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[JazzMan]

Mid-Season Recap

February 13th, 2014

Salt Lake City - The Utah Jazz's season has finally reached the All-Star Break, and they could not be any happier. They need a rest. After starting out with a 9-10 record, they've won just seven games since, as they're now 16-36. But what have we learned from this season so far?

For one, we've learned that Gordon Hayward needs to be a long-term piece. Hayward is averaging a team-high 19.1 points per game, as well as 4.4 rebounds per game, 4.2 assists per game, and 1.7 steals per game. He's also shooting 44.8% from the field and 41.8% from three. Hayward is so close to joining the 20, 5, and 5 club, which is quite the feat. Though he might not be the #1 option that we need in the future, he should be one of the cornerstones of the franchise for years to come.

Alec Burks has also come into his own this season, as he's averaging 17.9 points per game, 4.1 rebounds per game, and 3.2 assists per game. Burks finally broke into the starting lineup, and although it hasn't translated to team success, he's thrived in the role. Burks does need to work on his consistency, though.

Big men Enes Kanter and Derrick Favors have indeed proven that they can play together, as they are both averaging over 11 points per game and 9 rebounds per game. We also learned that Favors is such an important player for this team, as when he went down, the Jazz fell apart, which led to them being the worst team in the Western Conference.

What about the rookie Trey Burke? Burke is averaging 16.3 points per game, which is enough for 3rd for rookies. He's also leading all rookies in assists per game with 7.1 per game. Though he needs to work on his shooting consistency, Burke has shown that he can lead this team in the future.

With just 30 games left in the season, look for the Jazz to experiment in their rotations and let guys like Rudy Gobert and Ian Clark get some opportunities.

Mid-Season Utah Jazz Stats - 13-14
Player	GP	MIN	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3PT%
Gordon Hayward, F/G	52	33.0	19.1	4.4	4.2	1.7	0.7	44.8%	41.8%
Alec Burks, G	48	30.6	17.9	4.1	3.2	0.5	0.4	44.3%	35.4%
Trey Burke, G	52	36.3	16.3	3.5	7.1	0.8	0.4	41.2%	37.5%
Enes Kanter, F/C	52	30.6	12.7	9.4	0.7	0.5	1.0	48.9%	0.0%
Derrick Favors, C/F	27	28.4	11.7	9.1	1.4	0.8	1.1	48.3%	0.0%
Marvin Williams, F	51	24.8	8.6	6.4	0.4	0.8	0.6	46.2%	46.8%
Richard Jefferson, F/G	42	17.1	4.7	2.7	1.4	0.4	0.1	41.5%	37.1%
Jeremy Evans, F	52	14.0	4.2	3.8	0.3	0.2	0.5	54.8%	0.0%
Ian Clark, G	38	6.6	3.8	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.0	37.8%	38.6%
Diante Garrett, G	49	14.1	3.7	2.2	2.9	0.5	0.3	38.7%	16.7%
Brandon Rush, F/G	52	9.7	3.6	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	39.4%	32.1%
John Lucas, G	14	4.4	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.0	33.3%	35.7%
Rudy Gobert, C	45	9.9	1.6	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.6	54.0%	0.0%
Jeff Adrien, F	12	4.3	1.1	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	30.0%	0.0%
Malcolm Thomas, F	28	6.8	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	20.5%	14.3%

[JazzMan]

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NBA All-Star Weekend

Rising Stars Challenge:

