Bill Simmons gives the Jazz the kiss of death
May 3rd, 2007 by 
Basketball John
On his latest basketball blog post, Simmons writes this in the sidebar about tonight’s game:
Just wanted to go on the record: I’m predicting an easy Utah win tonight. Once the Jazz finally figured out that nobody could hurt them except for T-Mac, this series took on a totally different feel after Game 2. Utah has three guys who can get quality shots — Williams, Boozer and Harpring (coming off screens) — whereas the Rockets have T-Mac and that’s it. And to answer your “What about Yao?” question … exactly. What about Yao? Defensively, he’s been a liability; offensively, he can’t even post up 6′7 Paul Millsap, much less Boozer or Memo Okur. It’s his fifth season in the league. He should be KILLING a team like Utah — they don’t have a single guy to guard him. So why isn’t he killing them? Great question. If you’re a Rockets fan, you should be petrified right now. Your team needs a superhuman performance from T-Mac to win one of these next two games. Anything less and they’re going home.
I absolutely agree but if you read Simmons at all and follow his picks for the NFL, NBA, etc., you’ll know that we’re now doomed. As Simmons would say, “I will now impale myself on Karl Malone’s statue.”
Link to ESPN.com: Page 2 : Bill Simmons Blog
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