I was pleased with the Jazz overall despite the loss especially without our deep threats Korver and Miles out. I will take layups all day. Milsap > Boozer Going to be another great battle in our division this year with Denver, Portland, and the Jazz making the playoffs and fighting for home court. Williams is a beast and I hope he stays healthy. Want to see more of our rook Maynor. BTW, the Jazz rookies were ordered by the Vets to carry Disney Princess backpacks to every road game this year. Maybe they can bring us some luck on the road.
i was very impressed with the Jazz myself, except for 1 person Kirelinko. Carmelo beat him like he stole something mostly everytime he got the ball. Williams is a beast, he has it all. Milsap is a true dog down on the block. I think they will make some noise, if they can defend people.
In the meantime, the Cavs are 0-2 after being thrashed by the Raptors. However they made a run at the end of the game, but it wasnt enough. Here are the other scores: 1 2 3 4 Total Cleveland 22 17 32 20 91 Final Toronto 27 30 21 23 101 CLE: L. James 23 Pts, 11 Reb, 12 Ast TOR: A. Bargnani 28 Pts, 5 Reb, 1 Ast Box Score - Recap 1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 32 33 27 17 109 Final Atlanta 29 37 29 25 120 IND: D. Granger 31 Pts, 4 Reb, 1 Ast ATL: A. Horford 24 Pts, 16 Reb, 4 Ast Box Score - Recap 1 2 3 4 Total Philadelphia 27 20 22 37 106 Final Orlando 29 41 28 22 120 PHI: M. Speights 26 Pts, 5 Reb, 0 Ast ORL: D. Howard 21 Pts, 15 Reb, 2 Ast Box Score - Recap 1 2 3 4 Total New York 23 24 15 31 93 Final Miami 27 29 34 25 115 NY: D. Lee 22 Pts, 9 Reb, 2 Ast MIA: J. O'Neal 22 Pts, 12 Reb, 4 Ast Box Score - Recap 1 2 3 4 Total Charlotte 13 18 10 18 59 Final Boston 22 20 25 25 92 CHA: D. Brown 9 Pts, 4 Reb, 0 Ast BOS: R. Rondo 10 Pts, 3 Reb, 11 Ast Box Score - Recap 1 2 3 4 Total New Jersey 25 30 23 15 93 Final Minnesota 21 20 23 31 95 NJ: B. Lopez 27 Pts, 15 Reb, 4 Ast MIN: D. Wilkins 12 Pts, 10 Reb, 2 Ast Box Score - Recap 1 2 3 4 Total Detroit 24 29 18 25 96 Final Memphis 20 21 16 17 74 DET: R. Hamilton 25 Pts, 3 Reb, 4 Ast MEM: M. Gasol 21 Pts, 15 Reb, 0 Ast Box Score - Recap 1 2 3 4 Total New Orleans 13 26 29 28 96 Final San Antonio 19 38 29 27 113 NO: C. Paul 26 Pts, 1 Reb, 9 Ast SA: D. Blair 14 Pts, 11 Reb, 3 Ast Box Score - Recap 1 2 3 4 Total Sacramento 22 29 17 21 89 Final Oklahoma City 39 29 21 13 102 SAC: K. Martin 27 Pts, 4 Reb, 4 Ast OKC: J. Green 24 Pts, 8 Reb, 2 Ast Box Score - Recap 1 2 3 4 Total Utah 30 25 25 25 105 Final Denver 23 31 28 32 114 UTA: D. Williams 28 Pts, 3 Reb, 13 Ast DEN: C. Anthony 30 Pts, 8 Reb, 5 Ast Box Score - Recap 1 2 3 4 Total Houston 26 26 35 21 108 Final Golden State 28 34 19 26 107 HOU: L. Scola 21 Pts, 11 Reb, 2 Ast GS: M. Ellis 26 Pts, 3 Reb, 5 Ast Box Score - Recap 1 2 3 4 Total Phoenix 24 29 24 32 109 Final LA Clippers 30 23 26 28 107 PHO: S. Nash 24 Pts, 1 Reb, 8 Ast LAC: M. Camby 23 Pts, 11 Reb, 3 Ast Box Score - Recap
I agree with AK-47. He is our best defender and he struggled. I expect that to change and write it off as a bad night and Melo makes most look like a piece of toilet paper stuck to the bottom of his shoe.
The shyt is about the hit the fan in the NBA. This is from the refs book thats in jail right now.... Crazy stuff, but something I have known about for a while. Who couldnt possibly know about this stuff after watching a game.. Ref excerpt doesn't read as tall tale for teams - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
Yep Very refreshing to finally hear what we already know. I have always felt that the Jazz get the short end of the stick when it involved crucial calls in the playoffs over the years but I never worked myself up about it because we have been fortunate as well. We led the NBA in penalties 2 years ago and are close to the bottom each and every year. I am not going to say that the Jazz should have been in the finals any given season and it is conspiracy because we haven't. But honestly, the NBA would hate for the Jazz to make it to the finals anytime soon. We do not have a superstar (even though Williams is one), we play defense, usually cause low scoring games, and swarm your superstar with an array of defensive stoppers and most importantly we are in a small national market. Utah fans are rabid but very concentrated. It was fine for the NBA to have Stockton and Malone in the finals because they were a superstar duo with long successful careers exiting their prime. And they had built rivals in the West vs the Lakers, etc... and had a history with the Bulls.
Man why do you think they hated the Pistons reaching the finals and the beat a Lakers team with Kobe and Shaq on it as well.
