Logically, Doncic's absence from the game, the Jazz should play very easily, and the result is now a 1-1 draw in the series.
The second game also allowed Brunson to complete a super performance of 41 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in the second round, Utah Jazz, how bad are you?
The main reason is still due to the jazz's dual core.
Mitchell scored 32 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists on 10-of-29 shooting in G1 games; 34 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists on 13-of-30 shooting in G2 games. In terms of data, it's pretty good, but the efficiency is touching!
Gobert had 5 points and 17 rebounds on 0-of-1 shooting in the G1 and 8 points and 17 rebounds on 2-of-5 shooting in G2. As far as the data is concerned, senior blue-collar workers, for Mr. 200 million, the number of shots is touching!
In two games, Mitchell shot wildly from the outside, only giving Gobert 2 passes and 1 assist. Gobert's scores are all won by the second rebound, and he is indeed an honest man!
Most of the rounds were like this, Gobert frantically on the inside, Mitchell ignored it, and singled it out on his own. The 2-meter 16 tower faces Dinwiddie, who is 1.96 meters, and Mitchell can't see him, or pretends not to see him!
Perhaps, the only king + the blue collar, the jazz pair of "wrongdoers", it is also time for the two to break up!
Looking back at the 20-year NBA shutdown, Gobert single-handedly defended the entire league. Later, Mitchell also contracted the new crown, and he blamed it on Gobert, which was also the beginning of the conflict between the two. The Jazz were first in the West last season, and their huge achievements in the record masked the contradictions between the two.
This season, the Jazz are only fifth in the West with 49 wins and 33 losses, which is far from last season, and contradictions have begun to arise!
Mitchell averaged 3.0 turnovers per game in the regular season and only 2.3 passes per game to Gobert, which also means that Mitchell has passed more to opponents than Gobert, which is a fake double core, right?
Mitchell complained that Gobert made too many mistakes, and Gobert complained bitterly (because of his limited ability to attack autonomously) that he could not get the pass. Whiteside, who averaged 11 minutes per game in both playoff games, had five shots on the bench, while Gobert had just one more than he did. It seems that Mitchell was the one who made Gobert as Reggie Evans!
Gobert averaged 15+15 per game in the regular season, however, the vast majority of passes came from Conley and Ingles, and even 3D player O'Neal. More is Mitchell smashing the rebound indirectly to Gobert's "assist", using the second rebound to score, which is also Gobert's main way of survival!
Later, Ingles was reimbursed for the season, the Jazz ruthlessly traded Ingles to the Blazers, and there were fewer people passing to Gobert, which also exacerbated the contradiction between the two, and there was already news of the transaction!
Gobert teamed up with Doncic to make Mitchell the Jazz's bigger player. The Jazz played shelling, and Doncic got a good blocking big man, playing position basketball, which can be said to be a win-win deal, just wait for the Jazz management to nod and agree!
If the Jazz can't make it to the second round this year, there is a high probability that they will trade Gobert!
A short one-pointer + a tactical colander really doesn't have a good chemistry.
Gobert is currently in a five-year, $205 million contract and Mitchell is in a five-year, $195 million contract, with their salaries almost locking up team space and the team's inability to bring in an All-Star-level big-three. According to the current Jazz's way of playing, the Jazz really can't go any further!
Mitchell 3 All-Stars in 5 years, Gobert 3 All-Stars in 9 years, DPOY 3 times, looks like a good combination, but this pair has too many shortcomings.
First, Mitchell's assist ability is really average, 1 meter 85 small limits Mitchell's field of vision, he sees the inside of Gobert at least 1 second, Gobert on the inside line positioning also takes 1 second, turn around to do the action also takes 1 second, this is not 3 seconds? Many times, the Jazz's round ended in Gobert's mistakes. Simply, Mitchell doesn't pass the ball anymore!
Second, Gobert's independent offensive ability is really average, without the ability to dribble, the dribble is cut.
The third is that Gobert does not have three points, limiting the Jazz's tactics, unable to play the five small of the current trend, and the defensive movement problem is also a huge shortcoming.
Indeed, not only the jazz's two cores have problems, but the jazz's role players also have their own problems.
Ingles was taken away, the team's starting point was gone, the tactics were less, the outside line was missing a battery, the Jazz's outside ability was greatly reduced, and the defensive biting was gone!
Bogdan is accurate, but Bogdan is slow, the level of the defensive league at the bottom.
Reus O'Neal can defend, but the height is only 1 meter 98, whether it is a small front or a big front, it is very much of a loss!
Snyder is a good coach, but we also see the mitchell + Gobert cap and he's not far off! The configuration of role players is also not good, can not fight shelling, can not hit the position, become unremarkable.
Today, only by breaking up Mitchell and Gobert can we win the future! Trade Mitchell in exchange for a big ball-handler who can block and dismantle; or, trade Gobert, change a good All-Star 4/5 player, and play cannonball, this team can adapt to Mitchell's style of play!
You just have to play singles, I just grab the board, one is willing to fight and one is willing to be beaten. Gobert didn't complain, but everyone knew that honest people erupted very horribly. Perhaps, one day, everyone will point the finger at Mitchell, mitchell will become the "street rat" that everyone shouts, and the person who walks will become Mitchell!