Jazz at Dallas

[Xiao Yao You]

The team that beat you last year wasn’t a worry before the trades. Got it champ.

Denver didn't play D. Jazz do. They didn't last year. No bubble. Things are a bit different this year if you hadn't
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Aaron won't be getting those against the Jazz. Ingles will play more in the playoffs hopefully. Everyone cooks Bojan and Mitchell

aaron will when jokic dominates gobert in the high post. gobert either lets jokic get free jumpers(which he shoots over 50% from) or concedes those cuts to aaron, barton, porter etc. Jokic also dominates gobert in the low post because he's so strong and is so good making passes to cutters out of nowhere. there's no evidence past 2 years gobert can defend jokic well. 26/8/5 on 62ts% in the playoffs last year was a "down performance" for jokic compared to the 5 RS games from past 2 years. Add on he doesnt matchup great with murray because he's such a good shooter in the pnr who really is playing like an all star now. I like ingles defense but again porter likely does well vs him, he's just too big and athletic. Porter's offensive rebounding even adds some overlooked value

To respond to your other response to RRR3 denver has been defending since they moved porter to the 4 and millsap out of the starting lineup and even more so with gordon. They're up to league average in defense now after being bottom ten most of the year. According to lowe, the first 3 games the jokic/porter/gordon/barton/murray lineup had a net rtg of like 60 lol. Denver fans didnt actually believe they could make the Finals last year, they definitely do this year. Utah can win but they'll just have to shoot pretty well and/or mitchell dominates like he did in the bubble

[Xiao Yao You]

aaron will when jokic dominates gobert in the high post. gobert either lets jokic get free jumpers(which he shoots over 50% from) or concedes those cuts to aaron, barton, porter etc. Jokic also dominates gobert in the low post because he's so strong. there's no evidence past 2 years gobert can defend jokic. add on he doesnt matchup great with murray because he's such a good shooter in the pnr. I like ingles defense but again porter likely cooks him, he's just too big.

To respond to your other response to RRR3 denver has been defending since they moved porter to the 4 and millsap out of the starting lineup and even more so with gordon. They're up to league average in defense now after being bottom ten most of the year. According to lowe, the first 3 games the jokic/porter/gordon/barton/murray lineup had a net rtg of like 60 lol. denver fans didnt actually believe they could make the Finals last year, they definitely do this year. Utah can win but they'll just have to shoot pretty well and/or mitchell dominates like he did in the bubble

Those guys have to defend one of the best offenses in the league. Also one of the best defenses.

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Those guys have to defend one of the best offenses in the league. Also one of the best defenses.

utah will likely regress a bit on defense. 3/8 of your rotation arent good defenders in mitchell/bojan/clarkson. Only two elite defenders in gobert/o'neale. It doesnt matter how good gobert is, utah doesnt seem like they can stay top 5 defense for me. Lakers Sixers Knicks Heat Suns and even Bucks to name some teams I think can finish ahead of Utah on defense.

Edit: teams are shooting 34% from 3 vs utah which is 2nd best in league behind NY. That stat is often very luck based as 3ball likes to say, most 3 pointers arent contested so the shots going in or not dont depend that much on what the defender is doing. Utah is the best in the league at limiting 3s too which does show they're a pretty good defense still but there's room for regression.

[Xiao Yao You]

utah will likely regress a bit on defense. 3/8 of your rotation arent good defenders in mitchell/bojan/clarkson. Only two elite defenders in gobert/o'neale. It doesnt matter how good gobert is, utah doesnt seem like they can stay top 5 defense for me. Lakers Sixers Knicks Heat Suns and even Bucks to name some teams I think can finish ahead of Utah on defense.

Conley's been great this year as well. Niang has been a lot better too. But yeah Gobert carries them much to the trolls chagrin

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Conley's been great this year as well. Niang has been a lot better too. But yeah Gobert carries them much to the trolls chagrin

conley and ingles are good but still wouldnt give them any consideration for all-nba defense like o'neale.

[Xiao Yao You]

conley and ingles are good but still wouldnt give them any consideration for all-nba defense like o'neale.

Conley is the difference between a mediocre D last year and one of the best this year. He seemed small and overmatched last year. Not the case this year.