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Brad Rock: Utah Jazz: Tough game, fine finish
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rvalens2 | 2:09 a.m. May 12, 2008
Yes it was a great game, a nail-biter right to the end. They don't get much
better. I loved every minute of it. Hopefully, the Jazz will take what they
learned from this game back to LA and steal one there.
UTAH JAZZ | 3:31 a.m. May 12, 2008
WHAT A WIN JAZZ! GO OUT AND WIN AGAIN IN LOS ANGELAS AND BRING THEM BACK HERE
FOR THE SLAUGHTER! The lakers and Phil JAckson need some big time humbling!
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Rich | 7:19 a.m. May 12, 2008
Comparing Williams to any other player is futile. His playing speaks for itself
-- he is a remarkable player who repeatedly has proved the Jazz brass right for
trading up to draft him. I enjoy watching him because he always tries to do
what is best for the team and is as competitive a player as you'll find in
the NBA. He has flourished under Jerry Sloan's tutelage, and his coach is
wise enough to give him free reign for demonstrating his high basketball IQ.
Game 5. The Jazz must play an almost perfect game to beat the Lakers in their home gym, where the officials will give them the benefit of at least a dozen close calls. Some of my friends won't watch the NBA because the referees give the home teach so many calls and because they give the NBA's appointed superstars, such as Kobe, the star treatment. Some say the bad officiating is not only condoned by the NBA but encouraged by the home office. Frank Layden said he was extremely upset by the referees until he realized it was good for the entire NBA for every to team win most of its home games.
Game 5. The Jazz must play an almost perfect game to beat the Lakers in their home gym, where the officials will give them the benefit of at least a dozen close calls. Some of my friends won't watch the NBA because the referees give the home teach so many calls and because they give the NBA's appointed superstars, such as Kobe, the star treatment. Some say the bad officiating is not only condoned by the NBA but encouraged by the home office. Frank Layden said he was extremely upset by the referees until he realized it was good for the entire NBA for every to team win most of its home games.
russ | 7:28 a.m. May 12, 2008
It is just a game. But it certainly was a sweet one.
Go Jazz!!!
Go Jazz!!!
Anonymous | 7:28 a.m. May 12, 2008
it was sad to see so many flaker fans there on Sunday. but it turned out to be
great as we were leaving ESA and the look on their poor, scared faces. the JAZZ
need to take this game on wendnesday.
Talk about poor sports, fighting in the restrooms, i have never seen so many flaker fans crying and talking trash at one time. you would think they thought they would win here in UTAH. FLAKER fans take your little kobe and go home and cry yourselfs to sleep on that giant chair of phil jacksons.
Talk about poor sports, fighting in the restrooms, i have never seen so many flaker fans crying and talking trash at one time. you would think they thought they would win here in UTAH. FLAKER fans take your little kobe and go home and cry yourselfs to sleep on that giant chair of phil jacksons.
RE: PowerHouse | 7:33 a.m. May 12, 2008
You are such a tough guy wearing your Jazz gear around. Please tell me you
opted for the powder blue. Since when is wearing your gear in another city
qualify you as anything other than a complete whiff? Nobody cares if you like
the Jazz bro...nobody.
Rockoff | 7:33 a.m. May 12, 2008
Brad Rock is a stooge.
Re;Rich | 7:39 a.m. May 12, 2008
I got a great idea, if you think it's so rigged don't watch!.
HuskerJazzFan | 8:10 a.m. May 12, 2008
Re: PowerHouse
I care 'bro'. Wear it with pride!!
I care 'bro'. Wear it with pride!!
Non-believer | 8:24 a.m. May 12, 2008
This is all great stuff. But they can't seem to win in LA. You are all
going to eat your words unless they can get their act together on away games.
Illinois Jazz Fan | 8:45 a.m. May 12, 2008
What a great game Sunday. For those doubters about the Jazz winning an away game
did you watch any of the games with Houston. As for D Will being the MVP it will
come maybe next year lets just get the championship this year . Gooo Jazz !!!!
