Recap - Los Angeles Lakers @ Utah Jazz - Game 3
by Basketball John on Apr 24, 2009 1:32 AM MDT
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Lots of bullets for the recap:
- Fans know nothing about what players go through in any game, let alone games like that. I was almost puking and I was just watching.
- Best game I've been to period. I've also restarted my attendance winning streak.
- Took my best friend, a Laker fan to the game. Good times.
- Seeing the ninja in person hit a shot like that is an almost once in a lifetime experience.
- John Stockton stood almost the entire second half.
- Saw a lot of chunks of open seats. I think they said there were 7-800 seats still left. We had 6 open right to the left of us.
- I was ready to throw myself over the railing if Kobe made the last three - or at least push the Laker fans in front of me.
- I wish I would have used my video recorder more. Laker fans are a treat.
- Kobe didn't score until 5:10 left in the second quarter. WTH?
- Lakers had 39 points at the half, less than they had the entire first quarter of game 2.
- Gasol is uglier in person.
- Lamar Odom single-handily kept the Lakers in the game in the first half.
- Koof and Memo were dressed to the nines.
- Sager's suit was pretty tame.
- Bear is crazy.
- Couldn't believe the number of missed free throws. Deron still looked tired. He played another 45 tonight. Hope he gets a lot of rest.
- Boozer was phe-nom-e-nal. I looked up and he had twelve boards. Couldn't believe it.
- His dunk on Gasol - just wow. Where has that been? All of us have been calling for him to dunk it instead of laying it up. Didn't look like he had enough to get there for the dunk, he just kept on going.
- I tweeted this, but Booze was successful because Ronnie B was on the other side of the court.
- Harp got hosed on a lot of his foul calls. His drive past Walton more than made up for it. Walton should never live that down.
- 22 & 23, wow.
- Didn't even notice that Millsap had 14 boards. That floors me.
- There was so much that I wanted to tweet like the Kobe FAIL, the quarter scores, the excellent D that the Jazz played, and on and on. Couldn't risk the jinx though.
- 5-24 for Kobe. More appropriately, 5>24 tonight.
- Lakers only had 9 TOs. Shot very poorly.
- Bynum was a non-factor
- Collins with just 7 minutes, maybe as a result of Bynum not being on the court.
- The last 10 possessions total for the game was some of the most tense I've ever seen - definitely in person. Just great, great basketball by both teams.
- I thought the Lakers were going to pull away with their 13 point lead. Huge shots by KK and CJ.
- Best crown I've ever been in. Better than game 3 against SA two years ago in WCF.
- Nothing better than seeing Laker fans walk out of the ESA dejected.
- If I had a better camera, I could have kept Straight Cash Homey supplied with pics for a year.
- Might have to see if the wife will let me go to Saturday's game.
Last story... We had a guy behind us that said he couldn't see when we stood up. I was polite and just nodded. We went to get some beverages during a break and an usher told us that we could stand if we wanted to and to not let the guy intimidate us. She had only seen the guy talk to us an hadn't heard the conversation (too loud).
I was on the second row on the upper deck. The guy had a whole row, a cement step, and his own chair above us.
The man explained to me that he had been going to Jazz games for 23 years and that this was the first time anyone has stood up in front on him. What? That was the first time, ever? Right.
Well, as you can imagine, we stood almost the entire third and fourth quarters. About 8 minutes to go in the game, he came down to talk to us again. I said sorry, I've paid good money and I should be able to stand. This was also likely going to be my only playoff game for the year. The guy sitting right behind me, whom I was blocking more than the other guy, said you can stand if you want. The main guy left in a huff and complained to the usher for a good 10 minutes, standing the whole time. He was was more concerned about someone standing in front of him than he was about watching the game.
He must be like this the entire time. The guy right behind me and the usher had their explanation down pat.
Never mind that the row in front of us was standing and the rest of the entire arena was standing for almost the entire time.
What a night.
UPDATE:
Just read through the game thread and it was pretty much exactly the feel at the game. I got chills as I read through the comments on the comeback, the back and forth in the last 2 minutes, and Deron's jumper.
