Game 05 Takeaways – Utah Jazz @ New Orleans Pelicans
AD’s Absence Helps Jazz Make Light Work of Pelicans
The Utah Jazz continued the first road trip of the season in New Orleans Saturday night. Pelicans star Anthony Davis was a late scratch, leaving Rudy Gobert all but unguarded down low.
In an understatement, the Frenchman made sure the opponent felt his presence.
Nine Rudy Gobert dunks later, Utah leaves Louisiana with the W.
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Game 05 Takeaways – Utah Jazz @ New Orleans Pelicans
Quick Notes
#1 | “Anthony Davis does EVERYTHING for this team.”
On episode 03 of The Jazz Fan Show, I mentioned how Anthony Davis is everything to the Pelicans. I went on to say that Utah could definitely win this game merely by slowing down AD.
Eventually we learned that AD was not going to be able to play because of a sprained elbow. In the exact same moment, we also learned that the Utah Jazz would win this game.
Dear NOP,
When your team’s entire identity resides in a single player who gets hurt every other game, it’s hard for any of us to take you seriously.
Sincerely,
Basketball
#2 | Welcome back to basketball, Rick.
At the end of last season, Ricky Rubio was playing the best basketball of his career.
At the time, it became apparent that Ricky had grown up. This caused many to start calling him “Rick,” which as everyone knows is the adult form of “Ricky.”
Unfortunately, Ricky decided to play again in his first couple games of the season, causing all of Jazz nation to hold their breath.
Then, in almost an instant, Rick showed up again in New Orleans to help the Jazz best the weird looking birds.
So who’s it gonna be, man? Ricky or Rick?
Personally, I’m still waiting for an appearance from Richard Rubio.
(I think it’s technically Ricard, but you get the point)
#3 | Why are we here?!
After the game, Kristen Kenney asked Rudy Gobert if he was disappointed to not get to face off against Anthony Davis.
He responded by letting everyone know that the team went to New Orleans to “get the win.”
Nothing else.
Mission accomplished, amiright?
#4 | Misunderstanding “Inconsistency”
It seems like there are certain players who can light it up one game and forget how to shoot the next.
Our reaction to this is usually to immediately label the player as “inconsistent.”
This Jazz teams seems to see “inconsistency” fairly often, but what is the root cause?
As I pondered this topic, I began to think about how #TeamIsEverything and how individual performances don’t win games.
That’s when it hit me…
I think what fans see as “inconsistency” is really just Quin Snyder and The Boys taking what the defense gives them.
If Joe Ingles goes off for 27 points in one game, chances are the next opponent will focus in on him and take some of that away.
But by shifting focus ONTO Ingles, the opponent will be shifting focus AWAY from someone else.
So what does Quin do? He recognizes who the defense is leaving open in an attempt to take Ingles out of the game and feeds them the ball non stop.
While true inconsistency is something that will always exist in the NBA, I don’t think it’s always the first thing to blame.
Just another example of how there are a million things going into this team that we, as fans, will never see or even understand.
#5 | Here’s hoping…
Who does Anthony Davis play for next season?
While he’s still technically on contract with NOP, we know stars can basically make whatever they want happen.
The obvious choices here are the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics, which leads me to my next question…
Does Boston include Haywood in a package to get AD in a Celtics uniform?
OF COURSE THEY DO.
But will it happen? Here’s hoping…
Game 05 Takeaways – Utah Jazz @ New Orleans Pelicans
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