While you were sleeping... 3 March 2009

Slow night in the Association last night, at least as far as the Jazz are concerned.  Let's get too it.

HORNETS 98 @ 76ers 91

David West was too much for the 76ers and Chris Paul had a better second half to hold on for the win.  Iggy had 30 and Andre Miller had 28, but didn't get much out of anyone else.  NOLA sneaks 1/2 game ahead of the Jazz.

SPURS 106 @ CLIPPERS 78

Don't know if you expected anything else with this game, you shouldn't have.  The Spurs pounded the Clips in every quarter.  Another 1/2 game lost.

MAVERICKS 87 @ THUNDER 96

The Mavs fell hard at the OKC despite the Thunder not having Durant or Green.  Jirk had 28 and Broken Ankles had 20 (on 19 shots) but no one else made the trip.  It was a crazy game of 2 on 5.  Krstic took over scoring duties or the Thunder and had 26.

Let's go to Boozer for the overall feel of last night's games,

While it was good to put some distance between the Mavs and us, I would have much rather woken up this morning 1/2 game ahead of NOLA.  Here are your current standings:

Western Conference
		W	L	PCT	GB	HM	RD	CONF	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STRK	L10
1	LA Lakers	48	12	.800	-	27-4	21-8	31-6	11-2	108.8	100.8	+8.1	Lost 2	7-3
2	San Antonio	40	19	.678	7 ½	20-8	20-11	26-9	8-3	97.3	93.5	+3.9	Won 1	6-4
3	Denver	39	21	.650	9	22-7	17-14	23-11	7-2	102.9	100.4	+2.5	Lost 1	5-5
4	Houston	38	22	.633	10	24-6	14-16	24-10	5-5	98.6	94.7	+3.9	Won 1	8-2
5	New Orleans	37	22	.627	10 ½	21-9	16-13	21-14	5-3	96.2	93.7	+2.5	Won 5	7-3
6	Portland	37	22	.627	10 ½	24-5	13-17	19-17	6-4	99.0	94.8	+4.2	Won 2	7-3
7	Utah	37	23	.617	11	26-6	11-17	26-11	8-3	103.1	99.3	+3.8	Won 8	9-1
8	Dallas	36	24	.600	12	22-8	14-16	19-17	4-6	100.9	99.4	+1.6	Lost 1	6-4
	Phoenix	34	25	.576	13 ½	19-11	15-14	20-14	8-4	107.2	105.1	+2.1	Won 2	6-4