A Tale of Two Jazz Teams

In their 99-98 win over the Heat,

- Six guys scored in double figures and one of them was not Paul Millsap.

- Six guys had a blocked shot.

- Gordon Hayward had 12 pts, 5 rbs, 5 asts, and 1 block in 26 minutes of play.

- Devin Harris had 13 pts, 5 asts and had the game-clinching 3-point play.

- Al Jefferson shot 10-20 (50%).

- The Jazz buried the Heat in the beginning of the third quarter with their five starters.

In their 102-96 loss to the Mavericks,

- Five guys scored in double figures and Millsap had a team-high 24.

- The lone block came from Earl Watson.

- Hayward had 3 pts, 0 rbs, 0 asts, 0 blocks in 15 minutes of play.

- Harris had 7 pts, 5 asts and had some badly-missed shots.

- Jefferson shot 4-12 (33%).

- The Mavericks buried the Jazz at the end of the third quarter with a lineup of Harris, Burks, Miles, Kanter and Jefferson.

It's going to be interesting to see what coach Ty Corbin does when Raja Bell's ready to return.  Does he ease Bell back in, make him come off the bench?  Does he do as previously rumored and bench Hayward?  Hayward's definitely had his minutes cut back, and I think a lot of it has to do with his offensive intensity.  By design, just about every half-court set starts with Hayward going to whatever side on the court is farthest from the ball, but we keep wondering where that kid went that scored 34 points in the last game of last season.

I think that's why CJ Miles and Alec Burks have been getting more of his minutes.  Burks makes things happen whenever he enters the game.  He's still wild, but he and Earl Watson were the only Jazzmen to have a positive in the +/- for both games.  Miles is a streaky shooter, but he's willing to score.