Utah Jazz head coach Will Hardy had positive takeaways for his team despite their 138-122 loss to the LA Lakers
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00:00 Defensively for us, obviously their size hurt us in the paint.
00:07 Anthony Davis had a great game.
00:12 I thought Hachimura honestly was really the difference.
00:16 Made some tough shots in isolation also.
00:20 We left some guys on islands a little bit too long, especially in the second quarter.
00:25 I think our communication defensively needs to be a little bit sharper.
00:31 It created some advantages for them and that's why they were able to get to the free throw line.
00:38 Offensively for us, I actually was relatively pleased with some of the looks we got, especially from three.
00:49 The reality is we just didn't make very many of them tonight.
00:55 When you start looking at the stats, the points in the paint are relatively even.
01:02 The made threes are even, but we took 14 more of them than they did.
01:09 Then they obviously beat us in the free throw line.
01:12 Offensively, I wasn't necessarily upset with how the game was played.
01:20 I think there are times we can be a little more physical driving the ball,
01:24 but I do think there were a lot of good looks from three that we got that just didn't go.
01:30 Defensively, we've got to continue to clean up some of the communication
01:35 and do a better job protecting the basket as a group.