Here are three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 94-92 loss to the Golden State Warriors from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, left, drives to the basket against Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022. Three thoughts on the Utah Jazz’s 94-92 loss to the Golden State Warriors from Salt Lake Tribune Jazz beat writer Andy Larsen.Between the 8:45 mark and the 32 second mark of the fourth quarter, the Jazz only scored 3 points.
Second, without Mitchell, and without Gobert for the final 2:30, the Jazz just didn’t have anyone who can beat a mismatch. This play is after the Jazz forcing switches to get the matchups they wanted: who would you have preferred attack here? The Jazz also tried posting up both Bogdanovic and Rudy Gay, and neither worked — the Warriors just collapsed, forced kickouts to Ingles, O’Neale, and Forrest, and those guys have slow trigger fingers against fast, athletic closeouts.
But something like this is a lot better: Forrest — who, again, was great defensively — stays in front, Clarkson wildly closes out, and Gobert deals with the stuff in the paint, then everyone crashes the glass. There’s real effort and determination here. He’s so efficient — he has the floater and the pull-up, obviously, but he also has the ability to unlock Rudy Gobert’s interior efficient scoring in a way that the other Jazz ballhandlers just don’t. He’s gone from not knowing how to throw a lob pass to being Utah’s best lob passer in the course of 2.5 years, and the floater is a nice tool, too.
I want to be very clear: the Jazz should not trade Mike Conley. They would immediately become so much worse. Mike Conley for Marcus Smart, or whatever, does not make the Jazz better.His usage is shrinking: it’s gone from 23% last year to 20% this year. He’s down to taking only 7% of his shots around the rim. And in this stretch, without Mitchell, he’s yet to eclipse taking 12 shots in a game. It’s not from setting up his teammates so much, either: he also hasn’t eclipsed four assists in a game.
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