The Triple Team: Here‘s how Kyle Filipowski helped the Utah Jazz beat Victor Wembanyama’s Spurs
The Jazz improved to 2-7 on the season.The Jazz bench has been pretty good at scoring the ball. So much so that the Jazz broadcast team has often emphasized that the team is second in bench scoring in the entire NBA . I think this is a little overblown – they’re still net-negative to the team’s point differential while on the court this season, but it does feel like there’s a bit more cohesion to the second unit than there was last year.
I still worry about the defensive fit between Filipowski and Collins, but things tended to work well enough today as they stressed quick rotations and a more switchable 4-5 combo. This made things more difficult on a stretch-5 like Victor Wembanyama.Speaking of the bench unit, John Collins is leading the team in total scoring and averaging the second most points per game.
As a reminder, the Jazz attempted to start Collins with Kessler at the beginning of the 2023-24 season and it was … disastrous. Their minutes together were seventh worst in the NBA among 2-man lineups with 250+ minutes. The lineup was essentially scrapped 20 games in as the two only played 75 minutes together after mid-December.
Notice the spacing on Collins’ first offensive possession of the game. He’s immediately used as an offensive engine, spotting up at the top of the three point line with the rest of the team spacing to the weak side. If we continue to see an offensive resurgence from Collins this year, it’s likely going to happen by continuing to open things up for him and use others as complementary pieces.
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