Saturday night, the Jazz won an 8th victory in a row, and it was against the Warriors of a Stephen Curry who climbed to 2nd place in the ranking of the best 3-point shooters. A 14-0 early in the game was enough for Rudy Gobert’s teammates to spend a quiet evening, earning the admiration of Steve Kerr. Even if Utah does not have talents like Stephen Curry or Kevin Durant, the Golden State coach believes that his opponent is a legitimate candidate for the NBA title, and for him, they have nothing to envy the Warriors of the great time!
“They are trying to win a title right now, and I think they can do it” explained the technician in videoconference. “When you watch them on video, it’s the execution of the systems that makes the difference, and that comes from their continuity. They are at the level we had three or four years ago ”.
By the way, Steve Kerr explains that his current Warriors are far from it, and that there will be ” many painful evenings Before finding the real news of the Warriors. “They’ve been good for a long time, and the continuity is obvious. They know each other very well, and they do their job beautifully ” continues Steve Kerr. “The difference this year is that they seem to be looking for 3-pointers faster and more often, which makes them even more difficult to play. “
Utah: 42 3-point shots per game at 40% skill!
It was a wish at the start of the season to shoot more from 3-points, and the Jazz actually let go behind the arc. Donovan Mitchell and his partners shoot nearly 42 times at 3 points per game! Only the Raptors and Blazers do a little more. It’s seven more shots than last season, and what impresses above all is the skill since Utah is running 40.3% at 3-pointers, only the Clippers posting a better percentage this season.
This metamorphosis is not just about Jazz and for Quin Snyder, Steve Kerr and the Warriors are the pioneers. “Steve had a very specific idea of the basketball he wanted his team to play. For me, they changed basketball a lot. It’s hard for others to copy, but they certainly set the tone. “
But what Quin Snyder does not say is that the students surpassed the masters in terms of volume.
During their streak of five straight NBA Finals, the Warriors have never finished a season with more than 35 3-pointers per game. Today, sixteen franchises shoot more than 35 times at 3-pointers per game. “The best part about all this is that we don’t try to reach a number of 3-points or a certain percentage” assure Quin Snyder. “We’re just trying to play a certain way, and if that is the case, we hope that results in those shots. “
With eight wins in a row, and the same number of defeats (4) as the Clippers and the Lakers, the Jazz has the pace of a title candidate, but the coach does not want to ignite.
“It’s good to be satisfied with the way we play, but the season is long” recalls the coach of Utah. “It’s a marathon, and I just want us to stay prepared. That we are not too high, nor too low. It’s a good thing we’re playing well, but the challenge is to keep doing it. This is what we are looking for. “
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| Players | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Donovan Mitchell | 16 | 33.2 | 44.2 | 40.6 | 84.1 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 24.2 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 16 | 24.8 | 48.6 | 40.9 | 96.0 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 17.4 |
| Mike Conley | 16 | 29.9 | 46.3 | 42.2 | 71.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 16.4 |
| Bojan bogdanovic | 16 | 29.9 | 37.7 | 37.4 | 82.1 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 13.5 |
| Rudy Gobert | 16 | 29.9 | 60.9 | 0.0 | 48.1 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 13.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 12.1 |
| Joe Ingles | 12 | 24.1 | 51.1 | 42.6 | 77.8 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 10.4 |
| Royce O’neale | 16 | 31.8 | 48.1 | 46.2 | 70.0 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 7.2 |
| Derrick Favors | 16 | 16.1 | 59.4 | 0.0 | 65.2 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 6.1 |
| Georges Niang | 16 | 11.4 | 43.9 | 34.1 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 4.6 |
| Elijah Hughes | 6 | 4.5 | 33.3 | 30.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| Miye oni | 11 | 8.2 | 27.8 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Shaquille Harrison | 9 | 4.5 | 35.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Udoka Azubuike | 9 | 4.8 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| Trent Forrest | 2 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Juwan Morgan | 5 | 4.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Jarrell Brantley | 2 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
