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    http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5169326...ag-how-do-they

    The Jazz have to shoot well. They have to play offense well. They have to defend well. They have to coach well.
    They have to show up to play which only happened once.

    Gordon Hayward has to be a central figure. Rudy Gobert has to play well against DeAndre Jordan. George Hill has to at least slow down Chris Paul. Quin Snyder has to outcoach Doc Rivers.
    Hill has to play like he did early in the year. I don't Hayward having a big series. Rudy will hold his own. Out coaching Doc shouldn't be that tough but we'll see.

    What you typically see in a playoff series is teams going with their regular-season rotations then making adjustments as needed.
    And that's one difference between Snyder and Sloan. He will try new things. Rather they are the right things remains to be seen

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    http://www.nba.com/article/2017/04/1...s-vs-utah-jazz

    Can Gordon Hayward force the Clippers to make constant adjustments? In three games against the Clippers (he missed one with injury) this season, Hayward was dangerous in only one (a 27-point effort in a 114-108 win in March 13). The Clippers don’t offer a strong, athletic swingman to put him on lockdown. Utah will require Hayward to score either at his average or beyond to give coach Doc Rivers some headaches. Otherwise it could be a short series.
    says it all

    Can George Hill keep his dream season going? Anyone who thought Hill would be this impactful on the Jazz was perhaps kidding himself. And yet Hill’s first season in Utah ranks as one of the season's bigger surprises. With the Jazz hurting for clever and steady point guard play since Deron Williams left, Hill came and stabilized the position. But now, Paul looms.
    I think it's about what could have been hoped for in terms of pure numbers. The numbers he put up pre toe problems couldn't have been hoped for though nor the injuries.

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    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1...er-rudy-gobert


    When I watch DeAndre, I watch the way he sets screens. This summer, I wanted to be one of the best screeners in the game, and you study and take things from these players.
    thanks DeAndre!


    What do you think when you hear your general manager Dennis Lindsey say that they want you to be the Utah Jazz's version of Bill Russell?

    Gobert: That means that they want to win games. Bill Russell is one of the greatest players of all time. I've never been a big fan of comparisons. It's a totally different era, a different time, but he's a guy that won 11 championships. I wouldn't be mad if that happens to me.
    Rudy!




    ESPN.com: Are you convinced that you can win a championship with Gordon Hayward as your go-to guy and the core that you have in place?

    Gobert: I'm convinced that we can win a championship as a team, yeah. It's not about who the go-to guy is. Gordon is a big part of our team.
    Love the guy. All about team and wins!

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    http://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nb...s-jazz-series/

    The funny and frustrating thing about Utah is it is the most effective transition team in the league. Per Synergy Sports, it averages 1.217 points per possession in transition. It also only used 9 percent of its possessions that way, which is less than every team in the NBA aside from the extremely deliberate Dallas Mavericks (8.8 percent). As a point of reference, the Warriors finished second at 1.207 PPP, but they were in transition a league-high 18.5 percent of the time.
    run more?

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    [QUOTE]Tim MacMahon: Backup PG Raul Neto (out, left ankle sprain) is the only player on the Jazz injury report entering their series against the Clippers.

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    Marc Stein: NBA dunk leaders for the season that just finished: DeAndre Jordan 253; Rudy Gobert 235; Dwight Howard 199; Giannis Antetokounmpo 199

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    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...n-matchup.html

    [QUOTE]Utah's litany of injury woes forced Snyder to juggle his lineup on an almost daily basis.

    But that may have actually been a blessing in disguise to the Jazz because the absence of Favors, Hill and Hood, among others, for long stretches of time allowed guys who were expected to primarily come in off the bench

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    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...f-newbies.html

    I wouldn't expect much from Diaw. Hopefully a few solid minutes each half anyway. Hill has to be huge and Johnson has to play a big role as well.

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    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...a-problem.html

    "When you play in the playoffs and the game slows down just a tad, it makes a great defensive team even greater," Rivers said. "That poses a problem for anybody."
    The question is can it get any slower for the Jazz than it already has been? Could be a good or bad thing for the Jazz. We'll soon see

    The Clippers plan to concentrate their defensive focus on point guard George Hill and 7-foot-1 center Rudy Gobert.
    Good plan. Not even worried about Hayward!