Humble Vinnie | 8:45 a.m. May 12, 2008
The last two wins are worth celebration, and excitement, but please stay humble
fans because this thing is far from over. I love everything about D Will and his
game except one thing that sticks out too often and that is his defense. He
isn't that quick and often gets too far off his man to recover- thus gets
lit up way too often. Stay more at home Deron. Go for it Jazz.
California Jazz Fan! | 9:22 a.m. May 12, 2008
That was a great win, great fan support. Heap all the abuse on Kobe you want but
booing a classy guy like Derek Fisher makes you look like a bunch of IDIOTS!
RE: Powerhouse | 9:51 a.m. May 12, 2008
Yeah 'bro' chill out. We care. All Jazz fans care. We need to
represent anywhere we are. Go Jazz!!
sean | 9:53 a.m. May 12, 2008
We boo fisher because he was once one of us, but now he's on the dark side.
Ex Laker Fan | 10:29 a.m. May 12, 2008
We boo Fisher because he plays out of his mind against the Jazz. I grew up in
So Cal, I pull for the Lakers except for against the Jazz, lived here 20 years
now and it's Jazz first, Lakers second. Fisher doesn't play nearly
this well against other NBA teams. I can't believe how many big shots he
hits against the Jazz.
Quit being homers | 10:33 a.m. May 12, 2008
I don't boo fisher. He played hard for the Jazz. He is respectful to his
former teammates and to Jazz fans.
Booing him is childish and lacks class. I do see many Jazz fans respectfully clapping when Fisher's name is announced, so not everyone has sour grapes toward the man making what he felt was the best decision for his family. Get loud, but don't be poor sports people.
Booing him is childish and lacks class. I do see many Jazz fans respectfully clapping when Fisher's name is announced, so not everyone has sour grapes toward the man making what he felt was the best decision for his family. Get loud, but don't be poor sports people.
a full game | 10:53 a.m. May 12, 2008
Bottom line, Jazz play a full not just 3 of the 4 quarters and our bench shows
up to a game on the road the come home up 3-2 and win in game 6. If not it is
LA in seven
Won't matter | 10:52 a.m. May 12, 2008
It won't matter in the end. The league will see to it that LA wins. It is
rigged. The sad thing is is that they do a good enough job rigging it that it
almost looks real. So people keep spending money to see a real game, but in
reality it is rigged. Imagine if they actually played a real game, with the
refs doing a straight up job. Who would have won in 97 and 98? Who would win
this year? That is what we pay money for...uncertainty. Unfortunately there is
"certainty" in the way it is officiated now so the outcome is
ultimately known ahead of time.
John | 11:34 a.m. May 12, 2008
The fix is already in.
Kobe vs LeBron.
Bet the farm on it. NBA is all about money.
The reason guys like Kobe and LeBron appear better is that they constantly take the extra step after picking up the dribble, they love to do the bunny hop, and they shoot the ball a ton of times, so even tho their shooting percentage is no better than anyone else's, they get lots of points. Look at Kobe, 33 shots, 13 baskets. That's an MVP performance? That is a great shooter.
Fake injury, so we all cut him slack. Its as bad as MJ pretending to have been ill all night and playing with a 103 degree fever. Never happened, and is only there to add to the notion of greatness that never really existed.
Kobe vs LeBron.
Bet the farm on it. NBA is all about money.
The reason guys like Kobe and LeBron appear better is that they constantly take the extra step after picking up the dribble, they love to do the bunny hop, and they shoot the ball a ton of times, so even tho their shooting percentage is no better than anyone else's, they get lots of points. Look at Kobe, 33 shots, 13 baskets. That's an MVP performance? That is a great shooter.
Fake injury, so we all cut him slack. Its as bad as MJ pretending to have been ill all night and playing with a 103 degree fever. Never happened, and is only there to add to the notion of greatness that never really existed.
Moto X | 11:43 a.m. May 12, 2008
The game ball yesterday goes to D-Will and the bench. The bench got the big
lead and we needed every ounce of it so Boozer and his flatfooted defense could
watch it dissolve down the stretch and get into OT. Odoms put back rebound
(Boozer flatfooted no block out), Odom unguarded at 3-point-line--need I go
on????