Rising Stars Challenge
Feb 14, 2014 1 2 3 4 Final Team Shaq 26 24 16 16 82 Team Chuck 40 32 23 26 121 Top Performers Team Shaq D. Lillard: 17 pts, 10 ast, 2 blk, 4-13 3PT J. Sullinger: 13 pts, 19 reb, 6-15 FG Team Chuck M. Carter-Williams: 25 pts, 8 reb, 10 ast, 2 stl, 10-17 FG G. Antetokounmpo: 25 pts, 8 reb, 2 ast, 1 blk, 10-13 FG	Team Stats Comparison SHAQ CHCK FG Made-Att 32/93 (34%) 50/98 (51%) 3PT Made-Att 9/37 (24%) 8/20 (40%) FT Made-Att 9/12 (75%) 13/15 (87%) Rebounds 42 58 Assists 21 30 Turnovers 14 8 Steals 4 11 Blocks 7 8
Team Shaq STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Damian Lillard 38 4-20 4-13 5-7 1 10 1 2 4 17 Bradley Beal 30 4-10 0-3 0-0 1 2 2 1 1 8 Terrence Ross 39 4-11 1-3 1-1 5 1 0 0 2 10 Cody Zeller 36 7-12 0-0 0-0 9 2 0 2 1 14 Jared Sullinger 36 6-15 0-1 1-2 19 0 1 0 0 13 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Trey Burke 20 2-8 2-5 2-2 1 1 0 0 3 8 Victor Oladipo 14 2-7 1-6 0-0 0 4 0 0 1 5 Nikola Mirotic 12 0-3 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 2 1 0 Vitor Faverani 11 0-1 0-1 0-0 3 1 0 0 1 0 Shabazz Muhammad 10 3-6 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Team Chuck STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Michael Carter-Williams 33 10-17 2-5 3-3 8 10 2 0 0 25 Dion Waiters 38 6-19 3-8 0-0 2 7 2 0 2 15 Giannis Antetokounmpo 39 10-13 2-4 3-4 8 2 0 1 2 25 Anthony Davis 36 8-18 0-0 4-4 12 1 3 2 1 20 Terrence Jones 30 5-9 0-1 1-2 13 0 0 1 1 11 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Nerlens Noel 20 2-2 0-0 0-0 7 0 2 2 1 4 Patrick Beverley 19 5-9 1-2 0-0 2 8 0 0 0 11 John Henson 12 0-3 0-0 2-2 4 1 1 2 0 2 Kyle O'Quinn 9 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 4 Ben McLemore 9 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 4

Three Point Contest:

Participants:

Klay Thompson, GSW
Paul George, IND
James Harden, HOU
Stephen Curry, GSW
Kyrie Irving, CLE
Jamal Crawford, LAC

1st Round:

Thompson: 18 Points
George: 11 Points
Harden: 13 Points
Curry: 17 Points
Irving: 17 Points
Crawford: 11 Points

2nd Round

Curry: 17 Points
Irving: 21 Points
Thompson: 16 Points

Three Point Contest Winner:
Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers

Dunk Contest:

Participants:

Terrence Ross, TOR
Blake Griffin, LAC
Ben McLemore, SAC
Kenneth Faried, DEN

1st Round:

Ross: 25 Points
Griffin: 36 Points
McLemore: 43 Points
Faried: 0 Points

2nd Round:

Ross: 37 Points
Griffin: 42 Points
McLemore: 35 Points
Faried: 40 Points

3rd Round:

Ross: 40 Points
Griffin: 34 Points
McLemore: 49 Points
Faried: 43 Points

Sprite Slam Dunk Contest Winner:
Ben McLemore, Sacramento Kings

NBA All-Star Game

East All-Stars (0-1) at West All-Stars (1-0)
Feb 16, 2014 1 2 3 4 Final Eastern Conference 28 26 21 20 95 Western Conference 33 20 27 21 101 Top Performers East All-Stars C. Anthony: 24 pts, 6 reb, 4 ast, 10-17 FG D. DeRozan: 22 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast, 1 stl, 10-15 FG West All-Stars J. Harden: 29 pts, 4 reb, 3 ast, 2 stl, 1 blk, 11-21 FG L. Aldridge: 22 pts, 6 reb, 1 ast, 6-14 FG	Team Stats Comparison EAST WEST FG Made-Att 40/71 (56%) 36/82 (44%) 3PT Made-Att 6/10 (60%) 11/26 (42%) FT Made-Att 9/14 (64%) 18/22 (82%) Rebounds 43 37 Assists 30 25 Turnovers 18 10 Steals 7 7 Blocks 6 2
Eastern Conference All-Stars STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Rajon Rondo 33 3-4 0-0 1-2 7 5 1 0 2 7 Demar DeRozan 36 10-15 2-3 0-0 4 3 1 0 2 22 LeBron James 33 4-8 0-0 5-8 8 4 0 0 1 13 Carmelo Anthony 35 10-17 2-3 2-2 6 4 0 0 4 24 Joakim Noah 34 4-7 0-0 1-2 8 6 3 4 1 9 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Paul George 20 3-6 1-2 0-0 4 4 1 1 1 7 Al Jefferson 13 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 1 2 John Wall 11 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 2 Josh Smith 9 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 5 Thaddeus Young 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Kyrie Irving 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 2 0 Kemba Walker 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Western Conference All-Stars STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Chris Paul 31 2-8 1-3 0-0 2 6 1 0 2 5 James Harden 37 11-21 4-10 3-3 4 3 2 1 1 29 Andre Iguodala 33 2-8 2-6 1-3 4 5 2 1 0 7 Blake Griffin 35 7-8 0-0 0-0 8 2 0 0 1 14 LaMarcus Aldridge 39 6-14 0-0 10-11 6 1 0 0 1 22 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Serge Ibaka 14 1-3 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 0 0 2 Steph Curry 12 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 3 Kevin Durant 11 3-7 2-3 2-2 2 1 1 0 1 10 Ty Lawson 11 2-6 1-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 1 5 Eric Bledsoe 8 1-3 0-0 2-3 2 1 0 0 1 4 DeMarcus Cousins 8 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 1 0 Isaiah Thomas 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0

[JazzMan]

Feb. 19th - Apr. 14th Recap

Utah Jazz Dec. 18th - Feb. 11th 13-14 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Feb 19	vs Brooklyn Nets	Lost, 114-75
Feb 21	at Portland Trail Blazers	Lost, 108-105
Feb 22	vs Minnesota Timberwolves	Won, 98-97
Feb 24	vs Boston Celtics	Won, 104-86
Feb 26	vs Phoenix Suns	Won, 121-97
Feb 28	at Cleveland Cavaliers	Lost, 117-101
Mar 2	at Indiana Pacers	Won, 124-123
Mar 3	at Milwaukee Bucks	Won, 107-106
Mar 5	at Washington Wizards	Lost, 118-86
Mar 7	at New York Knicks	Won, 117-96
Mar 8	at Philadelphia 76ers	Lost, 110-91
Mar 10	vs Atlanta Hawks	Lost, 108-88
Mar 12	vs Dallas Mavericks	Won, 114-113
Mar 14	vs Los Angeles Clippers	Won, 120-116
Mar 16	at San Antonio Spurs	Lost, 119-107
Mar 17	at Houston Rockets	Lost, 114-94
Mar 19	at Memphis Grizzlies	Lost, 109-105
Mar 22	vs Orlando Magic	Lost, 117-113
Mar 24	vs Detroit Pistons	Lost, 96-79
Mar 26	vs Memphis Grizzlies	Lost, 106-104
Mar 28	at New Orleans Pelicans	Lost, 121-85
Mar 30	at Oklahoma City Thunder	Lost, 106-96
Mar 31	vs New York Knicks	Lost, 112-97
Apr 4	vs New Orleans Pelicans	Lost, 118-108
Apr 6	at Golden State Warriors	Lost, 104-89
Apr 8	vs Dallas Mavericks	Won, 106-99
Apr 11	vs Portland Trail Blazers	Lost, 105-96
Apr 12	at Denver Nuggets	Won, 97-96

Current Record: 26-54

[JazzMan]

Jazz Fall to Lakers in OT

April 14th, 2014

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Salt Lake City - Neither team really would benefit from a victory, but both teams fought to the bitter end as the Lakers picked up an overtime victory over Utah. The Lakers are now just 35-46 and are out of the playoff picture, while Utah is a Western Conference-worst 26-55 following the loss.

The Jazz finish the season at Minnesota on the 16th. Minnesota is 39-42 and are officially out of the Playoffs.

