let me see here........DEREK FISHER HITS IT WITH 0.1 left this time.....I hate both of these teams, I have since forever, I respect them, but I only care if its a clinching game.I got Utah in an upset. Deron Williams is going to stay hot and I think Boozer knows how to play with big Timmy now.Series will be over in 6- Spurs, but this one will be a Jazz win by 5+- take your pick
I'm hoping the Jazz can win by atleast 1. beating the Spurs in San Antonio would be a huge confidence boost for the Jazz, who haven't won in San Antonio since 1999. expect to see Rafael Araujo getting some major minutes tonight, he did a damned good job on Duncan in the 4th quarter of game 1, hopefully he'll continue to do so in the rest this series.
The Jazz will come running out of the gates with a victory here in San Antonio. After one game, they know how the Spurs like to play, and plus, Sloan has them mentally prepared for this game. I think they steal Game 2, but it's going to be close.
I'm not watching, but lol, people said the Suns defense and rebounding was bad. Utah's D has been sh*t on. At least the Suns stayed pretty close in rebounding with KT and Amare in the line-up. I like the Jazz but no one except the Suns or Mavs, especially the Mavs, are going to challenge the Spurs unless the Pistons win all 3 home games which they won't.
This series so far has been a joke....The Spurs shoot even better than they did in the first game...How does Utah expect to win any game when they let their opponents shoot over 54%? Unless Utah plays a shitload better at home, and I mean a shitload, this series is going to be over very fast...
Utahs biggest problem is their not getting any help defensivly in the post. they're so concerned about Duncan that they are letting guys like Oberto, and Parker get layups. plus the Spurs have been really hot from outside, they shot 50% tonight from three point land, thats hard to overcome even against a bad team, but a great defensive team like San Antonio its impossible to over come.Utah has also been really sh*tty in the second quarter. Matt Harpring and Gordon Giricek suck. they can't guard a shaddow most night(the sad thing is they're the Jazz best perimiter defenders), and now neither player is doing sh*t offensivly.Utah will play better at home, and will probably even the series at 2-2. I think some of the problem for the Jazz is the mental wall of not being able to win in San Antonio.Utah hasn't been a good defensive team for the most part, they win games by abusing their opponents into submission. the problem is San Antonio does the same thing, but they can play defense as well.
18 losses in a row in San Antonio. wow, this is bad for them... they better be able to turn it up at home and then come back to SA ready to end this horrific streak
Im glad Utah picked this win up last night. If they don't win anymore games its good to see Jerry go out coaching his team to a playoff win in the WCFs but Im confident that he can coach them to another one. I've never been a Jazz fan in fact I hated them when I was like 11 lol because well I was a huge Michael Jordan fan. He was my hero lol and I hated any other team that tryed to beat them. (Yeah I was a funny kidd) but anyway Sloan was always one my favorite coaches because I believe most coaches would of given up on the Jazz by now after coaching them to back to back finals apperances and then losing both of your star players but he never gave up and I respect him big time for that.
