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Utah Jazz: Inside the mind of a Rocket fan

The offensive foul on Kirilenko may have looked like a flop to Houston, but the Houston player definitely pushed him out of the way. And even if it HAD been a flop, it would still have been payback for the offensive foul on Deron when he got shoved to the floor and had to leave the game for a few minutes. Sounds like Houston sour grapes to me.

If I wasn't a hard core Jazz fan, I'm pretty sure I would hate us too. It isn't fair to single out Utah for flopping. It's just part of the NBA.

DH, please remind your son-in-law, whenever he lapses into the tired argument that the Rockets have won two titles and the Jazz none, that the Rockets never had to play MJ and the Bulls to win those titles. I seem to recall that NO team beat MJ and the Bulls in an NBA Finals, thus the Jazz faced a much more daunting task than the Rockettes did playing the Magic. Tell him too that Olajuwon and Barkley were two of the games' finest floppers and vicious pick setters. Screens and physical positioning are fundamentals of basketball, but only fans of a team that loses to a fundamentally sound team complain of "dirty tactics." We will forgive your grandchildren for their Jazz-hatred. After all, like the Lamanites, such hatred results from the foolish traditions of their father, which were not correct! ;)

Dick - you could make an anonymous call to the authorities in Texas and....well maybe that's not such a good idea. You'll just have hope and pray that when your grandkids get old enough they will see the errors in their father's ways.

If Houston fans feel that strongly about the Jazz as rivals, it's a one-way rivalry. Unless they're playing the Jazz, I don't really think about the Rockets, aside from the fact that the Jazz own them.

The Jazz's biggest rival is in Texas, but they wear black, not red.

GO JAZZ!

Maybe Houston fans (and those of every NBA team) should take a closer look at their own players before bad-mouthing Jazz players. Ak's flop didn't lose the game, Houston lost the game. Every team has floppers and actors on it. i guess people that can't accept reality have to make excuses for their own insecurities.

GO JAZZ!!! I hope they sweep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As a life long loud-and-proud Jazz living in hostile enemy territory, all I have to say is, "You Gotta Love It Baby."

For a real taste of bitter houston fans and their bit$@ing, go to chron.com and just read a bit in their sports section.

they whine more than Laker fans!

How does that song go? Oh yea... GET OVER IT! There's always next year, Rocket fans.

Uh, Although Utah has generally owned Houston in the Playoffs, and yes, the Rockets have two Titles to Utah's none, It was the Rockets who came back from a 3-1 deficit in '95 against the Jazz to go on to win their second championship ruining what I believe was the Jazz's best chance at a title - even including the finals years because there was no Jordan. Houston is a bitter rival - unforgivable - the Jazz can never inflict enough pain on Houston.

It's funny when Houston fans complain about flopping when they have the biggest flopper (minus giniobli) in the game. shane battier!
And if we want to talk about bad officiating...what about when deron gets thrown to the ground and no call.
What a bunch of babies!!!

I'm not sure Rockets fans have any room to critize flopping as long as they have Shane Floppier on their team.

Oh, and no mention of how the Jazz grab, hold, pinch, shove, punch, tweak, bop, poke, caress, and do the Vulcan neck pinch on every possession? C'mon, son-in-law! Learn the proper way to criticize the Jazz!

Nice story dick It got me pumped up for all the celebrating that will be going on at ESA on saturday night. We simply have the rockets # just like the spurs have ours. At least the Rockets have won in Utah in the past Decade.

P.S. Dick tell your Son in Law it was about time we played some Men in Game 2.

This article is worthless and not worth the ink it took to print. Who cares about one family issue? Certainly not me. Haven't we got bigger fish to fry? I do think so.

Great article! It's enlightening to hear things from the other perspective. I love Harpring, but I can see why Houston fans might go off.

I didn't realize that Houston fans had minds.

Trying to convert all these East Coast Biasd people to become Jazzfan's. Have succeeded in many folks taking notice of the Jazz. Keep spreading the word "You gotta Love it Baby". Always wearing my Jazzclothing and getting into alot of trash talk with the east coasters. Bring out the brooms. Jazz in four

Did T-Hanc play?
How did Aroido do?

I am a die-hard Jazz fan, but Houston can't possibly blame T-Mac for the loss. They rode him like a mule and he couldn't carry the whole load. All those minutes would make anyone tired. I do get tired of the "T-mac this and T-Mac that" from the commentators, though. He's a very good player, the Jazz have to respect him, but he can't carry the whole team for the whole game.

Oh, and the champion flopper has to be Manu. He's a fish when he drives the lane.

Ah yes, this coming from a fan of a team that has both Shane Floppier and Luis Flop-ola. Hi pot, I'm kettle.

Funny to me how his Houston goggles make him forget that his teams star scored 1 pt in the 4th, or that his team went 4-19 (21%) from the 3 line, or that they shot a wonderful 16-26 (61.5%) from the foul line. Yes, none of those REALLY cost them the game, is was a flop.