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    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...something.html

    [QUOTE]the franchise proactively traded away Deron Williams, not knowing if he'd stay in free agency, following Jerry Sloan

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    http://www.sltrib.com/sports/5169668...-status-clouds

    General manager Dennis Lindsey will have to deal with the possibility of losing forward Gordon Hayward and point guard George Hill from the roster he has constructed.
    Ingles has to be mentioned too!

    Boston also would be appealing to Hayward, for multiple reasons. The Celtics' Brad Stevens coached him for two years at Butler University, where they established close ties. Boston also is in the Eastern Conference, with less competition to reach the NBA Finals than in the West.
    And they will spend money. They have more young talent and more on the way. I wouldn't blame him for leaving

    The Jazz acquired Hill last summer to upgrade themselves at point and would have to retool the position if he departs. They may choose to do something before free agency begins July 1, such as trading for another point guard around the time of the NBA draft in late June.
    Just a guess or have you heard something? I hope they do something with what cap space they will have left after they give everyone on the team a raise for not paying the minimum cap amount so I can stop being pissed off about it. Hill will be hard to replace. He fits perfectly

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    http://www.ksl.com/?sid=43871509&nid...d-the-clippers

    [QUOTE]Andy Larsen: One exercise I tried in an attempt to figure this out was rank the players from best to worst in the series, from 1 to 20, based on current form. Here

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    http://www.ksl.com/?sid=43873786&nid...-small-forward

    Of all five positions, this is where the Jazz find themselves with a clear advantage: All-Star Gordon Hayward against the Clippers' rotating cast of small forward options, all of which aren't starting caliber, and most of which aren't even bench caliber.
    And yet they have shut Hayward down in all but one game.

    Paul Pierce is now old, your dad on a basketball floor. He can't defend anymore, he can't create separation for his own shot anymore, and he's not such a good catch-and-shoot guy that it makes sense to keep him on the floor. That's why he's only played in 25 games all year long.
    They're saving him for now. Wouldn't be surprised to see him do something

    That leaves Luc Mbah a Moute, who has started 76 games at the small forward spot for the Clippers. He actually has been a key to the dominant Clippers starting lineup, for two reasons: stellar wing defense and better-than-expected shooting. That starting lineup has played 871 minutes this season, and outscores opponents by 15.1 points per 100 possessions. It's the key to the Clippers' success.

    And it's the defense that Mbah a Moute provides that has bothered Utah the most. Gordon Hayward had one great game against the Clippers this year, and it's no coincidence that it was the matchup in which Mbah a Moute found himself in foul trouble early. Hayward finished with 27 points on 9-18 shooting. Again, no coincidence: that's the only game the Jazz won against the Clippers in the regular season.

    In the other two games (Hayward missed October's game due to a broken finger), Hayward scored only 10 points per game and shot just 25 percent from the field. It's entirely due to Mbah a Moute. In those three games, when he's on the court, Hayward shot 32 percent from the floor, and the Jazz were outscored by 8 points per 100 possessions. When someone else was guarding him, he shot 54.5 percent, and the Jazz outscored the Clippers by 4.3 points per 100 possessions.

    How? Basically, Mbah a Moute's length gives him real problems. Like here, Hayward catches the ball right under the basket. Against most defenders, Hayward would have no problem with going up and scoring here, or at least drawing a foul. But Mbah a Moute just keeps one hand annoyingly vertical, preventing Hayward from doing anything but taking a difficult fallaway, even with that position.
    advantage non all-star

    So, what do the Jazz do? There are a couple of schools of thought here. First, just as they did in Game 3 of the regular season, you could try to get Mbah a Moute in foul trouble early. It might work, just as it did then.
    He doesn't generally get into foul trouble so good luck with that plan! What Hayward does is step up like so called all-stars are supposed to do!

    Another alternative is to use Hayward as a decoy, playing 4-on-4 on offense as Hayward stays in a corner or even further out. You'd have to be very confident in Hill, Hood, Favors (or Johnson), and Gobert to generate good looks, though. They probably can do this approach with Johnson spacing the floor and Hill and Hood at their best. Unfortunately, that's rarely consistently been true.
    That should be the plan. You would hope Hill can take a lot of pressure off of the all-star like he has when healthy.

    If he can cut and finish through contact, work hard on the glass, and set up teammates when the Clippers key on him, he can be Utah's best player. If he's successfully slowed, though, the Jazz's job becomes nearly impossible.
    Wouldn't count on it. They have their hands full in this series

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