Preview – Utah Jazz @ Dallas Mavericks – 10 April 2008
The Jazz are now 2-0 in their six-game first-round “series.” After impressive wins against the Spurs and the Hornets, Jazz fans are buzzing about reaching the WCF again. The Jazz are now 11-7 on the road since a January loss @ Denver.
Both San Antonio and NO rebounded from the defensive beatings they took from the Jazz. The Jazz will need to play the same D on Dallas tonight as the Mavs are now playing well again since the return of Jirk. He got his karmic whiplash for taking out AK in the last meeting by getting injured himself. They injury could have ended his season, but he was able to come back. I don’t know if he’s 100%. Don’t expect any revenge from AK tonight though. A win and a good beating of Dallas would be revenge enough.
The Jazz are playing for home-court and making some noise going into the playoffs. They’re only 1 game back of LA, SA, and HOU. The Lakers are at LAC for a road game. I don’t expect much from the Clips on this one. So the Jazz need a win to stay one game back. Meanwhile, Dallas has a playoff spot pretty much locked up, but they’re fending off Denver and GS for sixth. So they’ve got a lot to play for so that they don’t end up playing the #1 seed.
If the Jazz can wake from their offensive slumber the past couple of games and play even half the defense they’ve played over the last two games, they’ll have a good shot at a win. Let’s hope the karmic payback on Jirk results in a loss for them. Then we can call it even.
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April 10th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
1 point game in the 4th, I really really really REALLY wish I was watching!!
April 10th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
OH MY GOSH!!!! THAT FOUL ON DERON WAS SOOOOOO A CONTINUATION. THIS IS CHEAP!!! THESE REFS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 10th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
OK, I am literally SO mad right now. I have spent that last minute cursing out my t.v. Deron makes the 3 of the year to tie the game at 94 and then, they don’t come back on to defend and the Jerk drops a 3!!!!! UGH. ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? Deron looked sooooo pissed. And, if Deron’s performance during the 4th quarter isn’t MVP quality I don’t know what is.
April 10th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
True that! 5 on 8 is really hard. it has to go to the begining of the game though. thats where the jazz lost the game. Boozer was soooo poor tonight. I tell you what, if Milsap ever gets any respect from the refs he could be a 20 and 10 starter in the leauge, he is always getting hacked. Oh well, cant wait to see TMAC cry again when he once again fails to get out of the first round! GO JAZZ!!!
April 12th, 2008 at 9:50 am
John! We are doing a LIVE GAME BLOG at My Utah Jazz tonight. Please come by and blog with us! I’m trying out some new software and it should be fun. We want as many Jazz fans as we can get. I invited some Nuggets blogs as well. Come on over at Game Time!
See you there man.
April 12th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Ya’ll I have a dilemma. I have tickets to the Flash game on the 1st row!!! Which is fun, but then I’d miss the game tonight. What should I do??