Preview - Utah Jazz @ Houston Rockets - Round 1 - Game 2 - 2008 playoffs
April 21st, 2008 by 
Basketball John
This time last year the Jazz dropped game 2 to Houston on the road and were heading back to the SLC to try to salvage the series. This year things are a bit different. The Jazz already have stolen home court and can effectively end Houston’s season tonight with a win. I always hate saying that type of thing because it always comes back to haunt you should it not turn out.
As I said in game 1’s recap, I think Houston is done. I think McGrady is already looking to next season when Yao and Alston are back. He’s tired of the “can’t get out of the first round” player and wants to be able to say it wasn’t his fault. And to a point it’s not really. Nobody expected them to win this series with the injuries they’ve had. But he still owes his fans a competitive series.
Look for the Jazz to do the same defensive scheme tonight. As Ken, Scrum, and FLA stated, they’re going to keep playing T-Mac straight up and send help. Someone else is going to have to beat the Jazz. We’re going to have to see Scola or Bobby Jackson have a career night. Battier was great in the first game, but unless McGrady has 50+, just having two scorers won’t be enough.
Have you ever seen Memo and AK both have good games on the same night? I can’t remember the last time both of them had close to 20 in the same game. They must share one pair of lucky socks. Boozer and Williams will get their’s tonight. We’ll need a good game from one of the sock mates and KK and Millsap to do their thing.
Either the Jazz blow them out in this one or the Rockets pick up a win.
Other blogs,
- My Utah Jazz
- The Dream Shake (gets straight to the point)
- David Thorpe
Posted in 2008 Playoffs, Andrei Kirilenko, Mehmet Okur, Preview | 
April 21st, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Did you see T-Mac’s face after the Price steal & dunk near the end of the 1st?
Priceless.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:13 pm
nope…let me rewind and watch, then take a picture
April 21st, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Pun intended.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:15 pm
:). We need to submit a new face to Simmons. The T-Mac face. 9-point lead after 1.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Has he already given up?
April 21st, 2008 at 7:20 pm
That’s the Jazz D right there on the McGrady pass to #14 (Landry maybe?).
April 21st, 2008 at 7:25 pm
weather the storm…
This game is VERY similar to game 1
April 21st, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Can Harpring really stick on T-Mac defensively?
I don’t see it…
April 21st, 2008 at 7:29 pm
This has to be the only series with 2 movie-star look-a-likes…
Ashton Kutcher v. Chris Rock.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Except that (as far as I can remember), the Rockets weren’t shooting 50% this late into the game.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:37 pm
If you forget about the money and just look at AK’s game…
he’s an amazing player. He can do it all.
Shoot (rediscovered this year). Help D. Rebound. And pass.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:43 pm
the similarities slowly died after I posted that
April 21st, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Good god… why do the Jazz always get stuck with the officials that love their whistles like none… especially when they can call a foul on the Jazz?
F U David Stern.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:50 pm
That’s good… as long as it favors the Jazz.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:50 pm
M O N E Y M A N!
April 21st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
OK, maybe they’re back. Same halftime score (except Memo hit a late three instead of McGrady)
April 21st, 2008 at 8:25 pm
And Bobby Jackson isn’t the Bobby Jackson we came to love in Game 1.
Come back, Bobby of Saturday. We miss you.
April 21st, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Where’s the whistle there, refs?
April 21st, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Price!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Price! With the block and the three!
April 21st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Flopping SOB.
April 21st, 2008 at 9:06 pm
What a shot by KoKo!
April 21st, 2008 at 9:08 pm
KK = cash money
April 21st, 2008 at 9:10 pm
That shot was amazing.
The fact he got it off in time… dang.
April 21st, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Win!
2-0 coming home!
April 21st, 2008 at 9:14 pm
that win was like a warm blanket around my heart. Dear Houston, I’m sorry you had to meet this team, but we’re just better
April 21st, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Now, I know it looks good, but don’t go declaring this one over. Remember all the teams who have recently blown 2 games leads in the first round? Remember Orlando losing that 3-1 lead to Detroit a few years back? Remember Houston blowing that 2-0 lead on Dallas? Remember Houston blowing that 2-0 lead on Utah. . . .
. . . .hmmm. . . .
On second thought, this series is over.
April 21st, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I’m not calling it over till its over… but it sure looks good right now.
Coming home up 2-0. Not much more you could ask for (save for maybe a fair game by the refs).