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We talked about the demoralizing defeat that Houston inflicted on Utah in game three leading 70 to 40 at half time and while Utah played much better in this game

Ultimately, they just could not begin to solve the rocket's defense. They could not and

Something that Kevin Pelton brought up, which I thought was was a good point is that last season when the rocket shot 30% or worse on

3s

They were 5 and 13 this year in that same circumstance almost the same number of games actually they are 10 and 6

So the big difference there has been their defense has reached a level where they can

They can survive bad shooting nights, and I thought Clint Coppola in particular was absolutely fantastic

Yeah, I thought he got tired briefly towards the end of the second quarter

But overall just unbelievable six block shots five offensive rebounds

He has dominated really go bear in that individual matchup the last couple of games

Houston did did get their threes up 10 out of 38

But Coppola also six of 11 from the field a few of those were taps as well had two seals and six blocks

I mean that's really remarkable and not only was he fantastic as a help defender

But also just the switching defense and the strives that he's made from only a year ago when we saw

Intermittently they would try and switch a lot against the Warriors and he was asked to do that and he was one of the biggest guys

Who would break down from a communication standpoint and now he has switched seamlessly the ultimate test will be coming with the Warriors for that strategy

But he switched seamlessly he's probably a tougher matchup just to score on one on one for really the jazz creators Mitchell being the chief among those

Maybe of all of the Houston players on the floor

Maybe Trevor reason might be the only one that you'd say or in Bob Mute would do a better job on Mitchell one on one then

Coppola is done the jazz infuriated you

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