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Game 21 Takeaways

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Jazz fall to Pacers in quick stop at home before another big road trip.

The Utah Jazz played a home game for the first time in awhile Monday, returning to Salt Lake City for a quick layover before embarking on yet another east coast road trip.

Adding insult to injury, the game was the second of a back-to-back. The first, of course, being Sunday night’s victory over the Kings in Sacramento.

Donovan Mitchell sat out his second straight game with a rib contusion, originally suffered during Nov. 13’s road game in Memphis.

Utah fell to Indiana in Indianapolis last week by a large amount, and were hoping to not commit the same mistakes again. Unfortunately, another slow start doomed the Jazz, who fell to 9 – 12 on the season, losing to the Pacers 121 – 98.

Watch the full game highlights below:

Utah Jazz vs Indiana Pacers – Nov. 26, 2018

Game 21 Takeaways

Utah Jazz Finding New Ways to Lose

So, I’ve hammered the whole “slow start” thing pretty much to death throughout the lifetime of this blog. But in my defense, the Jazz have been getting off to some pretty slow starts…

But I digress.

Let’s take a look at how the Utah Jazz started out last night against the Indiana Pacers in Salt Lake City:

Hey… eight points isn’t THAT bad, right?

A little added focus, and we’re right back in this thing…

Okay. Another decent quarter. No worries here.

You do realize I’ve seen Alec Burks score 11 points in like… 90 seconds or something, right?

Yeah, yeah. I get it…

But hey, ANY team can have a tough three quarters.

I bet the Jazz will finish this one out strong and get some momentum for the road… right?

If you zoom in, you can actually see a tiny white flag at the exact point the Jazz gave up.

Utah Jazz Reaching 50 Wins

I predicted pretty early on, in fact it may have even been before the season began, that the Utah Jazz would reach 50 wins this season.

Now that the season is 25% complete, let’s see how obtainable 50 wins will be.

The Utah Jazz currently have a record of 9 wins and 12 losses.

That means that over the final 61 games of the season, the Utah Jazz will have to win 41 games and only lose 20.

As I eyeballed the remaining schedule, I can see a Utah Jazz team ACTUALLY PLAYING WELL winning 36 more games this season.

Here’s my question:

What is the least amount of games the Utah Jazz can win during the regular season and still get a 6 seed or higher in the playoffs?

Will We Survive the Next Month?

Let’s take a look at the Utah Jazz’s next 20 opponents:

Best case scenario is like… 10 – 10 right?

So, what happens if we go say 7 – 13 (which is exactly what happened last season)?

Does the team give up? Do we see a trade take place?

I’M NOT FREAKING OUT YOU’RE FREAKING OUT

Utah Jazz vs Indiana Pacers – Nov. 26, 2018

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Takeaways – Utah Jazz at Indiana Pacers

Road-weary Jazz can’t find the energy to oust Oladipo-less Pacers.

The Utah Jazz played their final game of a tough road trip Monday night, facing off against the Indiana Pacers. This was the first game for the Jazz since they beat Boston for the second time this season.

Prior to the game, it was made known that Indiana star Victor Oladipo would not be playing due to a sore right knee. Tyreke Evans was given the start in his place, and the fresh/energetic Pacers never looked back.

Utah’s dismal, uninspired performance was obvious from the beginning. Utah leaves Indiana with another loss, 121 – 94.

Watch the full game highlights below:

Quick Notes – Utah Jazz at Indiana Pacers

Earth’s Gravity Must Be… Different… This Year

You know how the movie Interstellar explains how gravity affects the speed of time (or something like that… truth is I’m still a little confused)?

That’s what’s happening to the Jazz, right?

Utah got off to yet another slow start Monday night in Indiana. Remember when Utah was obliterated in the first quarter against Philadelphia and Dallas?

This looked a whole lot like that.

Why is it so hard to start for this team? Why is there such a serious lack of urgency on both sides of the ball?

My theory is that this team had too much hype going into the season. While there’s nothing wrong with believing in yourself and having confidence in your team’s abilities, there’s something about having that chip on your shoulder that makes you hustle.

I think that’s part of what Quin and Dennis are trying to build in Utah, a group of underdogs with a chip on their shoulder. Take that culture away and what are you left with?

Underdogs who don’t feel like underdogs.

What is an underdog who doesn’t play like an underdog?

Bad at basketball.

Wearing The Opponents Colors

Who is in charge of deciding when and where the Utah Jazz will be wearing what jersey and how far in advance is that planned?

I just can’t, for the life of me, understand why we were wearing what looked like the INDIANA PACERS WARMUP JERSEYS when playing the Pacers in Indianapolis.

It looked like Indiana was playing itself. While this may not be the entire reason Utah lost, it couldn’t have HELPED.

Seriously, though. Let’s think ahead.

Who’s Night Is It To Play Well?

We’ve seen how the Jazz can play when everyone is doing what they are supposed to. The first matchup against Boston was a good example, with five players scoring over 20 points on the night for the Jazz.

Unfortunately, that hasn’t been a common theme this season.

Right now, it seems as though Utah can only get one of it’s players to play well each night. Tonight, it was Ricky Rubio. Unfortunately, Ricky doesn’t play this well like 85% of the time.

When are we going to start to see Utah put together complete nights from multiple players on a consistent basis?

The real question is, will that be something we see at all this year?

Prop Results – Utah Jazz at Indiana Pacers