The Downbeat - 28 April 2010 - #217 - The Gr8ness Edition
by Basketball John on Apr 28, 2010 7:03 AM MDT
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Two quotes from this article kind of exemplifies why Matthews was able to crack the starting lineup for a Sloan team,
"It's just playing [the]basketball," said Matthews. "I've played this game for a long time and when you've got confidence from your teammates and coaching staff to go out there and play, that kind of stuff happens."
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"I didn't really know that rookies didn't play too much, that was kind of news to me, but I'm glad that I'm getting that opportunity."
Mentally, he's one of the strongest rookies players I've seen.
Nice in glorious gifness, the Ronnie Price block from the last game. And here's another #BoomBitches gif.
Is it 8:30 yet?
It looks like the gr8ness tees are picking up steam. Siler has an article on it. Here's the facebook page. And here's DWill in his,
Just when you thought they were close to going down in flames, the Lakers go out and pound the Thunder last night, 111-87. I still think that the Thunder will win game 6 back at home but you can see what they can do.
Their win though just reinforced to me that our series isn't over. The Jazz are up big right now but tonight I'm assuming we'll see the best of the Nuggets. They have the ability to blow people out of the building. Let's hope that they don't remember this.
DJ and PK had a discussion yesterday on whether you want to play the Lakers or the Thunder in the next round. PK's argument was that you want the Lakers because you want to beat the best and wipe Phil's smugness off his face.
While that would be sweet, I value having the best chance to win more and playing OKC with home-court gives us that. Somehow it cheapens wins if you'r not playing the best team? Everyone gives the Jazz crap for making the WCF in 2007 only because they played the Warriors instead of the Mavericks. BS. Do you think that the Spurs or their fans feel less about their championship that year because they played the Jazz instead of the Mavs?
Winning is what's important and you take whatever gives you the best chance to accomplish that. If the Thunder were to advance, maybe the Jazz should just forfeit the series because a win over them just wouldn't be the same?
I know that they have to take opposing viewpoints on the radio for the sake of discussion but saying you don't want to play the Thunder is lame.
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yay! early downbeat!
1. love that you added [the]. one of the strongest, and most well spoken.
2. one of ronnie p’s top 5 career highlights, i think, to go with the boozer dunk and walton rejection.
8. 47 million bottles of beer on the wall…
5. i would be more than happy to let the thunder wipe the smug smile off of phil jackass’ face.
so does dj think that it cheapened the lakers’ championship run last year because they had to play a team as sorry and non-showuppy as us?
I agree.
the [the] was awesome.
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by AllThatJazzBasketball on Apr 28, 2010 3:19 PM MDT up reply actions
1. The kid thinks the basketball and plays the basketball like a seasoned veteran and that is what makes him so special. I’m going to love watching his career develop.
4. thanks for the gr8ness links. Very cool.
5. Please let’s not get ahead of ourselves. If there is a team in the NBA that could come back and win three straight against the Jazz, it is Denver. The Youth of the Jazz sometimes succumbs to their headlines and forgets to take care of business.
I agree. One boneheaded game at home and this series is probably over, in Denver's favor.
The more you try to erase me, the more that I appear.
1. Hmmm… 4 years in college, mature and useful…. Are you surprised? In fact, these days, we shouldn’t even call him a rookie. He’s got more lifetime games under his belt than CJ Miles.
5. An object in motion tends to stay in motion. An object at imploding upheaval tends to continue to fall apart, point fingers, blame each other, and head for the Bahamas sooner than later.
I'll make it coach.
I'd rather have OKC just because they don't intimidate us the way the Lakers do.
I just can’t see the Jazz going into LA thinking, “We’re going to trounce this team like OKC.” Rather, they will have images of Gasol’s long arms dropping baby hooks at will….next thing you know Fes will have four fouls and that manageable 9 point lead will become a 16 point lead…then the shoulders will slump, the fire will go out and we’ll spend our summer wondering if we should trade Booze or not.
I would rather play the basketball against OKC.
I'll make it coach.
The Lakers didn't really win the game as much as the Thunder lost it
Their shooting percentage and point total in general was abyssmal. I looked up with 8 minutes left in the 3rd quarter and OKC had 39 points. There’s not a team in the NBA that would have lost to OKC last night. I don’t think that happens again. If anything it will make LA a little more smug.
Mmmph rrgh prrmf! - someone with his mouth gagged
Go Jazz! Go Hogs! GO BILLS!
tonight
If the Jazz go to Denver and play the basketball well. avoid turnovers and force a lead Denver will quit. I think the nuggies will come out energetic and agressive we have to match it and keep it close in the first quarter then run away before half time. The Denver locker room will explode from egos at half and we will win. If we don’t come out and agressive we will lose.
Sloan
Did anybody read the BDL article about fighting Sloan? thats kinda funny.
OKC might just be the best team in the league.
They’ve been on a steady rise since the beginning of the 08-09 season. They’ve have improved to the point where they would be a favorite to win the West if not for the No. 8 seeding (and this being their first playoff experience), and I fully expect them to be the NBA championship favorites going into next season. Durant, Westbrook, and Green will be better than the Celtics’ big three combination two years ago.
I hope we win tonight and LA vs OKC goes seven games. The only advantage we will have playing OKC is home court. After the last game we played against OKC, I don’t know how well we really match up with them. It will be a tough 2nd round either way and why losing to Phoenix was such a bad thing to happen in that final regular season game.
Whoa!
Thunder championship favorites! Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. There is always a young team that looks good and all, but you do realize Brooks won coach of the year. That means him and the team will only go downhill from here on out. That’s just the way it is. There are few exceptions, but not enough to counter.
Maybe "best team in the league" isn't the term you were looking for
Maybe “best team in the league two years from now.” OKC played really well in their home games, but they’ve showed barely anything in LA. Durant and Westbrook are great, but Green is awfully inconsistent. They still need a lot of work to become the best team in the league, although signing a free agent forward like Bosh this summer would probably turn them into championship contenders.
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