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why we lost to the jazz

yea, this may seem like an obvious title, but i just wanted to point something out.

we got murdered on the boards, and yes that is why we lost.

so everyone is saying, why didn't nellie just put bigger guys into the lineup, ie. harrington at the 4, pob at the 4, croshere at the 4.

well the answer is...

remember when the warriors were facing the mavs?  the warriors played small ball so well that it forced avery johnson to change his lineup to 'smaller' as well by taking out diop/dampier at center.  after the mavs lost, johnson received huge criticisms from everyone.  and johnson put back diop at center the rest of the series.

nellie did not want to "adjust" to the jazz.  he did not want to "give in".  he wanted to play our style of basketball, and force our opponent to play "our style".  as jim barnett pointed out before the game, he said he loved nellie so much because he is a "creator", not a "reactor".  meaning he likes to make our opponents adjust.

i think our small ball style with pietrus at the 4 will pay off dividends.  there are a lot of pietrus haters out there, but hey don't forget that nellie started him A LOT of games last year too.  in nellie i trust.  i think nellie knows alot more than you guys out there.

our small lineup will win more than half of our games this year.  we will beat a lot of teams, but we will also get CRUSHED by a few teams.  the jazz simply have our number like how we have the mavs number.

just one game, and i'm looking forward.  i still think the warriors are very capable of beating the jazz with their small lineup.

if they just hit their free throws, move the ball more, hit their shots, etc., they can win

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