One thing about Boozer: The man's stubborn. Not until after losing Game 2 to the Lakers was he even admitting he was in a slump. Everyone seemed to see the elephant in the room except him. That despite going for 20, 13, 15, 14, 19, 15, 15 and 10 in the playoffs.

Those are nice numbers for a third or fourth man.

For Boozer it's an A-level meltdown.

Which led to the plight of the Jazz. After falling behind 0-2 in the series, odds didn't look good. No team has ever come from an 0-3 deficit to win. Nobody. An 0-3 deficit is the NBA equivalent of an eviction notice.

As it turned out, the Jazz headed off near-certain disaster.

Almost as important, they rediscovered their top scorer. Boozer sank three straight shots in just over a minute to move Utah's lead from three to nine, late in the game.

The kind of game stars are supposed to have.

Now all he needs to do is figure out how get back to doing the same every night.

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