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New Jersey Nets @ Utah Jazz - Game Thread - Human Highlight Reels

New Jersey Nets at Utah Jazz, Nov 29, 2008 7:00 PM MST


With apologies to Dominique Wilkins (although, he almost was a Jazz man), the past two games against Memphis and Sacramento have been nothing but top ten fodder.  Alley-oops, lobs off  the backboards for dunks, behind the back passes, big time swats, and a plethora of steals -  these past couple of games have been the birth of the Great Salt Lake Show.

And all of this has coincided with the return of Deron Williams.  Will the Jazz always play the Kings and Grizzlies of the league?  No.  But we're still not at full strength and look what we've done.  You might want to discount what the Jazz have done against lesser teams this year.  But that's exactly what you're suppose to do to lesser teams when you're an elite team.

So the Jazz train continues to pick up momentum and won't be stopped any time soon - unless it's by their own undoing.

I'll be at the game tonight trying to start a new attendance winning streak.  I'm currently 7-1 lifetime with the lone loss to the Rockets in the playoffs last year at home.

 

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 6:16 PM MST reply actions  

Lol

I’m first quite a bit.
I guess that says something about my life.

by UtesFan89 on Nov 29, 2008 6:24 PM MST reply actions  

Tom Nissalke during the pre-game:

(on Brook Lopez) At least he has a sensible haircut. The other guy looks like a toadstool.

lol

by moni on Nov 29, 2008 6:44 PM MST reply actions  

Ugh.

B98.7 has music.
The Fan Sports audio feed is silent.
NBA.com’s feed just freezes my internet browser.

I hate this.

by UtesFan89 on Nov 29, 2008 7:02 PM MST reply actions  

yeah, it seriously bugs me that kfan's feed cuts out before games

sometimes it cuts out up to an hour before the game meaning i can’t even listen to the pre-game.

by moni on Nov 29, 2008 7:05 PM MST up reply actions  

give it a sec

B98.7 will kick in soon, I think

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 7:05 PM MST up reply actions  

it's okay to be impressed

most people are.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 7:09 PM MST up reply actions  

Rookie center out of Stanford

horrible sights of Flop kicked in. Then Hot Rod mentioned 10 ppg & 7 rpg…

by UtesFan89 on Nov 29, 2008 7:08 PM MST reply actions  

I don't know what you guys are thinking

But Flops only goal is to go all the way to the finals. Duh.

by DaniellelovesKK on Nov 29, 2008 7:09 PM MST up reply actions  

Maybe

him & J-Slo have a Duncan/Popovich type relationship. When the player retires, the coach will too. Except Popovich picked a good player to latch on with, J-Slo not so much.

by UtesFan89 on Nov 29, 2008 7:11 PM MST up reply actions  

i don't know if i'm in the minority

but i don’t want jerry to retire. he’s the only coach i’ve ever known.

by moni on Nov 29, 2008 7:14 PM MST up reply actions  

Same thing here.

I’m not calling for him to quit (right now), but there are some things that are really frustrating…

Other times, I really hope he’ll quit.

by UtesFan89 on Nov 29, 2008 7:15 PM MST up reply actions  

CJ

Ballin early.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 7:13 PM MST reply actions  

Jazz games? no.

occasionally i try football games, but it moves very choppily at times. if it works, which isn’t a given.

are basketball games better?

by UtesFan89 on Nov 29, 2008 7:18 PM MST up reply actions  

Both of them.

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 7:20 PM MST up reply actions  

lol

“You can only do that if you have great jumping ability.”

Thank God for our color man.

by rxmike12 on Nov 29, 2008 7:20 PM MST reply actions  

I rule

at Trivial Pursuit. clarkpojo thinks he’s better but he isn’t.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 7:23 PM MST up reply actions  

Haha.

I’ll have to be the judge of that…

by DaniellelovesKK on Nov 29, 2008 7:23 PM MST up reply actions  

haha

I knew I would get a response from you with that. I don’t think we’ve ever played. It would be epic though.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 7:30 PM MST up reply actions  

This Christmas.

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 7:31 PM MST up reply actions  

CJ

up in this biznitch.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 7:31 PM MST reply actions  

Even CJ is dunking with authority.

We might be the best dunking team in the league now, top to bottom. I mean, who is better?

