Indiana Pacers @ Utah Jazz - Game Thread
by Basketball John on Jan 12, 2009 5:00 PM MST
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Indiana Pacers at Utah Jazz, Jan 12, 2009 7:00 PM MST
This just in. Everyone at Hardwood Paroxysm is a closet Jazz fan. It couldn't be more obvious. If you've seen American Beauty, you know what I'm talking about. Matt will be flying out to the SLC any day now to plant a fat one on Jerry Sloan. I think Utah's in Matt's neck of the woods soon though :)
Anyway, they've got Danny Granger scoring 50 tonight against the Jazz. The fact that his career high is 42 and that he's never scored more than 19 against the Jazz is irrelevant.
My bet is that Granger goes for 27 but has a terrible shooting night, < 40%. Millsap and AK shut him down for the most part.
The Jazz are beneficiaries again of playing at home against a team finishing up a road trip on a back-to-back night. Remember this good streak come April because you're going to be cursing the schedulers when we finish out playing 5 games in 6 nights.
C.J. will be out again tonight and Price will get the start for the second game in a row. Price has been bottled up for a while losing playing time to Brevin Knight. He had been inconsistent at best while starting for Deron. He's played well the past couple of games and had a great game against Detroit. He held Iverson in check and played some solid O.
The Pacers have slipped after having a pretty solid start to the season. They've lost 3 of their last four and are finishing up a five-game western swing. The Jazz should be able to jump on them in the first quarter. If not, they'll follow plan B which is to wear out an already weary team and pull away in the latter part of the game.
This should be another shoot-fest ala the Golden State game. The Pacers are 21st in the league on D so their philosophy is to out-shoot you. Should give the Jazz a lot of fast break opportunities.
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don't know about 25
but i think we will be seeing a lot more than usual of him
(breathe utesfan breathe)
haha...if we were playing some really slow team
i could see you saying “especially because _ play so slow”
No, then
I’d have to resort to “the guy can’t make a lay-up”.
As J-Slow talks to Hot Rod about how good AI is at making lay-ups.
In Matty's defense
He’s been playing reasonably well as of late, save for the occasional missed layup and such.
I haven't seen Hibbert play
but I think we made out all right on that deal. I’m very pleased with The Koof.
On the other hand… think of all the fun we could have had…
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lol.
I like the way it ended up as well. But we all know the Jazz were really high on Hibbert (or so it seemed).
I have a big man-crush on Koufos
and I’m glad the way things worked out for the Jazz, but also from what I’ve seen of Hibbert, he’s really good too.
lots of people were high on Hibbert
but lots of people were high on Michael Olowokandi. Like moni says, we got a really hard worker who fits perfectly with our team.
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does diener rhyme with wiener?
hot rod is giving everyone’s names foreign pronunciations tonight—dee-NEER
That's what I thought.
On another note, 36-32 after one? J-Slow’s probably near a heart attack right now.
he must know that this team can run with the best of them
sure, he doesn’t like it, but he must know it
my coworkers
just echoed that sentiment nearly word-for-word.
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And I might be watching the Bachelor with my wife. I would rather be watching the game obviously
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lolololol
Oh wait, I have to watch that later too… thank goodness for Pacific time zone TV starting so damn late.
Yeah. So not to ruin the episode with you, but Jason makes out with every girl.
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I only watch that show to earn Jazz-time credits :)
Way too many Jazz trips this year to even think about complaining ;)
someone tell danielle
that she can win an evening with kk at deveraux (sp?) mansion, gourmet dinner, limo pickup, professional photogrpaher
details at utahjazz.com or fanzz stores
if we were rebounding just a smidgeon better
this would be a 20-point game. We miss Paulie.
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Last game they mentioned that Memo has been averaging 14 points a game in the first quarter the last 5 games.
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What an irony it would be if Memo went for 50 to stick it to hardwood.
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No D
So apparently there is no defense this game. Haven’t been able to watch any of the game, the wife gots Bachelor and some other damn show DV-R ing right now. Damn technology!!
I’ve got to wait ’til 8:30.
So what is up with Millsap, ESPN has him as “Not entered the game yet”?? And what happened to Almond starting?
are we happy that no got beat
or do we want the knicks to suck for two years to ensure our lottery pick?
That was a way dumb move by Brewer. Cost Okur two points
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Don't want to get anyone too excited, but the bulls are gaining on the Blazers. I love league pass.
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over/under on ulcers Sloan will get from this game?
I say six.
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is he going to play the last 5?
we probably won’t see the starters for the rest of the night starting the 4th and maybe before then…
for that reason
I actually want the Pacers to keep it close. Also I need Granger to get some more points for fantasy purposes, because CallMeSenorFresh is going to rock my trash.
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quintessential Harp
a.k.a. That Guy Who Chucks The Ball At Your Nuts So It Goes Off You.
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the jazz only scored 2 points in the final 5:09 of the 3rd...
at that point i thought there was no way they wouldn’t get 100 by the end of the quarter
four-point game
guess I got my wish for the Pacers to keep it close… I kind of want to take it back now…
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unless you're a seven-foot Turk
then I don’t care what you shoot tonight.
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OK
I pretty much fell in love with Kyle again when he made that 3 at the end of the 3rd quarter. (It totally should have counted!)
by DaniellelovesKK on Jan 12, 2009 9:01 PM MST reply actions
he did not read my list of resolutions.
I told him not to do that.
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that
was a hideous offensive possession. “My eyes… the goggles, they do nothing!…”
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"Buckle Up!"
It’s official I am now beginning to vomit profusely!
Boler you have ruined that phrase forever.
Too many offensive rebounds for the Pacers.
But Brewer is playing fantastic defense again.
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I guess he kinda duplicates Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis...
Okay, back to the game – Granger off, Game on!
Almond....
… so he goes from supposed to be starting the last 2 games to barely getting off the bench.
sorry but this was very random
It's not the stats, it's the principal of it all.
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