From: jjonsson@alexandria.lib.utah.edu
Subject: Warriors beat Jazz (Was Re: Bucks win first for Dunleavy)
Organization: Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 20:03:16 GMT



>p.s. Does anyone have an in-depth view from the Utah-G.S. game that they would
>care to post?

I watched the Jazz/G.S. game on cable last night, and I certainly have a few 
things to say.

	First, the Jazz came out in the first quarter looking very good, 
they were active on defense and were getting their hands in all the passing 
lanes, thus were picking off balls and scoring easy buckets. Then came the 
second quarter, where Golden State exploited the Jazz' lack of speed, and 
just ran them ragged. Utah's defense collapsed when they seemingly ran out 
of gas in the *second* quarter, and their offense started to misfire. If 
anything, the Jazz offense petered out when they began to make too many 
passes. Jeff would pass up an open shot to pass to Karl who was either 
waiting for Jeff to take the shot, or covered too well.
	Golden State did show one weakness that the Jazz never exploited, 
and that was their tendency to front Karl, without any backside help. The 
Jazz capitalized once or twice on this situation, but other than that they 
just sputtered. They allowed Golden State to play an up-tempo game, and gain 
a lead, and then to catch up they were forced to play up-tempo for the rest 
of the game, but that in itself favored Golden State, and GS just dusted the 
Jazz at the end. The Jazz are a half-court team, and were trying to play the 
transition game, and that just didn't work.
	Also, you could see that the Jazz were adrift on defense without the 
Wasatch Mountain in the middle. The Jazz whole defensive scheme in the past 
has been to force their opponents to the baseline, or funnel them into the 
middle to come up against Eaton. Without him they're forced to be more 
active, and play more motion defense. They were often caught napping, and 
were using their hands a lot. 
	Golden State on the other hand played a very fast game, and shot the 
perimeter about as well as they could. It opened up the whole game for the 
drives, which were numerous, by Hardaway, Mullin, Owens, and *Jeff Grayer* 
Usually teams can't drive on the Jazz with such equanimity, due to Mark 
Eaton, but this time they just blew right past Brown and Austin. G.S. was 
more active on defense, and offense in the last three quarters and deserved 
to win this one.
	
	I think the Jazz problems can be solved by just looking at the tapes 
of the game. They need to play more active defense, they need to get their 
guards more in the flow of the game, and for all their generosity and 
passing, they need to take the open shot when they have it. They also must 
control the tempo of the game and don't get into wind sprints with faster 
teams. (Oh, Jay Humphries wasn't a factor in this game, and if the Jazz are 
going to succeed this year, they need to get the 3 guard rotation working 
right.) It will also help to have Eaton back in the middle.

Oh, the final score was GS 129, UT 114. (I can't remember the last time the 
Jazz gave up 129! Ouch!)


Jeff Jonsson
Marriott Library System Support, University of Utah.
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