Game thread: New York Knicks vs Utah Jazz 8:00pm 12/29/2018 [Game #37]

THJ is back.

Rubio is out for the Jazz replaced by Exum.

Gobert having his way under the rim. 6 pts on dunks, Fiz calls TO to figure out how to stop him. Knicks PnR D is pathetic.

tiger0330 said:

Gobert having his way under the rim. 6 pts on dunks, Fiz calls TO to figure out how to stop him. Knicks PnR D is pathetic.

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Fiz solution, put LT on Gobert.

Was that Knits first dunk of the yr driving to the rim off the dribble in the half court?

Fiz is an idiot putting LT on Gobert. Jazz are lobbing it where he can only reach it and he dunks it.

We look way past awful! Fizdale better start looking in the mirror quickly

Broadway said:

Was that Knits first dunk of the yr driving to the rim off the dribble in the half court?

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I think this was his 2nd or 3rd dunk this season. He's taken 4 shots already, most close in, just not falling. Someday they will we hope.

Mario sucks. Lazy pass TO and now dribbles it off his foot on his 2 touches, 43-18 Jazz.

KK hits a 3 to break a long Knick scoring drought. They are shooting 29%.

Fiz trapping the pnr now. Forcing the Jazz to play inside out now.

Vonleh sits with 3 fouls. Without him it's going to be an even longer night.

53-24 Utah. Season can?t end soon enough for me.

Almost halftime and Knicks have 10 turnovers and 9 made shots.

tiger0330 said:

Vonleh sits with 3 fouls. Without him it's going to be an even longer night.

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I think Vonleh actually disrupts our offensive flow because he either tries to play pg or breaks our sets trying to go one-on-one...He's not a bad power one-on-one player(for himself only) but he throws the rest of our guys out of whack where we establish no rhythm play-to-play. I wish Fiz would tell him stop trying to be the jack of all the trades although I gassed you in the media a little prematurely

Meanwhile the Jazz let Dante Exum or Ingles run the offense, they don't deviate too much from this

tiger0330 said:

Mario sucks. Lazy pass TO and now dribbles it off his foot on his 2 touches, 43-18 Jazz.

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I doubt he's in the league next year with the year he's having. He's playing in Europe next year.

Bad roster. Bad front office. Bad coach. This is what I see when I watch this team play now.

Probably the worst showing of the Knicks this sason. 71-34 Jazz. Fiz has to take the blame for this beat down. I'd have the vets in like CLee, LT Kanter in if he wanted to win but I don't think he does. They just said if THJ didn't hit that last second 3 this would have been the worst half time deficit in Knicks history.

tiger0330 said:

Probably the worst showing of the Knicks this sason. 71-34 Jazz. Fiz has to take the blame for this beat down. I'd have the vets in like CLee, LT Kanter in if he wanted to win but I don't think he does. They just said if THJ didn't hit that last second 3 this would have been the worst half time deficit in Knicks history.

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This was my concern... easy to ?fight? and ?battle? early in the season, when you?re healthy and record not bad and things are fresh... but how to keep it going consistently when you are banged up, you?re 20 under .500, when the losing starts to wear on your psyche.

Even if we relish the tank and want the L... I want to see the kids fight and battle and be competitive. If this is truly about the future, and the long run, then fiz has to prepare their minds and have the focus be on development...

Anyway... In nights like this, only comfort comes in the form of a daydream... a healthy KP and Zion. This thought warms my belly.

Better start to the 2nd half with Vonleh back in. That hole they dug is too big to come back from unless the Jazz collapse.