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No one on the Utah Jazz is using the word âstopâ when referring to what theyâll try to do to James Harden in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals on Wednesday night after the Houston Rocketsâ star scored 41 points in a Game 1 rout.
Theyâre simply searching for ways to slow him down a bit after heâs averaged almost 36 points a game in five meetings this season.
âHe is a (heck) of a player so itâs going to be tough Good Sellers For Fake NFL Jerseys , but we feel like we can just try to make it a bit tough on him for the whole (time) heâs out there,â Utahâs Joe Ingles said.
Harden made seven 3-pointers in Game 1, leaving the Jazz focused on limiting him from long range.
âJust make him a driver,â rookie Donovan Mitchell said. âHe loves getting back to that 3. They got comfortable in the first half and they went up 30. So just being able to make them uncomfortable and not let them dictate what we do on defense. Make sure we dictate what they do.â
Coach Mike DâAntoni isnât concerned about anything that the Jazz might throw at Harden on Wednesday and believes the only thing that can keep Harden from a big game is, well, Harden.
âThereâs no answer. Heâs seen it all,â DâAntoni said. âNow, he might play bad and thatâs because heâs human. But thereâs nothing that you can conceivably come up with that can stop one of the best offensive players ever.â
Harden led the NBA in scoring in the regular season by averaging a career-high 30.4 points a game and ranks second behind LeBron James this postseason with 31 points a game.
Houstonâs Trevor Ariza, a player known for his defense, has the task of guarding Mitchell in this series. He was asked what he would try if he had to guard Harden. There was a long pause before Ariza let out a loud sigh and said with a laugh: âIâd figure out a way to slow him down.â
But the veteran is happy to be playing with Harden and not against him.
âIâm glad I donât have that problem right now,â he said. âI wouldnât tell them what I think. I would let them try to figure it out on their own.â
The top-seeded Rockets expect to see a different team than they did in Game 1 after the Jazz had only about 36 hours between the end of Game 6 against the Thunder and the start of this series.
âI think a couple daysâ rest will help them and weâll get the best theyâve got,â DâAntoni said.
The Jazz refused to use fatigue as an excuse for their poor performance in Game 1, but they did admit that they were feeling better about this game with a little bit of rest. Mitchell said having two days to break down film and work on their game plan has also been beneficial.
Despite trailing by double digits for most of Sundayâs game Tell Authentic And Replica NFL Jerseys , the Jazz donât seemed daunted or discouraged entering Game 2.
âA lot of people have been hitting me up saying: âTry to keep your head up. Itâs only Game 1,ââ Mitchell said. âAnd my head was never down. I donât think any of our heads were ever down. Itâs just one game out of a long series ⦠I think being down 0-1 last series and seeing how we came back and responded definitely gives you a sense of more hope than if this would have been the opening round.â
The Jazz will try and even the series without starting point guard Ricky Rubio, who sat out Game 1 and is out indefinitely with a strained left hamstring. The Rockets believe Rubioâs absence changed things for Mitchell. He scored a playoff-high 38 points in Game 6 to lead Utah to the win before scoring 21, which were his fewest of the postseason, on Sunday.
âIt makes Donovan handle the ball more than they would like,â Ariza said of Rubioâs injury. âHeâs their dominant scorer at this point so when he has to handle the ball and get everybody involved in the game it kind of takes away from him scoring the ball all the time or being aggressive all the time.â
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Quincy Enunwa was coming off a breakout season and looking to establish himself last summer as a big-time playmaker for the New York Jets.
In one scary moment, that came to an abrupt halt.
The wide receiver was running a route when he dropped a pass during 7-on-7 drills. He took a step and fell to the turf face-first despite not having been touched.
He didn't move for a few moments. His neck wouldn't let him.
Fear set in, if only briefly, that Enunwa's football career could be in jeopardy.
"At the beginning," he recalled after a recent training camp practice, "definitely."
Enunwa had a bulging disk in his neck, the culmination of problems he had been dealing with for most of the last several months. He had surgery a few weeks later and was reassured he would be able to play again. But first there would be several months of grueling rehab.
"I knew physically, there was no way that I would not be back on the field 5 Ways To Tell Authentic And Replica NFL Jerseys (...l VS Fake) ," Enunwa said. "I knew I would hit every timetable and do everything I needed to do. I have confidence in myself as a physical guy, so I knew I was going to do the work and get back as soon as possible."
Enunwa's comeback appears nearly complete.
After sitting out offseason workouts and participating on a limited basis in minicamp, the former Nebraska star has been practicing every day during training camp.
"It feels really good, yeah," he said. "I mean, there are really no issues. I'm having fun, flying around. I can't complain."
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Enunwa is still wearing a red, no-contact pinnie during padded practices, but hopes to shed that soon.
"I'd say it's protocol," he said. "I'm just going on their kind of timeline, doing what I need to do, but I'm having fun 2018 Good Sellers For Fake NFL Jerseys , though."
Coach Todd Bowles wouldn't declare Enunwa as being at "full speed" just yet.
"He's doing everything, but it's just precautionary," Bowles said. "We'll find a time and place and see if we get it right."
Enunwa was a sixth-round draft pick of the Jets in 2014 and saw limited action in his first two seasons. In 2016, he emerged as a vital part of the offense by working in a hybrid wide receiver/tight end/H-back role and setting career highs with 58 catches for 857 yards and four touchdowns.
Even more was expected going into last season 鈥?until the injury short-circuited those plans.
The doctors took a cautious approach with Enunwa's rehab, not wanting to rush him back. But as the Jets trudged through a 5-11 season, Enunwa wished he could help.
"Physically, I was able to, but they told me not to," he said. "So, it was kind of just sitting around and doing bike stuff, so those were the times when I was really anxious to get back out there to run and catch passes."
He has been doing exactly that during the first four practices of camp, including catching a touchdown toss from rookie Sam Darnold in team drills Monday.
Enunwa says his days of being an H-back are over 鈥?"I was drafted as a receiver and I want to play receiver 鈥?and he helps give the Jets an intriguing group that also includes Robby Anderson, Jermaine Kearse and Terrelle Pryor.
"It's great to have Q back out there NFL Blog ," quarterback Josh McCown said. "Just his energy and his work ethic is great to have on the field."
At 6-foot-2 and a well-chiseled 225 pounds, the 26-year-old Enunwa is a physical specimen. With his mix of size, strength and speed, he reminds McCown of a former star teammate.
"I had the opportunity to play with Anquan Boldin and Quincy kind of has that after-catch, that tough mentality," McCown said. "Every day he's on the field with us and is back I think is a good day for us."
This is a big year for Enunwa, and not just because of his comeback. He signed his second-round restricted free agent tender in April, and could potentially be an unrestricted free agent next offseason.
"That next contract is what everybody wants to get to," Enunwa said. "So I'm definitely looking forward to just playing my best right now. I'm not thinking too much about the contract because I have my own personal goals, and I know that those personal goals will help the team's goals and will eventually help my contract goals.
"So, for me, it's just going out there and performing and showing what I can do."
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