Forced to play with the scheme due to Hassan Whiteside’s absence, the Utah Jazz's defense got chewed up Saturday against the Golden State Warriors, writes tribjazz.
, surely they’d be rolling out nonstop small-ball lineups in the minutes when Rudy Gobert went to the bench.
After Gobert subbed out late in the first quarter, Golden State began to start getting a ton of open looks and, not coincidentally, making a lot more shots. The trend continued well into the second period, where the Warriors wound up making 14 of 23 attempts. And the Jazz — whose small-ball lineup typically consists of Gay, Bojan Bogdanovic, Royce O’Neale, Mitchell, and either Joe Ingles,“It’s clear that group doesn’t have the same continuity. I don’t think that would be expected right now,” said Snyder. “But obviously, that group, being thrown in that situation, particularly on the defensive end, it’s challenging for everyone.”
Asked before the game what makes the Warriors’ switching style so effective, Snyder replied, “length and execution. In the first quarter, they scored 24 points on 7-for-21 shooting . In the second, 26 on 9 of 23 . The third saw them have some brilliant levels of success, as the combination of transition opportunities and Clarkson’s repeated penetrations into the paint broke the seal and empowered shooters, to the tune of 41 points on 14 of 24 from the field . But by the fourth, Golden State’s defense found its mojo once again, and the Jazz were reduced to 25 points on 10 of 24 .
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