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Utah Jazz: Pau, right in the kisser

C'mon all you whiny jazz fans. Let's hear all the complaints, all the conspiracy theories, all the 'non-calls'. First time i've ever posted on a forum. I've never seen nor read so many crybabys before. It's just a game. So what that Utah has never won anything. and probably never will.

Refs 3 Jazz 2, get next time boys.

I would like to thank the officiating crew they will never let the Jazz win a close game.

The NBA is just the WWF with a bouncing ball.

But you've got to hand it to the Lakers (the refs did), they brilliantly exploited the referees' proclivity for calling a one-sided game for the big market team.

Watch the tape of the fourth quarter. It speaks for itself.

What is the need of having those muscles if you are not going to use it on defense ? Somebody fm coaching staff should ask this to C-booz..He looks like a telegram pole when defending somebody with the exception of fouling behind eventually leading to never ending 3 point plays.

Boozer palys anything like an All-Star then we would have won. I don't mind the fouls on the Jazz but how about when we drive to the hoop... at least call it on both sides.

I have never come across so many whiners in my life! Do you guys ever see when Utah fouls and the refs don't call it? It happens quite a bit. Boozer grabs Odom's jersey nearly everytime Odom goes to the hoop because Boozer can't keep up with him. Utah sets moving picks ad nauseum...in Game 4, Williams took about four steps before shooting the ball which ended up being the game winner, Boozer barrelled into Gasol even though Gasol had position and yet, Gasol was called for the foul. Kirilenko pops Odom in the jaw, leaving Lamar with a nasty cut below his chin, but Odom was called for the foul. There is no conspiracy here. The Jazz have only themselves to blame for being unable to take a lead in this ballgame.

it was already in the books at the start of the 4th qtr. Thanks javie, washington, and delaney. it was so obvious what you guys were doing.

I'm baffled that no writer has mentioned anything about how uneven the officiating was tonight, especially in the 4th quarter. The Lakers got every call in the most crucial moments. Any one of which may have changed the outcome of the game. Just to name a few in the 4th quarter alone... 1. Harpring was called for a foul on Walton with the shot clock winding down when Harpring didn't even touch him. 2. Harpring had position and Gasol ran over him and scored, but not a peep from the ref. 3. AK was called for a foul when vujacik just dribbled the ball off his leg. 3. AK was also called for a foul on an Odom dunk when he went by Odom but didn't touch him. 4. Gasol pushed off Memo right near the end to get the rebound and dunk it in and no call was made. 5. Boozer was hacked twice underneath and no call was made. Additionally, Kobe went to the free throw line for several ticky-tac fouls.

Is the NBA ever going to call games fairly? It is incredible that the NBA can't see have consistent fair officiating like every other professional sport.

Just as you brought in Hornacek to help AK and Stockton to help DW (rookie season), lets bring in Malone to help Boozer learn a thing or two about playing physical. And, although Boozer has much more muscle then I will ever will have, I think Malone could teach Boozer a thing or two in the gym. Boozer would really do himself well to continue to bulk up. Except for one game he has been outplayed by Odom hands down. Yes some of it is due to Boozer playing help side defense on Kobe, but come'on, Odom is driving past Boozer right and left on one-on-one sets.

Defensively, we know that, and so does everybody else, but who else on the Jazz roster are you going to play? Collins? What I cannot understand is giving Kyle Korver so many minutes over C.J. MILES AND RONNIE BREWER!!!! WHATS UP WITH THAT? KORVER CAN'T PLAY DEFENSE!!!IT'S THE PLAYOFFS!!! ENOUGH KORVER ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lakers in 6!! it would have been in 5 if Kobe wasn't hurt last Sunday.

Funny how you called for the comments about the refs before anyone else posted. Probably because even a blind Lakers fan could see the horrible one sided officiating in the 4th Quarter.
As J Linds noted there were multiple no calls and phantom fouls. I turned the game off after I saw Odom beat Boozer on a backdoor cut and even though Boozer was 2 steps behind him he still got called for a foul and Odom got the and-1. NBA officiating is a joke.

I saw most of the game last night, and I agree that the officiating was typical of the NBA, which means downright horrid. However, from what I saw, this had nothing to do with the Jazz losing. What did was a possession where the Lakers had 4 offensive rebounds. What did was a number of missed lay-ups � lay-ups, people! What did was the absolute lack of defense played by Boozer. What did was terrible shooting by anyone not named Williams or Okur. If the Jazz make about three more lay-ups, grab four more rebounds, and hit a couple more shots, they easily win the game, no matter what happens with the officials (who, by the way, missed some stuff that would have had me yelling at the TV if I were a Lakers fan).

The Lakers were BEGGING to being beaten. Even with all the dubious calls this was a WINNABLE game. Maybe next time let's not try and run every play during crunch time through a guy in a shooting slump who either fumbles, travels or tries to muscle up a shot through four defenders in the paint. Still, the Jazz have all the talent right there, what they (with the exception of Williams) lack badly is killer instinct and heart. Just hope they develop it in the years to come.

Why are we starting to rely on the 3pt shot instead of taking the Jerry Sloan proven theory of making the easier lay up? We need to EXECUTE! The 3pt shot is not the first choice in a tight game.

Sorry, but Boozer is relying on this outside shot way too much as a "power" forward. He may have a better outside shot than Karl Malone had at this point of his career but because Karl didn't have a jump shot early in his career, he was forced to play the power game of driving to the hole and spent lots of time living at the charity strike. Boozer gets intimidated easily and after his shot is blocked once, he gets allergic to lay ups and is afraid of contact. How many dunks and lay ups are we going to give Odom? Boozer needs to move his feet and stop settling for short cuts like grabbing and pushing his man in the back to get a rebound trying to cheat after his opponent beats him to the ball. Hey Booze, if you box out and put a body on Odom, he won't get those easy tip-ins after a Kobe miss.

That the Laker fan knows that the complaints are coming before anyone else posts. Obviously he knows how rigged this game was.

waaaaahh. i've been to NBA games 12 cities and I was at game4. Utah fans cry the most by far.

The biggest thing that irked me the whole game were the numerous illegal defensive sets that were not called as LA at one point had all five players below the free-throw line while everyone but Boozer was above it. They also camp guys out in the paint who aren't guarding anyone. The NBA made a couple rules to get keep teams from overloading the paint like that when zones were allowed, but it seems these old-time refs (Javie can bite me, by the way) never call it.

You Jazz fans just can't take a loss. I have never heard so many whiners! Laker Fan is right, you whine too much. Someone has to win someone has to lose, the refs aren't perfect. The Lakers get bad calls too. You just didn't have it to win. Don't make excuses. I heard a die hard Jazz fan whining about the amount of days off between games for the home games and the away games claiming that has something to do with winning on the road. It cracked me up. The Lakers had the same time off, totally fair.
Lighten up Jazz fans.