Suns Put The "Finish Him" Move On The Jazz After Killing The Nuggets, L 100-86

said he was hurting but that this was the biggest game of the year and he had to play. sounded like a bit of a dig at boozer and andrei.

denver isn’t playing well, but it’s a bad, bad matchup. be nice to knock those jackoffs out of the playoffs. here’s hoping!

We weren’t even in the game. Thats the disappointing part. If it was a tight game that we lost, I would have said “Well no AK, no Boozer”. But seriously guys.

Well, the bright side is I hate Denver, and I hate the Lakers. Go get em.

and I can’t wait till Oklahoma City crashes LA’s party.

they lost control of the players and the crowd early on and could never recover to call a fair game. Very hostile crowd there. I even saw some Suns fans almost get kicked out for allegedly flipping off some Jazz fans that were a few rows up.

bring back the beard

Isn’t that the kind of thing a coach would identify as a major problem and try to prevent? If I were Sloan and we got down 10 in the first 8 minutes – AGAIN – I’d call a timeout and go berserk on the starters.

Oh well. Denver’s a nice place, and vulnerable team.

How could Kirilenko and Boozer not even suit up for this game? Couldn’t they have played for even a few minutes? This game was more important than any single playoff game. Had we won we would have had Portland, San Antonio, and Dallas in our bracket, teams that we have owned this year. Instead, we get Denver, OKC, and the Lakers, teams that we basically can’t beat. So, yeah, the season is now over, and those two looked real comfortable chewing gum in their seats. I mean, if you’re hurt, at least wince or something. Otherwise put on a uniform, suck it up, and play! I am disgusted by our forwards today, Also, Millsap, Matthews, Price, and Korver all looked like dogs last night. The only silver lining, the smallest silver lining I have ever seen, was that Othyus Jeffers seemed as quick as a Phoenix Sun. He also seemed like he actually ate a meal recently, as he was able to sprint and jump, unlike the rest of the team. Lastly, props to Sloan and the coaching staff for devising that nasty zone defense. Apparently the idea was to leave the Suns so wide open that they became confused as to why they weren’t being guarded. That was supposed to disturb their rhythm. But instead, they just made the wide open shots. Imagine that. And we wonder why he hasn’t won COY? Because he REFUSES to adapt to in-game situations. Nice second half of the season Jazz. We’ll always remember what a great team you were in February!

SLCDunk road trip. It’s only 8 hours to Denver.

Realize that we shot 37.8% from the field, with 19 turnovers and 10 shots that were blocked! I don’t care who you are, that’s not going to win many if any games. When your “STAR” player shoots 5-17 (29.4%) and has 5 turnovers it doesn’t matter if the coach is calling timeout after every basket, you ain’t winning. I would like to see how many coaches could win that game last night with our roster? None come to mind off the top of my head. Phil Jackson could maybe do something but hell he is taking his team into the playoffs with a 4-6 record. So he doesn’t have it all figured out. Mike Brown of the Cavs, can we even call that guy a coach? Lebron draws up all the offensive plays on that team, while he stands by with the deer in the headlights look.

This loss is squarely on the players. Millsap proved he is NOT Carlos Boozer. Williams showed us he still has a lot to learn. We really miss AK47 and the Jazz need to have some heart. They don’t have the heart of a champion.

It was very frustrating to watch that game with so much on the line, but Phoenix was by far the better team last night.

I don’t think it’s fair to mail in the playoffs because of one game. I understand that it was a horrible game, but it was just one game. You can’t always control whether the shots drop, and which players are hurt, but I hope the Jazz players can learn one thing…

Quit complaining to the refs.

I feel like the only effect that can have, is to make the refs more annoyed at you, thus giving you less calls in the future. Plus, while you are busy complaining/staring down the ref, the player you should be guarding is busy getting a wide open look on offense.

I know there are plenty of other reasons the Jazz lost that have already been discussed, so I figured I’d just throw this observation out there…

Can anyone remember a shrewd game-time coaching decision that has led, or contributed, to a Jazz win?

Look, Sloan is great, probably the best, at whatever Sloan does. But I saw no evidence of “coaching” happening last night.

Gaines was in because DWill had sprained his wrist, not because of some shrewd decision by Sloan. We got lucky. True, the players lost the Phoenix game in every aspect. My point is that Sloan looked OK with that and seemed determined not to interfere.

we lost to the hottest team in the league when we were missing two starters. Phoenix can blown anyone out of the gym on any given night. Or they can give back 20pt leads. Thats who they are. And also, you can’t blame people for being hurt. And AK has played hurt enough times, that if he didn’t play he is no where near playing. And why would Boozer sit out a game unless he had to that now puts him up against interior D’s that shut him down, instead of D’s that he dominates?

This is our team… we are a streaky (like the Suns) offensive team who’s best interior defender is an injury prone small forward. That is what we have to deal with in the off season. Now is just time to play.

The truth is, if you have to really on match ups in the post-season you aren’t a true contender. That game sucked, but it’s just one game. The rest of the off-season we are going to see if we need a true overhaul on this team or not.

…if they both claim to be ready for the next game? Kobe’s played for years, it seems, with a broken finger on his shooting hand. Memo managed to be pretty productive despite achilles tendinitis. Boozer and Kirilenko looked quite comfortable though, and neither winced or limped when they walked. What is the problem here?

Ronnie Price was right: We found out who the tougher team was.

Thats what worries me. If he sat this out, he is still far from 100%.. Actually, yeah, you are right about Boozer, just playing the first minutes in pain, would have been the least a “leader” could have done.

This was the worst Jazz game I can ever remember watching. I was at the game and it seemed to me that the fans at ESA were more worried about heckling the Suns fans that were there rather than cheer on the Jazz. Oh and booing the refs. That was pointless. What you think the refs are going to turn around, look at you and say “By golly, random fan, you’re right. The NBA does want me to give this game to the Suns but since we’re at your place, I’ll make sure Amare Stoudamire gets kicked out.”? No, of course they’re not going to do that! Here are a few things I noticed on the court:
1) Memo had 14 or 16 points in the 1st quarter, 18 by halftime and 21 by the end of the game. It was he who kept us within 5 at the end of the 1st so why stop feeding him the ball? If he’s the only one making shots, GIVE HIM THE DAMN BALL!!!!
2) Too many perimeter shots and when the Jazz finally took the ball inside the paint, they looked like whimpering dogs who were about to be neutered. D-Will was the only Jazz player who took it in hard and actually drew the foul.
3) CJ Miles was his old self, hucking up stupid shots all game.
4) Why in the world did Jerry only play Suniata Gaines in the last 4 min of the game? If the starters arent playing well and the team is down 20 to start the 4th, why not put in Gaines and Jeffers then? Both played hard and yes I know that it was against the Suns bench but other than Okur, Gaines and Jeffers were the only players with a positive point differential last night.
5) Utah loves you Larry. Too bad the players forgot to play for him. Let’s go get the Nuggets in the playoffs.

And if players are sucking, why does Sloan leave them in? Also, Fesenko is so much better than Koufos it’s not even funny. He should have gotten way more playing time. Ok, he had a sore throat… That was like 3 weeks ago! Why does Sloan still care? Boozer is out for like 45 games last season, comes back and gets his starting job right away. What does he have against Fess? At least FESS might have been able to play some defense on Amare..I think a Deron, Gaines, Matthews( Jeffers?), Okur, Fess lineup would have been way better than whatever Sloan put out on the floor last night. At least those players try during the games.

One last point: Good thing Korver finally got that record so he can relax and hit some threes again. His shooting has been awful the last few games and I know its because of that stupid record.