Utah Jazz @ Phoenix Suns - Game Thread
by Basketball John on Dec 6, 2008 7:00 PM MST
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Utah Jazz at Phoenix Suns, Dec 6, 2008 7:00 PM MST
Back to backs have to be brutal enough, but when you go on the road after playing late the night before, you'd think the players would have something against that in the CBA.
Of course Sloan won't care. Neither will the Suns. Neither will the refs.
So the Jazz start out the game already with a huge disadvantage. But you have to think that some of the momentum they played with last night can carry over to tonight. I know when you're playing well, you want to get right back out there and keep it going
Deron keeps getting better and better. And as a result, everyone else gets better and better.
The Jazz have played well against the Suns recently. So while this game is on the road, on the second of a back to back, they should keep things close and hopefully pull one out in Phoenix.
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just switched over
from the very entertaining BYU vs. USU game. Hopefully tonight’s game is as entertaining. Except not as close.
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But who is going to guard Shaq?
And the suns are going to get the benefit of most of the calls tonight.
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I mean, that charge on Millsap was one of the most ridiculous calls I have seen in awhile
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Hopefully his minutes are limited.
We don’t have anyone that can guard Shaq. Memo is on him on the D end.
by Basketball John on Dec 6, 2008 7:25 PM MST up reply actions
Great offensive board by CJ
He has really added that facet to his game recently.
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Did you see how much confidence CJ had on that last 3? It was Larry Bird like.
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I know. Hopefully Boozer has been watching and noticing that Deron can set him up for easy shots.
He will benefit more from foul calls probably.
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We just need lots of Deron and lots of Brevin tonight.
Sorry Ronnie Price, but you need to get your game together before you can be included.
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didn't you listen to the ESPN guys last night?
he’s a key contributor! We’ve really missed him!
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Last night was a mirage. Nothing but a spectre.
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See what 15 foot jumpers do for our team? Bad stuff.
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That is the AK, I love and defend. Nice knee gauzes too.
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Oh, Matty
I actually have missed seeing you go flying as you embellish the contact when you go plowing through back screens.
Not, you know, a lot. But kinda.
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What did Shaq eat today?
Last time, you couldn’t slide a piece of paper under him when he jumped. Now he’s dunking from 7 feet out.
Millsap goes out and all our offense is jumpshots.
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I never believed that
even Shaq didn’t understand that. He has said in team meetings that he doesn’t want the Suns to keep plodding on his account. Turns out he was right.
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We are not playing to get layups and dunks anymore.
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Teams can't run on us unless we start taking and missing jumpshots.
That is the main reason you can’t settle for jumpers. It allows teams to run on you.
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That was a bad foul call on Shaq, but I don't feel bad at all.
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did you see
D-Will’s little mini-Magic no-look pass? pretty cool.
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another exaggeration
at times i can see cj turning into our version of the sg that kills other teams
i hereby become the latest person to recant what i said about how the jazz shouldn’t have matched
don't get too carried away
he was our starter two years ago during our 12-1 run to open the season, and then he ended up in Albuquerque. He’s playing a lot better now than then, obviously. I’m just saying.
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f#$%ing spurs
I was hoping they were coming to the end of their reign. Course, we couldn’t beat them when they were starting Roger Mason and George Hill, so it probably won’t even matter that Manu and Mr. Longoria are back.
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you can NEVER count them out
especially against us, no matter how injured/old you think they appear to be
did you hear that?
Brev Brev has been transferred to a local hospital after an elbow to the throat courtesy of Diaw (I think, or was it someone else?). Geez.
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on the bright side
I am still SLAYING you fools in fantasy. What is up?
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I guess when you create the league
And give yourself the #1 pick :).
by Basketball John on Dec 6, 2008 8:23 PM MST up reply actions
hey
Forget Chris Paul, he’s not the one winning games for me. You’re the people who allowed me to draft Danny Granger and Brad Miller and pick up Udonis Haslem off the waiver.
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haha
no, and I don’t mean to be obnoxious, I hope everyone is having fun with the league.
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I just hate the stupid category scoring.
If it was rotisserie scoring, I would have a competitive team.
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I actually thought
category scoring would even things up a bit more, since every week is a chance to make up ground. Hasn’t turned out that way yet.
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It is pointless comments like that that make him a dislikable commentator.
That and the fact that he says everything so confidently. And he keeps saying the same catch phrases over and over like everyone loves them, but no one does. They are more like crap phrases. And I made that up on the spot.
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i have the tv on mute
and am listening to hot rod on the computer
before i pressed mute the chinese commentators were going on about how sap’s brother plays in the “cba”
boler and booner are better than that
Do you think either know what a blog is?
by Basketball John on Dec 6, 2008 8:32 PM MST up reply actions
Good point.
