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Utah Jazz: Back on track Jazz endure late scare to take 3-1 series advantage
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It doesn't matter in the bigger picture because the Jazz still go the W, but it just makes me mad that the whole city of Houston cried for 3 days after the Scola/Kirelinko play, and this just goes to show that you can't let one play determine the outcome of a game. Great win tonight, now lets send T-Mac home for the second year in a row!
The jazz are done next series. Sad but true.
The Jazz have relatively no inside strong inside threat, the fact that they get significant points in the pain is deceptive because of their great cutting, not any strong player inside.
If Booz is reading this, and I love your game, but want you for once, just once, to run over Mutumbo, dunk on him or give him an elbow like Karl would have done. I guarantee he will get out of the way next time.
Not only has Boozer disappeared but so has Milsap. A combined 4-16 is not going to lift them to the next level at that position. When the design of the offense is to go through the power forward position to the inside and then out. You have to get some scores or the opposing team just has to guard the perimeter cause thats where the Jazz are all standing. That is what has happened the last two games. Not sure why Dwill has gone away from what worked in the games in Houston and that is pushing the ball up the court before there defense is set and catching them off guard and the last two games were lucky to get the ball across before the 8 sec. call. Maybe his booty is hurting but pushing the ball has definitely worked better. We have not seen the Jazzes best game yet so hopefully there are some good things to come. Go JAZZ
And what about the officiating for this series?!! These officials really STINK!!! I've never seen so many bad calls and missed calls in playoff games. Is it because it's Utah and the really good refs don't want to come here? ("YOU go officiate in Utah!") I thought the NBA was supposed to pull together the best refs they have for the playoffs. Uh oh, here's the bad news: I think they did.
Boozer, good job on the free throws and your D looked a little bit better. You are still a sissy when it means going to the hole. Are you afraid of Mutombo? MAN UP BOOZ! You keep taking the 12-15 foot fader when you could go to the hole to get fouled. Your shooting is horrible, but I will give you credit for the free throws. You could be unstoppable if you wanted to be. Good thing Memo had desire or we would have lost no matter what the refs did or didn't do.
Jazz fan, quit complaining over refs. Yes they blew calls but I am sure they didn't go into the ESA to purposely make bad calls. I saw bad calls and no calls on both sides.
GO JAZZ!!!
Also too those complaining about the threes you need to open your eyes. Like I said, I was there in person and Houston played them close (really close).No Jazz player got an open look from 3 land last nght.The Jazz played a hard fought game and Houston is alot tougher than the rest of TVLand is giving them credit for.
also, jazz doesnt play great defense. they are not a good defensive team. jazz fans are blinded by what they do. jazz are a physical team or as most other people put it, DIRTY. after every foul the jazz commit, they have a confused look on their face like they didnt foul. What really put the icing on the cake is when BOOZER INTENTIONALLY FOULED CARL LANDRY TO PREVENT AN EASY DUNK, OFFICIALS CALLED NOTHING. boozer looked confused as to no call. dispite teh refs, rockets again shot poorly from the FT line, shot poorly from teh field, got outrebounded, COMMITED MORE FOULS THAN THE LEAADING FOULING TEAM IN THE NBA, dispite all of this, rox were 1 reb from sneaking in a win. if anything, jazz will choke in 7
Props on shooting an absolute zero from 3 point line and still winning the game.
It has been an awesome, methodical destruction, physical and mental, of a very good team.
Is anybody watching?
Go Jazz!