Outside of Houston, I think you’d want to see a Jazz win and a Rocket loss tonight so that their matchup Wednesday isn’t a meaningless matchup.  It gives both teams something to play for, home-court for the first round.  Otherwise it will be a pretty boring game.  Neither coach would play their starters more than the first half I would think.  It’s certainly in Utah’s favor as the Rockets play the Suns and the Jazz host Portland.  But now that Phoenix has the number 2 seed locked up, they don’t have much to play for either.  And Portland has shown it can beat the Jazz; of course so has much of the league as of late.

Utah’s success is going to go as far as Deron Williams.  He hasn’t blamed his poor shooting on his groin, but you would think it has to factor in.  We need someone to Mr. Miyagi his groin. 

Mr. Miyagi:  Deron-san!
Deron:  What?
Mr. Miyagi: Come here.  Show me shoot the ball.
Deron: I can’t move my groin, all right?
[Mr. Miyagi reaches for Deron’s groin]
Deron: Wait, what the hell are you doing?
Mr.Miyagi:  Just hold still.
Deron:  The hell!
[One karate chop and groin massage later]
Mr Miyagi:  Now show me shoot the ball.
Deron:  How did you do that?
John Amaechi:  My groin hurts.