Bolerjack will probably say “Quark from Star Trek the Next Generation”
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I brought it up last night and got little response, but can anyone go to the Philly game on Dec. 29th?
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Being in the penalty for the whole quarter is going to end up burning us, I am afraid.
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Brewer missing that free throw was huge. No way to understate it. We had the momentum.
Momentum is so fragile. You have to keep it at all costs.
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I'm so blonde
I just realized I was the one who said ‘cose’
Haha.
by DaniellelovesKK on Dec 6, 2008 8:49 PM MST up reply actions
I know.
And he made it right as I was saying, “you need to do something with the ball Price” So I felt bad.
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I actually think one of these teams will pull away for a 7-9 point win tonight.
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It will come down to which team doesn't take jumpers and attacks the basket and gets in the penalty.
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It will come down to the team that scores more points
/booner’d
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by Shums on Dec 6, 2008 8:50 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Nothing beats Emmit Smith.
“Steve Slaton is a running back who runs with his legs.”
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Emmit
Is a godsend. I love watching Young just shake his head.
by Basketball John on Dec 6, 2008 8:52 PM MST up reply actions
We need to take advantage of the fact that Dragic is the worst back up point guard in the league.
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didn't finish
Can’t run. You must have been seeing things.
by Basketball John on Dec 6, 2008 8:53 PM MST up reply actions
He's the anti-clutch in every facet of the game.
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Get Harpring out of there before he single-handedly loses this game for us.
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probably not that great
not that I doubt Clark’s talent (I’ve seen him do many an impression) but it’s hard to convey “horrible gimpy slow white guy” over the phone.
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I am seriously to the point where I may boycott the Jazz until they stop playing Harpring.
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To me, he is. I am not even joking. He ruins games for me.
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Matt loses the ball on the post
And it goes right to KK for the layup. At first, it looked like a pass from Matt. I gave him too much credit.
And even with a bad night, Brewer is a better option than Price at the shooting guard.
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no kidding
but Memo has to box out to make sure he gets that call. If he’s too passive it’s too easy for the ref to swallow the whistle.
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Memo was boxing out. Stoudemire wasn't his responsibility. He can't box out a crasher.
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frick on a stick with a brick
I am not feeling good about things.
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I saw that too
and Diaw went over the back again too. It’s getting silly.
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This will be another disappointing loss. I don't understand this team
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Foul trouble. And they don't want him in with free throws determining this game.
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Five fouls
on Amare, four on Diaw, five on Shaq. This might be beneficial.
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Stoudamire
is straight shoving people out of the way on the offensive glass.
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And we absolutely need to make free throws. We don't have Shaq on our team.
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I love it when Leandro shoots like Captain Barbosa.
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Ronnie Price never made me doubt his game until this season.
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See? Bolerjack doesn't realize that everyone is making fun of him with that "buckle up"
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FRICK FRICK FRICK FRICK
CJ Miles, great game though he has had, lost it for us down the stretch.
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Price in late instead of KK?
I know he’s 0-3 on the night, but if you need a trey, you have to put in KK. Don’t you?
I don't understand having Price in at the end.
We just didn’t get it done defensively. We fouled too much and most importantly, we lost this game due to missed free throws.
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okay
I swear. This is deliberate. They are trying to break my spirit.
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This team needs to get the attitude that losing is unacceptable.
The Lakers have that attitude this year and I don’t see it from us. I thought we would have it this year after losing at home to the Lakers, but I see too many , “we’ll get ’em next time” looks on the players’ faces.
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it has to start with Deron
and everyone else has to buy in. That’s what happened with Garnett and the Celtics.
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Well guess what? If Deron is the only one on the team who has it, then he will just leave after 4 years.
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i think it would be contagious.
it’s like how karl/john played regardless of injuries or being banged up and it spread to the entire team that you just played.
if dwill has and exerts that attitude and fire, it’ll spread to the team.
I agree. But I just haven't seen it for about 10 games or so. We play with zero urgency as a team.
And I think Deron would play with more urgency if he weren’t recovering. And we aren’t a good enough team not to play with it every night. Plain and simple.
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I mean, you would think that this many disappointing losses would irk the players as much as it does the fans, but apparently not.
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how many of them are playing
for love of the game and competition, and how many are playing for the paycheck?
Fu**
If Brewer makes an extra shot or 2.
If the team hits a couple more of their FTs.
If No Knees doesn’t absolutely suck in his 10 minutes (I saw that coming though).
If KK hits a trey, or if Deron is better than 1-7 from long range.
Ronnie Price in at the end made no sense in any way.
Ugh.
We have been bit by the injury bug and such, but at some point Sloan is exactly right.
They just need to buck up and play like they are tougher than all the excuses.
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