

Next was Burks:

I love Burks, He is just a Workhorse, I decided to do in rookie season; from age 18 to 21; played G or G-F; requiring Free Throw Pct greater than or equal to  .725 and Field Goal Pct greater than or equal to .425 and Points greater than or equal to 16.3 and Total Rebounds greater than or equal to 5.1.
The players that showed up were good but there were too many no names; namely:
Rashad McCants
Ron Mercer
Harold Miner
But the good players in the Pack were:
Ray Allen
Micheal JordanMagic JohnsonChris Paul
Derrick Rose
Clyde Drexler
These players can play and although you can’t judge a career off of one season, he looks like he has a great future

And Last Enes Kanter:

I put in: The players had to be in their rookie season; age 19 or younger; 6-9 or taller; requiring Total Rebounds over 11.4 and Points over 12.4 and Blocks over 0.8 and Field Goal Pct over .495
The only players to average these numbers before were:
Dwight HowardDarius MilesDerrick Favors*******Tyson ChandlerEddy CurryKosta KufosAndris BiedrinsKendrick PerkinsThat is a strong group and the Jazz’s future frontcourt is in it.

**********So in short:**********

Player Comparisions:
Hayward: James Harden
Favors: Dwight Howard
Burks: Chris Paul
Kanter: Tyson Chandler
Our Future Is Bright

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