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#3 Championship experience
For a team looking to win its first franchise championship, the Utah Jazz are severely lacking in title experience, let alone playoff experience itself. In the past five years, most of this group of players have made it into the postseason on each occasion. However, they have never made it beyond the semi-finals and have suffered some difficult losses in a stacked Western conference.
To battle against some of the best teams in the NBA, the Jazz need to bring in some legitimate veteran experience with championship pedigree if they can. Out of the players who competed for Utah in the postseason, only Mike Conley and Jordan Clarkson have appeared in the Conference Finals, though neither has won a ring in the past.
Although this team had enough in the regular season to dominate their opponents, a lack of experience showed against a tough Clippers outfit.
#4 Failing to make home court advantage count
The Utah Jazz finished at the top of the Western Conference for the first time since the late 90's. However, in a season when the big hitters in the West struggled to win as many games as usual, the Jazz wasted their opportunity to have home court advantage throughout the playoffs.
Quin Snyder's side could have had four games if necessary in their own arena had they made it all the way to the NBA Finals. Having a fanbase that is extremely daunting to play against would have made a huge difference.
#5 Secondary shot creators
Another aspect of the Utah Jazz' game that the front office will need to look at for the next campaign is their depth of shot creation. Although Donovan Mitchell and Mike Conley are the team's primary ball handlers and creators, beyond them the Jazz have little to offer in any way creative offense for themselves or for their teammates.
The series with the Clippers showed just that, as with both stars hobbled, the Jazz struggled against their opponents' savvy defensive structure, switching off the pick-and-roll. That helped the Clippers in warning off Joe Ingles, who is not exactly a one-on-one guard. Meanwhile for Jordan Clarkson they were able to limit his effectiveness for stretches by forcing him to make tough decisions in the paint.
Therefore, the Utah Jazz were limited in the offense they could generate. Bogdanovic can usually get to his spot, but that tends to be the end of an offensive sequence, while their two bigs, Royce O'Neale and Georges Niang, all rely on others to create their looks.
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