Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday 7pm MT

[dhopisthename]

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Utah Jazz (1-3) @ Los Angeles Lakers(1-3)

Date: Wednesday, 7th November, 2012
Time: 7:00 MT
Location: Energy solutions arena

[chipurmunki]

watching this one. i like the hustle, but something that stands out is jazz lack of diving for loose balls. ty is undoubtedly hammering at them about it now between periods. also, we watch them shoot. we'd hound them pretty well, then let them pull up and sit back and break out the popcorn. but i like our movement, favors is athletic as hell against their bigs, and kanter hit a mid-ranger. over all good enough for 8 pt lead, but kobe isn't out of facilitator mode so we need to kick it into gear.

[draino]

Kanter makes our team so much better in pick and roll defense

[draino]

favors was so close to rejecting howard

[draino]

god I love Favors, Kanter and Favors are going to be so sick if they can get the time.

[draino]

this sucks i am having to talk trash in the lakers forum because it is so dead in here

[draino]

kobe is a one man show

[draino]

91 - 84 about 25 seconds to go

[chipurmunki]

great game. definitely one we needed. foye was killer, missed a couple 3s, stuck with it, and drained 3 in a row to seal the deal. favors on fire, gasol didn't show, mo finding everyone, uncontested shots in the paint...

i love it, fakers wilt when one of their players goes down.

[draino]

BOOM

Victory!

[chipurmunki]

foye: "the solutions is a lot louder than the staples center." love it. also love his chest bump to corbin, who backpedaled and gave a wilting stare like, 'i'm a suit, man,' then showed some love with a butt-pat. great repoire and comaraderie.

HAYWARD!!!!! 2 steals, 2 blocks, one on a 2-on-1 break-away. great stuff.

[futureman]

This was expected seeing as how we have a much better bench than the lakers do.

[dhopisthename]

plus dwight looks pretty meh, gasol just doesn't get touches, and kobe has a foot injury so it would have been embarrassing to lose last night

[HotRodsHair]

I'm not ready to put the Lakers down too much just yet. I've seen the Jazz take time getting an overturned roster to play together, and I know from experience the difference in flow if you are missing a true PG. If they get it clicking, it will be really hard to keep them from scoring at the end of a big game such as a playoff series.

That said, I loved the fire against them and the frustration that was so evident on Kobe. Last night's game reminded me a bit of our playoff series' against Houston a while back because we put pressure on Kobe to wear him down ala T-Mac. When the going gets tough Kobe is the one guy the rest of the Laker squad sheepishly hands the ball to before they hide in a corner and watch.

Love the young bigs. Man, Kanter is showing flashes that I love. Where the heck did he get that reliable 18 footer?

[HotRodsHair]

By the way, nothing better than sending home a very loud minority of Laker fans who had to suck up one more defeat after all their hot air.