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Great game
Great game, I was there to, in a suite, and we were standing the whole game. I wish they hadn’t let the Lakers get rolling in the third quarter, but man, Boozer, atleast for one night, shut the fans up who like to heckle him, and Williams, although he looked tired, what a shot at the end. Also, typical Jazz basketball, NASTY. I have been to many games, in the lower and upper bowls, and I cannot believe a guy would complain that he couldn’t see. Its a playoff game, your supposed to stand, especially down the stretch. Hopefully we can pull out a win on Saturday night, but atleast the Jazz have made this a tough series, and have shut the Laker fans up who thought they would sweep the Jazz.
by MercedesC32AMG on Apr 24, 2009 3:24 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
That was my first game sitting in the lower bowl.
It was also the best game I’ve been to. The crowd was nothing short of phenomenal and I saw a lot less Lakers fans than I expected.
I had to laugh when they were announcing the Lakers’ starters and the cheers weren’t discernible until they announced Kobe.
The last few minutes were so frantic. I looked up at one point and thought “Holy crap. There’s only 41 seconds left”.
Ninja. That’s all I need to say about that.
by prodigal punk on Apr 24, 2009 8:20 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Gasol
Gasol is uglier in person.
he looks like someone you would buy comic books off of!
brewers defense is awesome. he is playing kobe about as well as you can play him. he had that block on kobe and later in the game kobe altered one of his jumpshots because brewer was coming across like he was going to swat another one.
awesome effort jazz. just keep it up.
by P_Dizzle on Apr 24, 2009 8:52 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Deron played 45 minutes again.
But this was a much much different 45 minutes than the other games. I think he saved a lot of energy by only taking 7 shots and only driving to the hoop about 8 or 9 times. It is a good thing that other people carried us to the victory.
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by clarkpojo on Apr 24, 2009 9:57 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
First game I'd been to in a while
Ha, I was also on the second row of the upper bowl. Fortunately, there was no one behind me, and no vocal Laker fans in the vicinity. Don’t think I coulda taken that.
First game I’d been to since the Nets game early in the season. In a sane universe, that would’ve been by far the worst home game of the year, so I’m glad we didn’t have a repeat.
Also, I note that Kobe is actually less loathsome in person. I think this is because I didn’t have to look at his stupid whiny face very much. That he sucked didn’t hurt, no doubt.
They need Okur back for game 4. Partially because you can only win for so long w/o the third best scorer, partially because they need another lift to guarantee a win. Also, you want him back in rhythm for a game 5, since I think that’s a more likely road win.
It was fun, though. I generally prefer watching games on TV, but it’s cool to go every once in a while.
by Kcin on Apr 24, 2009 11:35 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Row 2, Seat 14, Section 109
Or, more descriptively, behind and slightly to the right of the Jazz bench. From the upper bowl, of course.
by Kcin on Apr 24, 2009 2:20 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exciting game last night ...
Loved that Boozer finish at the end with his left hand! POWER MOVE!
And DWill hitting that pretty fade was awesome!
Go Jazz!!!
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by Nate Timmons on Apr 24, 2009 11:55 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I was a train wreck watching on TV
It must have been crazy at the ESA.
Boozer and Harpring FTW!!
by Patrick517 on Apr 24, 2009 2:25 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
great recap.
and yes, gasol is ugly and boozer was phenomenal (i admit it)
i miss stock.
by moni on Apr 24, 2009 2:35 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
lol
I am laughing my butt off at the silver screen and roll blog. They have like 6 posts that are almost purely them making excuses for their team! I think it is hilarious that they think the Jazz had their most perfect game ever and the Lakers had their worst game ever to create the “perfect storm”, once in a lifetime Jazz W over the Lakers. The Jazz hardly played perfectly and it isn’t like every Laker did so terribly either. Not only that – we have a previous W against the Lakers this year and they didn’t have their worst game then either. Maybe I’m just a proud Jazz fan as much as they are proud Laker fans but the quantity of excuses over there just seems hilarious to me. :-)
by MelMan2002 on Apr 25, 2009 1:35 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
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