Behind 10 assists from Jordan Clarkson and the smooth play of Keyonte George, the Utah Jazz got a nice win over the New Orleans Pelicans and Zion Williamson. Walker Kessler looks back to form and Simone Fontecchio is starting to turn into something nice for Utah.
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17 Comments
Glad you feel better
I’ve been telling folks if sexton, tht, or clarkson move the ball without playing selfishly we can actually beat teams
I feel like this learning progress should be something Jc thinks every night
He did great without coach or fans having to blame him m
We’ve just seen our future star rose from the ceiling today. He drove in with confidence and love for the game
It was a beauty to watch
Clutch win
You are absolutely right about markkanen
You can rewatch the whole game. They don’t post it until an hour after the game.
The way you talk about Zion Williamson I would not be surprised if you asked him out on a date.
Get well soon James! Was at the game n it was AWESOME! You're post games r the best
😂 the lamanite ward
we were lucky with this win. Pelicns shoot with +50%, Clarkson plays just bad, his def rating for this game was 130, and he shoot with 25 %.. we should always pair KG with a defensive-oriented SG, either Agbaji or Dunn.
very good take about Lauri
I think a pelicans YouTuber must’ve poisoned James’ pizza
I dont think Lauris passing is the biggest problem.
He plays a lot off the ball and usually he is the outlet. Spot up shooting or driving to rim.
Went through a few play by play highlights off him and those highlights are short!
If Lauri handles the ball for 5 minutes a game, I think its more of a problem that the game doesnt go more through him. Of course there might be many reasons to this, one being that if Lauri is not in a finishing position his passing could be a culprit. Though it seem more that in those situation he just hands the ball to the closes team mate which delivers it to a PG.
Opponents arent even 2 teaming him, because he is off the ball!
Still, maybe a good comparison would be Antetokoumpo who seems to average 4-5 assists. The difference being that Lauri uses more threes, which could have been assists for Giannis.
Jazz plus has full replays. They come out later
Lauri is still a good passer, even If he is not earning assist points. He's a team player. Lauri is a scorer who don't throw The ball away with blind shots.
The problem is overusage of Lauri. Needs to reduced his minutes upon his return cuz he's not a system player, he's like Porzingis type of player, he just plays for himself and doesn't care about others. More Fonteccio, Yurtseven less Lauri
Good to see JC with 10 assists, but I almost lost it when he waived off Keyonte and tried to go 1 v 1 to close at the end and jacked up a contested shot. I thought he had cost them the W.
when jazz loses jc,tht usually has like 10-15 total turnovers might be slightly bigger problem than markkanen
Lauri is not the problem but Utah must find better ways to use his strengths. When you are up against the best you need effective players
Feel better. Thanks for the analysis.