‘Rising Up’ (Jonathan Ferrey - NBAE/Getty Images)

On confidence: it’s a necessity for playing in the NBA, and yet too much of it can be devastating. The Jazz seemed confident going into the first home playoff game against the Rockets. Perhaps a little too confident? Tracy McGrady seems to have a lot […]

Last night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks was reDirk….I mean ridiculous. It was a great close game at the end, but I’m afraid the quote of the day on KJAZZ t.v. was terribly apt. The quote belonged to Jerry Sloan who was talking about his team’s lack of experience in the playoffs, and […]

 
‘Behind the Back Pass’ (Melissa Majchrzak- NBAE/Getty Images)
International Conflict -
When Dirk Nowitzki grabbed Kirilenko by the shoulder and pulled him to the ground halfway through the first quarter Monday night, two of the more famous foreign players in the NBA had started something. It wasn’t a war. Although it kind of felt like it. For […]

‘Side Saddle’ (Melissa Majchrzak- NBAE/Getty Images)
FINAL SCORE — JAZZ 116 MAVS 110
16-0 run was the key to the win. Went from trailing 92-89 to leading 105-92
The Jazz put together the best sequence of defense I have seen all season in that stretch
Harpring pushed Howard out of his comfort zone forcing a miss
Okur blocked Terry […]

The bandwagon has just about passed me by, but I’m taking a running jump at the tail-end. I’m still feeling an upset stomach after watching the 76ers game. The people in the ESA who booed Gordon Giricek should be embarrassed, ashamed, nay, disgusted at themselves. The fickle fans in Utah have long been a complaint […]

 
‘Back to the Island?’

The Utah Jazz came back! Wednesday night at the Energy Solutions Arena, the crowd witnessed the return of our shipwrecked survivors: Gilligan-aka Ronnie Brewer, the Skipper too-aka Deron Williams, (cue the penny whistle) the Millionaire-aka Andrei Kirilenko, and his wife-might have been in the audience. The Movie Star (Carlos Boozer), […]

‘School’s In’
Final Score - Jazz 99 Mavs 90
Strong win and a great crowd.
Good balance.
Holding the Mavs to 90 points is very impressive defensive work
Dirk Nowitski was not impressive in this game.
The Jazz had great starts in the 1st and 3rd quarters.
Okur was 2 of 10 and he nailed back to back huge shots.
CJ had another […]