Comments about ‘Utah Jazz: Cold when it counted — Jazz rally thwarted by missed shots down the stretch’

It's not every game that AK has it going so why in the name of basketball common sense did sloan pull AK out of the game right after he easily posted up and scored on Radmonovich, and right after blocking three shots?

AK sits and we go from up one to down nine.

Sloan quit substituting based on the time clock, and start doing it based on the game.

Why did Sloan go small after Boozer and AK fouled out? Where was Milsap? The pounded us down low at the end.

Also why did sloan sit AK, Memo and Brewer all at once in the first quarter right when momentum was changing in our favor and AK was scoring down low???

The Jazz may have lost the game, but I see no need to push the panic button at all right now. Despite playing just 38 hours after the houston series and the Lakers getting almost a week of rest, not to mention being down by as much as 19, we still battled back ON THE ROAD and might have still won it anyway if they could've gotten a few more stops and shots that sank instead of rattling in and out. I'm sure everyone will continue to rave on about the Lakers being so good but don't even underestimate the Jazz for one moment. Utah is still talented enough to beat the Lakers as long as they consistently play their game and they lost today because they didn't do that from start to finish. If any Jazz players are reading this, keep your heads up because I believe in you! GO JAZZ!! BEAT LA!!!

They just need to hit their shots. Kudos for coming back after 19 down, as it looked like a blowout.
No blame here whatsover to Williams--the contrary. I give him credit for getting the Jazz here. We know good games are ahead.
If LA wins the championship they need to give thanks to Memphis for the gift they gave the Lakers (Gasol).
Do we have to see the celebs so often? Don't we see them enough already? It is annoying seeing people wearing shades indoors or wearing large goofy glasses. Worse are celebrity worshippers.
Go Jazz! For those at the game at ESA please keep the reputation as a loud arena. Yell!

It's been 7 years since I missed a Jazz home playoff game. Let's hope Energy Solutions Arena will be just as intimidating without all of us 'vicious Mormons' in Game 4. Happy Mothers Day. :(

Jazz in 6

If the Booze
Continues to Snooze
The Jazz
Are sure to lose

Like I have been saying if you want to win a championship you've got put together a championship team.

I.E. do it right and make it happen and stop doing like that 60's song wishin and hopin.

If there are not changes (i.e. sloan, boozer, brewer, management, ownership, etc) jazz will continue to be nothing but what they always been:

playoff chum

rather than playoffs champs.

Whuddabout just playing all 4 quarters? I've seen the Jazz take a rest for too many 2nd quarters this year.
Please, Jazz, if there is a team that needs, no, begs to be humbled, it is the Fakers. All we ask is 4 wins. Is that too much?

I saw a new stratagy by Kobe in this game. At the "beginning" of his drive he uses his free arm to push the defender away, and the referees let him get away with it of course. If our players tried that it would be called everytime. It sure makes it hard to defend him when he can push the defender away. The referees look for the push off at the end of drives, but they seemed to be blind to it happening at the beginning of the drive. I am so tired of the MJ super star treatment. If the referees continue to let him get away with that, no one can have any chance of guarding him.

It's comforting to see so many qualified coaches available if Larry Miller is ever insane enough to fire Jerry Sloan (as some of you suggest every day.) But maybe a guy with 20 years experience and more wins than anybody who isn't already a legend knows a few more things about how the Jazz can win than you armchair coaches. The Jazz were valiant in coming back from a deep deficit and only their cold shooting (4 of 19 from 3-point range?) kept them from winning the game - despite the super-human perfomance of Kobe Bryant. Just 38 hours after blowing out Houton and then traveling to Los Angeles it might be understandable that they were a bit tired and off their game. Don't panic, don't complain, just keep the faith. Go Jazz!

Calling The Mailman!, Calling The Mailman! WHere are you? We need your ferocious defense and attitude....and ball handlin!....and scoring and....

Have any of you noticed all the ticky tack fouls for the team and lots of no calls for the road team. Kobe can't be touched without getting a foul called on him. I really HATE how superstars and the home team get all the fouls. Good thing Deron is about a year or two away from getting calls. Go Jazz! Go Deron! Beat L.A.!

Hey jazz fans- Are you guys impressed with our all-star boozer, does this guy know that we are in the playoffs, i have never seen an all-star play with as little emotion as this guy does, does he not have any self respect for himself, how many times is he gonna let somebody beat him for a layup or foul somebody after they have already put it in the basket, or not run the floor and get back on defense, or throw the ball away....... What a joke boozer maybe try and be agressive one time in your life, not to mention letting derek fisher out hustle him for a loose ball.. very disapointed with your effort all around boozer...

What I'd like to see:
more Milsap
less Booze
more CJ and Brewer
less Korver

I totally agree with comment about why did Sloan take AK out of the game when he had just blocked shots and hit jumpers. I was really upset when Sloan did that, but then again he does that no matter how well AK is playing. And, I personally think that upsets AK and he never gets back to how well he was playing before he was taken out of the game. I've always been a Sloan supporter, but totally disagree with his practice of taking players out based on the time clock.

for playing that poorly they were only down by 7 in the 4th quarter. The hawks were down by 36. that just shows how good of D the Jazz play. Foul Kobe, and boozer and Memo Guard Gasol ELBOW him a little. Ak has Radmanovics number get the ball to Ak. Brewer played Good D on KOBE, but where is your slashing offense where you get alot of easy layups c'mon brewer.
Sloan please play CJ and RP a little.
Game 2 104-97 Jazz

Why did you take A.K.,Okur, and Brewer out of the game all at once together just as we were starting to get the momentum? You killed it. When Harpring first reported in hobbling like a sick, half dead old man, you should have taken him right back out of the game.Even a blind man could see Harpring was not fit ( for what ever reason ) to play basketball yesterday. When Korver can't hit the broad side of a barn when open from ten feet why don't you make the adjustment and PUT C.J. MILES IN. HE CAN SHOOT THE BASKETBALL!!! GET OVER THE THE ROCKY MOUNTIAN REVEIW ALREADY. IT'S GOING TO COST US A TITLE IF YOU DON"T!!!PLEASE MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS.PLEASE ADAPT TO GAME SITUATIONS, PLEEEEAAASE!!!!

Do you really believe that the Lakers got all of the good calls? Kobe is perhaps the best in the league at drawing fouls. He head and shoulder fakes until he gets the opposing player in the air. Or he gets by the first defender and then the other players need to step in and thats when many of the fouls occur. If you don't want to foul him then the defensive player has got to avoid the head fakes and stay between Kobe and the basket. Make Kobe shoot jump shots.

By the way, total fouls:

Lakers 27
Jazz 33

Not a huge difference.

And stop your crying.............

Can't you guys ever lose with dignity.

sets a franchise record for free throws attempted in the playoffs. He practially shot as many as the entire Utah team. I'm not going to complain because everyone knew this would happen with Kobe getting the benefit of some very bad calls, but I do think it's a joke.

These 15 point / 12 rebound performances from Boozer are not going to get it done in the playoffs against a team like LA. Williams had an off night yesterday but he has definitely stepped up his game in the playoffs and is performing like a Max player. I thought Boozer was supposed to be the other Max player on this team, but he has yet to show it. Okur has showed him up big time, and he is supposed to be the second option behind Boozer. Unless he steps up his game and starts acting like a real POWER forward the Jazz will be lucky to get six games out of this series.