Written by Spencer
| 22 December 2009
Link of the Day -
Holy Sacramento 58-19 run to finish the game lol.
The Jazz played much better than I thought they would last night, but as a fan, moral victories don't mean that much. I want wins and championships.
Hi JJ Reddick nice to meet you. Reddick came of the bench and hit 7-9 shots basically giving Orlando the Victory. Carter didn't seem like he had a good night but he always shows up in the box score. He also went to the line 9 times.
Cj Miles went 5-15 and scored 13 points. I think 15 shots is to many shots, but more importantly than the number of shots, is the type of shots. Over the past eleven games he has only taken 6 free throws but taken 93 shots. Of those 93 shots, 38 (40%) have been from three point line, meaning two out of every five shots is from downtown. I know that he is a jump shooter and pretty solid from downtown but it feels like ( and these stats back it up) that he is falling in love with just chilling outside. If he is going to be the two/three that we want him to be, we need him to get to the free throw line so that opponents have to respect the drive. If not, defenders can crowd him knowing that he won't drive, which will lower his outside shooting percentage. Call me crazy but Miles needs to take it to the hole to improve his outside shooting.
| 12/4 |
Ind |
W 96-87 |
13 |
0-3 |
.000 |
0-2 |
.000 |
0-0 |
-- |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 12/5 |
@Min |
L 108-101 |
19 |
3-10 |
.300 |
0-2 |
.000 |
2-2 |
1.000 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
| 12/7 |
Sas |
W 104-101 |
19 |
4-6 |
.667 |
2-3 |
.667 |
0-0 |
-- |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
10 |
| 12/9 |
@Lal |
L 101-77 |
29 |
6-12 |
.500 |
2-6 |
.333 |
0-0 |
-- |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
14 |
| 12/10 |
Orl |
W 120-111 |
28 |
9-17 |
.529 |
3-7 |
.429 |
1-2 |
.500 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
22 |
| 12/12 |
Lal |
W 102-94 |
21 |
2-5 |
.400 |
1-2 |
.500 |
0-0 |
-- |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
| 12/14 |
Min |
L 110-108 |
0 |
0-0 |
-- |
0-0 |
-- |
0-0 |
-- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 12/16 |
@Njn |
W 108-92 |
9 |
0-2 |
.000 |
0-0 |
-- |
0-0 |
-- |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| 12/18 |
@Atl |
L 96-83 |
17 |
3-7 |
.429 |
0-1 |
.000 |
0-0 |
-- |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
| 12/19 |
@Cha |
W 110-102 |
35 |
8-16 |
.500 |
3-8 |
.375 |
1-2 |
.500 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
20 |
| 12/21 |
@Orl |
L 104-99 |
32 |
5-15 |
.333 |
3-7 |
.429 |
0-0 |
-- |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
13 |
| Numbers for December |
22.2 |
40-93 |
.430 |
14-38 |
.368 |
4-6 |
.667 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
3.1 |
0.4 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
1.2 |
9.8 |
| |
MIN |
FG |
PCT |
3P |
PCT |
FT |
PCT |
STL |
BLK |
TO |
PF |
OFF |
DEF |
TOT |
AST |
PTS |
| Totals |
191 |
35-78 |
.449 |
11-31 |
.355 |
4-6 |
.667 |
9 |
4 |
13 |
27 |
4 |
16 |
20 |
11 |
85 |
Millsap played really really well tonight and had a
facial on Howard. This leads me to ask, should, or is it time to start Millsap and Boozer and bring Memo of the bench. Slide Boozer to the five and put Millsap at the four and rotate AK for Sap and Memo for Boozer. It is obvious that Memo is struggling over the past month which is so frustrating because he started the season on fire. I don't know if this will solve his problem but Millsap showed last year that he could start.
Three point shooting- Where is the Locke calculator when you need it. Jazz went 7-18 from downtown and I stand by the belief that the Jazz will have a very hard time winning if they shoot more than 12 three pointers. Our team is not made to shoot that many and our defense is not good enough to defend the 6-8 long rebounds a game that come from the long ball.
Random thoughts.
We shot 23 more shots than Orlando last night, yup, 23 ridiculous, but they made more free throws (31) than we took (27).
It looks like the best way for the Utah Jazz to win is to make sure Boozer gets 20 plus points. The Jazz are now 14 and 4 (with this loss) when Boozer scores more than 20 points. And they are 11-2 when he has 20 and 10.
What the Hell is up with New York Knicks, I don't even like updating their pick anymore, cause they are winning and we will probably not even get a top ten pick. I will though for the fans.