Los Angeles Lakers (35-46) at Utah Jazz (26-55)
Apr 14, 2014 1 2 3 4 OT Final Los Angeles 31 17 25 12 13 98 Utah 21 19 21 24 11 96 Top Performers Los Angeles Lakers C. Kaman: 23 pts, 11 reb, 10-13 FG K. Bryant: 18 pts, 4 ast, 4 reb, 3 stl, 7-19 FG, 2-4 3PT Utah Jazz G. Hayward: 20 pts, 3 reb, 6 ast, 1 blk, 9-14 FG D. Favors: 18 pts, 16 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl, 8-15 FG	Team Stats Comparison LAL UTH FG Made-Att 39/91 (43%) 41/97 (42%) 3PT Made-Att 6/18 (33%) 9/35 (26%) FT Made-Att 14/20 (70%) 5/17 (29%) Rebounds 45 65 Assists 27 27 Turnovers 9 17 Steals 12 7 Blocks 1 9
Los Angeles Lakers STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Steve Nash 36 3-10 0-1 0-0 2 11 1 0 0 6 Kobe Bryant 43 7-19 2-4 2-2 4 4 3 0 3 18 Nick Young 42 7-16 2-5 2-2 5 3 1 0 2 18 Pau Gasol 44 4-9 0-0 4-8 3 3 3 1 3 12 Chris Kaman 35 10-13 0-0 3-4 11 1 0 0 0 23 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Wesley Johnson 18 2-4 1-3 1-2 9 0 1 0 0 6 Jodie Meeks 11 0-3 0-2 2-2 1 1 1 0 0 2 Jordan Farmar 9 0-3 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 0 0 0 Kendall Marshall 9 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 2 Kent Bazemore 8 3-7 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Marshon Brooks 7 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 3 Xavier Henry 7 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Utah Jazz STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Trey Burke 39 5-17 3-13 1-2 3 5 0 0 2 14 Alec Burks 31 3-9 1-3 0-0 7 3 1 3 3 7 Gordon Hayward 37 9-14 2-5 0-0 3 6 0 1 3 20 Enes Kanter 28 3-8 0-1 1-4 9 3 2 0 2 7 Derrick Favors 32 8-15 0-0 2-7 16 1 1 0 2 18 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Marvin Williams 24 6-14 2-4 0-0 6 3 0 1 0 14 Jeremy Evans 18 1-2 0-0 0-0 6 0 1 0 1 2 Richard Jefferson 16 0-3 0-3 0-2 2 1 1 0 0 0 Ian Clark 15 2-5 1-4 0-0 2 3 0 0 2 5 Rudy Gobert 11 1-4 0-0 1-2 5 0 0 3 0 3 Diante Garrett 10 2-5 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 4 Malcolm Thomas 10 1-1 0-0 0-0 5 2 1 1 1 2

[JazzMan]

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Matchup Preview | April 16, 2014
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Utah Jazz (26-55, 10-30 Away)		Minnesota Timberwolves (39-42, 18-22 Home)
Stats Comparison 100.1 Points Per Game 99.5 44.4% Field Goal % 45.3% 36.3% 3-Point % 36.7% 75.5% Free Throw % 75.1% 48.1 Rebounds 46.9 5.4 Blocks 4.3 7.1 Steals 7.3 15.5 Turnovers 14.2 108.5 PPG Allowed 99.8 Projected Starters Trey Burke Point Guard Ricky Rubio Alec Burks Shooting Guard Alexey Shved Gordon Hayward Small Forward Corey Brewer Enes Kanter Power Forward Kevin Love Derrick Favors Center Ronny Turiaf Injury Report No Injuries Nikola Pekovic - Bruised Heel 1-2 Weeks (Doubtful) Game Notes Final game of the season. Utah is 29th in the league, and Minnesota is officially eliminated from playoff contention.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Not sure what the standings are like, but if there is any possibility for gaining any ground with a win, you may as well sign some streetballers off the mean streets of Salt Lake City to face the Wolves. No sense in going and winning the game or anything, lol.