Then D-Will orchestrated the victory anyway finding Okur, AK et al. regardless.
Booz gets credit for showing up for the win on Friday but basically the entire Houston series and 3/4 of the Lakers series this guy is AWOL. Yet we keep winning??? Hmmmm?
I said it before Fridays game, Booz needs to hustle on D and he will get going offensively. He did it, tips, steals, even a block. Yesterday it was back to the same pathetic flat-footed defensive effort. They ought to consider revoking his all-star title.
I mean really, does anyone believe we would have beaten Houston, let alone tied the series with LA without D-Will? We've largely done it without Boozer though. Go figure.
D-Will is making his name where it matters--the post-season!!
Steal one in LA Deron!! Get Fish in early foul trouble and you win again.
Then D-Will orchestrated the victory anyway finding Okur, AK et al. regardless.
Booz gets credit for showing up for the win on Friday but basically the entire Houston series and 3/4 of the Lakers series this guy is AWOL. Yet we keep winning??? Hmmmm?
I said it before Fridays game, Booz needs to hustle on D and he will get going offensively. He did it, tips, steals, even a block. Yesterday it was back to the same pathetic flat-footed defensive effort. They ought to consider revoking his all-star title.
I mean really, does anyone believe we would have beaten Houston, let alone tied the series with LA without D-Will? We've largely done it without Boozer though. Go figure.
D-Will is making his name where it matters--the post-season!!
Steal one in LA Deron!! Get Fish in early foul trouble and you win again.
On Fisher... | 12:06 p.m. May 12, 2008
Why does everyone think booing Fisher has to do with him leaving the Jazz?
Perhaps a number of fans are booing the jersey--not the man. It's lame to
assume that all the booing for Fisher is because of the man leaving Utah.
After tying up 2-2 I think the Lakers have been exposed as very-competent offensively (mostly) but less-formidable than the Rockets defensively. If Boozer can stay in top form for the last 2-3 games of series then it's going to put a great deal of pressure on the Lakers and open up some great looks for Williams, Korver and Okur.
If the Jazz can come up with a great game in LA and hit those open looks the Lakers are going to be facing a harsh reality. LA fans every streak does end and this Jazz team hasn't played its best game yet.
After tying up 2-2 I think the Lakers have been exposed as very-competent offensively (mostly) but less-formidable than the Rockets defensively. If Boozer can stay in top form for the last 2-3 games of series then it's going to put a great deal of pressure on the Lakers and open up some great looks for Williams, Korver and Okur.
If the Jazz can come up with a great game in LA and hit those open looks the Lakers are going to be facing a harsh reality. LA fans every streak does end and this Jazz team hasn't played its best game yet.
Dear John | 12:56 p.m. May 12, 2008
Your suggestion "the fix is in" is reminiscent of those who rejected
the single bullet theory that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin in Dallas.
To suggest that LeBron is going to come out of the East and Kobe out of the
West is preposterous. I hope you had your tongue firmly planted in your cheek
when you suggested such an outrageous scenario, because you left me LOL, LOL,
LOL, ROFLOF.
Replay? | 1:19 p.m. May 12, 2008
Anyone know of a replay for game 4? What time? What channel? I missed it. Was
at church. Just like game 1. Maybe game 6 will be a replay of game 4 when the
Jazz close this thing out.
Slugger | 1:21 p.m. May 12, 2008
I boo Fisher because he's a hypocrite. He talks the talks but doesn't
walk the walk. I used to love Fisher until he manipulated Miller into letting
him out of his contract so he could "take care of his daughter"...only
to see him show up at a press conference only a few short weeks later to sign
with the Lakers. His daughter still gets treatments in NYC and he is still
living an NBA schedule so, why didn't Utah work for him? Oh, that's
right, cuz he wanted to play for a "contender" so he played the sob
card to make it happen. I think he's got everyone fooled.
