The strength of the Jazz defense is to keep people out of the paint.

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Jun 17, 2021
3:41:26pm

cougarfan84 All-American

The strength of the Jazz defense is to keep people out of the paint.

Unfortunately for the Jazz, the Clippers don't need to get into the paint to be effective.

fivethirtyeight had an interesting article about this before the series started - about Utah's prowess in protecting the paint and the Clippers' ability to be efficient without getting in the paint

FiveThirtyEight

Nobody Shuts Down The Paint Like The Jazz. But What If The Clippers Don’t Need To Go There?

Ever since Rudy Gobert was permanently inserted into their starting lineup midway through the 2014-15 season, the Utah Jazz have routinely had one of the NBA’s …

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nobody-shuts-down-the-paint-like-the-jazz-but-what-if-the-clippers-dont-need-to-go-there/

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Time

Why has the Jazz defense been so ineffective against the Clippers

TomPetty

6/17/21 3:00pm

Not athletic enough

cougaman

6/17/21 3:01pm

Is LA that much more athletic than other NBA teams they guarded well?

TomPetty

6/17/21 3:02pm

It's the scheme and the fact that LAC has the players to run that scheme.

Hypnotoad

6/17/21 3:05pm

Its not the Athleticism of LA, its their ability to move the ball and have so

cougaman

6/17/21 3:09pm

And beyond that, for many teams if they were to put out an offensive lineup

wjman11

6/17/21 3:30pm

I really hope we get to see what Conley and Gobert can do against this defense.

cougaman

6/17/21 3:45pm

It’s the playoff, different than regular season

gwill

6/17/21 3:13pm

Highly effective ISO ball the breaks the paint easily--easy to get past a

Squirt

6/17/21 3:03pm

The clippers are maybe the best jump shooting team in the nba.

PHXSUNS31

6/17/21 3:07pm

5 out draws gobert out from the paint. Making it difficult for him to cover like

Pepe

6/17/21 3:18pm

And they are hitting their 3's

cougaman

6/17/21 3:20pm

Which has made him hesitate and come over too late to challenge the shot a lot

Pepe

6/17/21 3:27pm

their small ball team is the best 3 pt shooting team in the NBA. teams

6/17/21 3:23pm

The strength of the Jazz defense is to keep people out of the paint.

cougarfan84

6/17/21 3:41pm

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