Going into New Jersey the Jazz (27-14) should have beaten the Nets (10-31). Instead the Jazz now find themselves 27-15, with their second straight loss to an Eastern Conference lottery team. What's going on?
Hard to say, but the Jazz are now 9-33 in the first quarter. The Jazz had bad first and third quarters again against the Nets. For some reason the starting lineup just can't seem to get it done, and if I look at the 82games stats, the statistical weak link is Raja Bell. I would encourage Jerry Sloan to try Gordon Hayward or CJ Miles in the starting linup and bring Bell off the bench.
Deron Williams got his 20 points and 10 assists, Al Jefferson had his 21 points, 8 rebounds and a block, but the Jazz were outrebounded 44-31 and Paul Millsap was limited by foul trouble. Francisco Elson (-13) and Mehmet Okur (-10) couldn't pick up the slack. There were several missed lay-ups. The energy just isn't there.
But the Jazz are also known for playing up to their competition, and they're going to need to in order to defeat the Boston Celtics and prevent their first three-game losing streak of the season.
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