Reader comments: Utah Jazz: DWill second-guessing last play

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el Captian | 1:37 a.m. April 26, 2008
The Jazz lost the game long before the final minutes. They just plain looked tired for the most part. Missing foul shots, jumpers, etc. I was worried for them from the first quarter on... Hope they are in play off mode tonight...GO JAZZ
Thats Right | 6:31 a.m. April 26, 2008
Don't rock the ship Booz he's your meal ticket and you know it. It should not have come down to that play anyway. Look back through the game, there is plenty of blame to be shared by all.
adam d | 10:16 a.m. April 26, 2008
Dwill, keep taking it to the hole strong. We love what you do. Hindsight is always 20-20 leave it be.

I am fine with the loss because the jazz played poorly and the rockets played well, yet the jazz were still in a position to win. That tells you who the better team is.
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Matt Connelly | 11:03 a.m. April 26, 2008
No way should anyone be second guessing William's decision on that last play. Watch the replay. No question about it. D-Will's right. If he would have tried to pass it to Boozer it probably would have been a turnover. He would have had to do a wrap around pass around Landry and it would have been easy for Landry to deflect it. Plus, the spacing wasn't good. Boozer was too close to Landry and may not have been able to catch the ball. As usual, D-Will made the RIGHT decision. It just didn't work out. Fine. Let's regroup and play harder next time. I predict a strong Jazz win tonight.
Jazz Fan (The Original) | 11:43 a.m. April 26, 2008
The old 'red head' aka Bill Walton didn't say uh-oh; he said oh-oh. The game in Thursday should never have come down to a desperation play being two points behind, hoping for a possible three, or two, or heaven forbid, another trip to the foul line, which never would have happened in the real world anyway....there has to be major blood spilled for an official to make a call at the end of the game to send someone to the line for a possible tie coming from behind....not withstanding the Jazz was the home team.

What has happened is history...forget the bellyaching, excuses, etc., and move on. Woulda, shoulda, coulda is for children. The Jazz are still in the drivers seat, and will get the job done.

Go Jazz....I have confidence you will put the Texas outfit out of their misery, and do it six games.

DO IT tonight!!!!
ZEKE | 4:24 p.m. April 26, 2008
Maybe Sloan should have called a time out to set up a play. The type of game DWill was having I think he should have taken the last shot. He was`nt getting much help from anyone else. Hopefully the Jazz win tonite can`t aford to go back to Houston tied two games a piece.
FOCUS | 6:27 p.m. April 26, 2008
I don't blame D-Will for taking the shot. No one else was really playing well. It seemed only D-Will made his freethrows. I hope the WHOLE team can come focused to tonight's game.
Rich | 12:02 a.m. April 27, 2008
Sloan probably set the play up in the last timeout. Houston simply played good defense. Anybody who says DWill did the right thing is too stubborn to face reality. With 20:20 hindsight, he obviously should have done something besides what he did on that last play. Duh! I think DWill should not have jumped until he knew he had a clear pass or shot. He probably realizes that now, too. But in basketball things happen fast, you have to make decisions quickly, and nobody makes all the right decisions all the time. I for one am glad we have DWill running the point. He could play with a bit more intensity on defense, but on offense he's hard to beat. Plus he's not a know-it-all jerk, and he usually is spot-on when it comes to analyzing a win or a loss. He knows what can and should be done better, truly a coach on the floor with the same priorities as Sloan. The Jazz will be dangerous as long as we have Williams in good physical condition.

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