‘Tony - Making the Calls’ (Stephen Dunn - NBAE/Getty Images)
Final stages of game 2. Bobby Jackson’s game tying 3-ball sails through the net, and the camera unexpectedly jerks back in Kirilenko’s direction for having drawn a crucial offensive foul on Luis Scola. Moments later, a quick flick of Korver’s wrist on the other […]

‘Playoff Bound’ (Melissa Majchrzak - NBAE/Getty Images)
In a repeat of last year the Jazz will play the first round against the Rockets. It all starts Saturday night in Houston and after a game on Monday returns to the EnergySolutions Arena on Thursday.
Not a Push Over
Considering the Jazz win over the Rockets on Monday night and […]

‘In the Hot Seat’ (ESPN)
Wow, all I can say is wow.
David Archuleta sure was cute when he sat down in the middle of the stage the other night. That Ryan Seacrest is just so adorable when he tries to verbally mix it up with Simon. I saw it all of course, right down […]

I remember the NBA schedule for the 2007-2008 season being relased last year.  I looked immediately at the last week of the season because that is the one stretch of games when the Spurs probably will not play like four time champions.  The Suns will have cooled off.  The chip on the Mavs’ shoulder will be […]

My formula is simple. I took a look at the teams’ record, trends, figured in trades, schedules, threw most of that out, and relied mostly on pure speculation. At the All-Star break the playoff race is tight. Consider this – the ninth team in the West right now (Denver) would miss the playoffs in the […]

The first leg of the nasty road schedule the Jazz face now through Christmas got me to wondering about how the NBA schedule actually gets made. With the help of Google and a few early morning hours to myself, I learned a fair bit about how this happens. And you get your history lesson for […]

‘The Finger Wag’ (Bill Baptist - NBAE/Getty Images)
Last year Utah led the league in comeback wins in which they were down by 10 points or more, achieving that nail-biting stat 16 times in the 2006-07 season. And in the final regular season game against Houston last April, Utah almost added to that record, coming back […]