Clippers: They made just eight trips to the free throw line. They outscored the Jazz 18-0 in the paint. "That's a tall order". Chris Paul was important in establishing and maintaining this lead.
Jordan's first points, a lob from Paul. Blake Griffin had 26 points, but only six in the second half.
Thunder centre Steven Adams on Oklahoma City's performance: "We were just trash on the reads, on the pick-and-rolls".
Gobert made several attempts to get back to game by trying to stand up and taking short crawls but failed.
Because of this, Blake Griffin has been able to get into the paint at will, but thankfully, he's missed his fair share of shots. See that clever screen on Favors early in the backcourt?
Jazz: Gobert, who injured his knee just 17 seconds into the series opener, joined two assistant coaches for a pregame meal in the media dining room, an area rarely visited by players. LA out rebounded the Jazz by six, and won the turnover battle. "How can you take that in another way?" Without a rim protector, the Jazz had no answer for Jordon's rim-running abilities and the presence he demands in the paint. "They played harder, they were more physical". The Jazz have been at their best when Hill is a major contributor, but it seems like it's been a while since he's produced consistently.
Most experts picked the Clippers to win the series, even though both L.A. and Utah finished the regular season with identical 51-31 records. He got DeAndre Jordan involved early and engineered the offense when he was on the floor. They also shot just 8 foul shots the entire game.
Favors became the forgotten man this season as Gordon Hayward and Gobert flourished. I feel the same with Rodney and George. They support their team, which is good; know what I mean?
As Hayward explained, his twos were tough looks.
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TTV Dinakaran is also facing FEMA and Election Commission bribery cases and he may be arrested in lieu with any one or both, soon. The decision made by the Ministers and MLAs last night that we should step out of the party could have been made out of fear.
Being without Gobert is a big loss, but the Jazz were able to steal Game 1 without him, winning 97-95 on a last-second shot by Joe Johnson. Joe Johnson, whose floater at the buzzer gave them a two-point win in Game 1, added 13 points off the bench. Luckily, we do not need to have this conversation, as they have further postponed the potential breakup of the Big Three. And that showed from the results.
The Jazz didn't call a timeout.
March 13: 10-2 start by L.A. after Jazz allow Clippers to score on first five possessions. Utah's crowd is known to be one of the loudest in the National Basketball Association so the Clippers will be playing in a totally different environment the next couple games.
Paul was the best player on the court on Tuesday night.
The Jazz deserve some credit in keeping it close all night. "They really support their team, and it's always been that". They gave me pointers on where to be on the offensive end.
Speaking of home court advantage, the Clippers were asked about that after Game 2.
"They're a team that they keep fighting", Griffin said. Why even try that, though?
"The play was for DeMar to get a bucket", Lowry said. I'm confident that many of those will be good shots. "How can you take that in another way?" He's missed 23 games and played in numerous others well south of 100 percent. The Jazz will need more than a loud crowd to make up for the missing productivity in his absence. This goes without saying, but it's imperative that LA goes into Salt Lake City and gets at least one themselves.
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