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 7:33 PM MST up reply actions  

Devin Harris is arguably the best point guard in the East right now.

That is bad for the Jazz AND the mavericks.

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 7:37 PM MST reply actions  

that

could have been much worse. Good job to recover to end the quarter.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 7:40 PM MST reply actions  

That is an interesting question though.

Is Harris or Rose the best point guard in the East?

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 7:40 PM MST reply actions  

Um, since we all should dislike Rose,

I’ll say Harris.

But, we may dislike him too after tonight.

by DaniellelovesKK on Nov 29, 2008 7:42 PM MST up reply actions  

timeout

good job, guys.

p.s. so not goaltending on Ronnie b.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 8:01 PM MST reply actions  

I'm not watching close...

…but it feels like Korver is negatively impacting our defense. Am I wrong?

by rxmike12 on Nov 29, 2008 8:10 PM MST reply actions  

Koof sighting

not a good sign at this point in the game.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 8:10 PM MST reply actions  

boooo

lame call with one second on the shot clock. But the Koof needs to be smarter than that.

also, Devin Harris must stop shooting free throws. Doubleplusungood.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 8:14 PM MST reply actions  

ha

I’m just about to go grab some dinner from Noodles.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 8:15 PM MST up reply actions  

Everytime I think the Jazz have turned the corner this season, they have a game like this.

That is also the problem with this game. Everytime we make a run, the Nets answer.

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 8:43 PM MST reply actions  

Yeah, but this season is an aberration...

With all the injuries, missed games—it’s not like last season when they’d do this.

by rxmike12 on Nov 29, 2008 8:45 PM MST up reply actions  

yeah, but our team is much deeper than last year

due to minor changes, lineup adjustments, and player development.

they shouldn’t be able to use injuries as an excuse.

by moni on Nov 29, 2008 8:46 PM MST up reply actions  

This game is just like last season.

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 9:01 PM MST up reply actions  

If your shots aren't falling, you have to rely on great defense to win games.

And we don’t play great defense.

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 9:01 PM MST up reply actions  

Not consistently anyways.

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 9:02 PM MST up reply actions  

um, what happened?

I get back from dinner and we’re down nine? double-you tee eff?

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 8:47 PM MST reply actions  

Steve Brown: "We haven't seen this kind of effort from a visiting team here in a long time."

He obviously didn’t watch the Bulls game.

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 9:03 PM MST reply actions  

Awful awful awful...

I came back here to say just that. Unless we cut it to 10 in a hurry, and that seems unlikely.

by rxmike12 on Nov 29, 2008 9:04 PM MST up reply actions  

I don't mind it. We have some time before our next game.

But how about the fact that twice in one week we have failed to double team a guy who is playing “unstoppable” one on one ball? We need to change our defensive philosophy.

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by clarkpojo on Nov 29, 2008 9:09 PM MST up reply actions  

I would laugh at that

if it weren’t so depressing.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 9:12 PM MST up reply actions  

frick

we can’t even get the shots we make to count.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 9:06 PM MST reply actions  

Yep

though Boler was lucky enough to be commentating on an awesome college football game and not a NBA blowout.

by UtesFan89 on Nov 29, 2008 9:12 PM MST up reply actions  

pretty clear

the ankle is not 100% yet. And this doesn’t help Deron’s case for being a better on-ball defender than He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 9:13 PM MST up reply actions  

God.

Bad shooting night.
Harris absolutely killing DWill.
And our offensive pace isn’t enough (or full of enough 3-point shooters) to get us back in this.

by UtesFan89 on Nov 29, 2008 9:13 PM MST reply actions  

I still want

a black pair of D-Will’s Nikes.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 9:15 PM MST up reply actions  

I'm out.

Hopefully we do better next time.

by UtesFan89 on Nov 29, 2008 9:14 PM MST reply actions  

Well, I think it's safe to say

BBJ @ the game = not lucky.

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by Shums on Nov 29, 2008 9:34 PM MST reply actions  

Agreed.

Sorry BBJ, your luck has run out. Time to find another individual…

by UtesFan89 on Nov 30, 2008 9:22 AM MST up reply actions  

Yeah

I had 7 years of feast, now it’s time for 7 years of famine. I better not go to a Jazz game again. I’ll have to waste the losses on pre-season games.

by Basketball John on Dec 1, 2008 9:14 AM MST up reply actions  

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