As for the Jazz, nice game guys. Very fun to watch. Deron Williams is one word, fantastic. I loved Stockton, but Williams does thinks Stockton never could have done. Here's to hoping they steal the game in LA on Wednesday and bring it back to SLC. GO JAZZ!! Oh, and to those three bone-heads on the halftime show (Barry, Wilbon and ???), who all picked the Lakers to come out and win the game...ahh, nevermind.
As for the Jazz, nice game guys. Very fun to watch. Deron Williams is one word, fantastic. I loved Stockton, but Williams does thinks Stockton never could have done. Here's to hoping they steal the game in LA on Wednesday and bring it back to SLC. GO JAZZ!! Oh, and to those three bone-heads on the halftime show (Barry, Wilbon and ???), who all picked the Lakers to come out and win the game...ahh, nevermind.
Re: Powerhouse | 1:35 p.m. May 12, 2008
You wear that blue everywhere! After all, we all know anything with a blue
color in it has the best Utah sports teams to cheer for!
Don't let that little critic tell you what to do. He obviously cares about the Jazz, or why would he come here, click on Jazz, click on this article, click on comments, then comment himself. The world is full of hypocrites, but stand firm for what you cheer for and don't be a fair-weather fan like some fans of a school we know of!
Don't let that little critic tell you what to do. He obviously cares about the Jazz, or why would he come here, click on Jazz, click on this article, click on comments, then comment himself. The world is full of hypocrites, but stand firm for what you cheer for and don't be a fair-weather fan like some fans of a school we know of!
HUBIE BROWN HATER | 1:36 p.m. May 12, 2008
This guy is a total joke of an announcer he is terrible. All he cares about is
the Lakers and Kobe. In Game 3 and I quote. "The Lakers were getting those
calls in L.A." and Again "If Kobes back was not hurting the Lakers
would win". The Jazz just have to keep it close in game 5, They can win
in that DARK Celeb filled Quite arena. They will take game 6 we have the best
fans in the League.
Two MVP"S's | 2:04 p.m. May 12, 2008
I love the Jazz, but Kobe is the MVP and is the best Baller on the planet. Give
him his props.
-=SMALLS=- | 2:48 p.m. May 12, 2008
1.Dude who cares if "powerhouse" is rocking his gear, d-bags like you
should keep your mouth shut. Who cares if he lives in another city, the wider
the fan base the better it is for the Jazz. You should just keep your opinion to
yourself and do something like go play in traffic instead of filling up the
comment boards with stuff like that.
2. Congratulations to Mr. Bryant for recieving MVP. An award of which should be recognized by not just players but fans of every NBA team.
3. Hopefully the Jazz can get a win on Wednesday in L.A. it would be nice to see some Jazz fans to help the team and to help them stay on track, they are going to need to play smart basketball to come out with a win. I have faith that if they retain their composure that they will succeed.
4. GO JAZZ!!!
2. Congratulations to Mr. Bryant for recieving MVP. An award of which should be recognized by not just players but fans of every NBA team.
3. Hopefully the Jazz can get a win on Wednesday in L.A. it would be nice to see some Jazz fans to help the team and to help them stay on track, they are going to need to play smart basketball to come out with a win. I have faith that if they retain their composure that they will succeed.
4. GO JAZZ!!!
Frazil | 6:19 p.m. May 12, 2008
Brad Rock should have said "the straw the stirs the Frazil" because
Frazil is sooo much tastier.
Message recieved | 12:56 p.m. May 13, 2008
It takes a team. Message received: Lakers can't beat the Jazz without
Kobe in top shape!
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Andrei Kirilenko, left, and Deron Williams celebrate as the Utah Jazz defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 123-115 in overtime Sunday. Both played pivotal roles in the contest. Stories in sports section. Andrei Kirilenko, left, and Deron Williams celebrate as the Utah Jazz defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 123-115 in overtime Sunday. Both played pivotal roles in the contest. The semifinal series is tied at two games apiece. Stories in sports section.
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I wore my Utah Jazz shirt all over town on Mothers day and had all kinds of nasty looks!!
Look on laker fans, as the Jazz are looking to take you out!!
I have washed the shirt, and will wear it Monday at work, where I have a great rivalry with some friends
Utah native, So-Cal Jazz Fan!! Rock On!!