What's up with the Jazz?

[Reality]

Or maybe nothing is up with them.  Only 2 1/2 games back.
Lost 8 of 11, and it was the reserves (+DWilliams) who made it a game late vs the Spurs at SLCity.
Always a good home/ave or less road team but getting blown out by 30 by the Kobmes??

This next stretch of games should bring relief with MN and Golden State but still.....

What's up with the Jazz?

[westkoast]

Or maybe nothing is up with them.  Only 2 1/2 games back.
Lost 8 of 11, and it was the reserves (+DWilliams) who made it a game late vs the Spurs at SLCity.
Always a good home/ave or less road team but getting blown out by 30 by the Kobmes??

This next stretch of games should bring relief with MN and Golden State but still.....

What's up with the Jazz?

They haven't beat the Lakers at home in 8 years.  That loss was expected.  Not by that margin but the loss was expected.  That was the Lakers 18th win in a row over them at home.

Didn't see the Spurs game so I can't comment but you realize that the Spurs and Lakers have 3 all-star caliber players on their squads.  Technically The Spurs have 1 MAYBE 2.  Not surprised to see them lose to top teams.

[Joe Vancil]

The Jazz are not what they were, and not with Williams hurting.  Jazz rebounding has been bad, by Jazz standards.  Our advantages over the Lakers have been trimmed to "Deron Willams, and that's it."  The Jazz worked hard at thinning out the roster (and payroll), and succeeded in turning the Jazz into a mediocre team.

The team competes hard, mostly because they've still got a coach who demands it in Sloan, but ultimately, it's a question of hard work getting them a bit of recognition early, with teams now preparing a little better for them, and a combination of team energy being overspent early and better preparation by opponents making it next to impossible to continue coming back on people.  Instead, we get behind, and it's a lot tougher to overcome that, now.

This should not be a surprise.