[JazzMan]

Jazz Finish Season On A High Note, Knock Off Wolves

April 16th, 2014

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Salt Lake City - After Philadelphia's loss earlier in the day, the Jazz were locked for either 29th or 28th in the NBA Standings. Since Dallas ended up winning afterwards, the Jazz are now 29th following their victory over the T-Wolves.

Utah flat-out dominated Minnesota in the first quarter, out-scoring them 35 to 8. Then the Wolves made a ferocious comeback in the 2nd and 3rd, outscoring Utah 67 to 45 in the 2nd and 3rd. Utah then got the best of Minnesota in the 4th, picking up the victory to close out the season.

Gordon Hayward was on his way to a solid all-around night, but ended up spraining his ankle in the 3rd. He did not return. Enes Kanter led the Jazz in scoring with 20 points, and he also led the team in rebounds, with 12.

Utah is now looking forward to the offseason, where they can potentially add another big piece to their core.

Utah Jazz (27-55) at Minnesota Timberwolves (39-43)
Apr 16, 2014 1 2 3 4 Final Utah 35 21 24 35 115 Minnesota 8 31 36 27 102 Top Performers Utah Jazz E. Kanter: 20 pts, 12 reb, 2 ast, 2 blk, 7-14 FG, 6-6 FT D. Favors: 17 pts, 9 reb, 2 stl, 1 blk, 7-8 FG, 3-4 FT Minnesota Timberwolves A. Shved: 23 pts, 6 ast, 10-14 FG, 1-3 3PT R. Rubio: 16 pts, 6 reb, 13 ast, 7-14 FG, 2-2 FT	Team Stats Comparison UTH MIN FG Made-Att 46/84 (55%) 44/97 (45%) 3PT Made-Att 8/24 (33%) 6/17 (35%) FT Made-Att 15/17 (88%) 8/11 (73%) Rebounds 52 39 Assists 29 32 Turnovers 15 8 Steals 6 9 Blocks 11 0
Utah Jazz STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Trey Burke 31 2-11 2-7 0-0 1 7 1 0 4 6 Alec Burks 31 8-14 3-7 0-1 5 4 0 2 3 19 Gordon Hayward 27 7-12 1-4 2-2 5 5 1 0 2 17 Enes Kanter 30 7-14 0-1 6-6 12 2 1 2 0 20 Derrick Favors 26 7-8 0-0 3-4 9 1 2 1 1 17 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Marvin Williams 22 3-6 1-1 0-0 4 2 0 1 1 7 Richard Jefferson 18 6-9 1-3 2-2 3 1 0 1 0 15 Jeremy Evans 13 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 1 0 0 Ian Clark 13 1-3 0-1 0-0 4 1 0 0 1 2 Diante Garrett 13 4-5 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 2 8 Rudy Gobert 12 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 2 0 0 Malcolm Thomas 10 1-1 0-0 2-2 3 1 1 0 1 4
Minnesota Timberwolves STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Ricky Rubio 38 7-14 0-1 2-2 6 13 1 0 3 16 Alexey Shved 31 10-14 1-3 2-2 1 6 1 0 1 23 Corey Brewer 35 9-15 2-2 0-0 1 2 1 0 1 20 Kevin Love 39 6-18 2-3 2-2 9 2 2 0 1 16 Ronny Turiaf 30 3-7 0-0 0-2 6 4 2 0 1 6 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Dante Cunningham 16 1-4 0-0 0-0 5 2 2 0 0 2 Chase Budinger 14 4-11 1-5 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 9 JJ Barea 11 1-3 0-1 2-2 2 1 0 0 1 4 Shabazz Muhammad 9 2-6 0-1 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Gorgui Dieng 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 2 Robbie Hummel 6 0-3 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0

[JazzMan]

Quote: Originally Posted by WaitTilNextYear

Not sure what the standings are like, but if there is any possibility for gaining any ground with a win, you may as well sign some streetballers off the mean streets of Salt Lake City to face the Wolves. No sense in going and winning the game or anything, lol.

Haha, yeah, I went into the game with a mindset of just seeing what all of my guys can do. I gave Ian Clark a little more burn than I had all season, same as Malcolm Thomas. I really should have rested Hayward, Favors, and Kanter, though.