Keep up the good work man, you’re the pinnacle of Jazz Blogdom, in the meantime, check out the newest Jazz Blog at http://jazzhype.com

In Thursday’s night’s game, I think Houston, thanks to smart coaching and the return of Rafer Alston, did a much better job of covering Boozer and Okur, but I also think that Williams looked for his shot a bit too much. And that, I believe, is what Houston wanted: let Williams score, but shut down everyone else. It’s the same strategy that Dallas employed against Phoenix a couple of years ago. Williams needs to avoid falling into that trap.

Williams also needs to reconsider his decision not to call a timeout before trying to score the last basket. There was time to execute a play with second and third options, and the Jazz should have set that up. But it seems to me that Williams was determined from the gitgo to take the ball to the hoop himself, as he did in similar circumstances earlier this year. That mindset blinds a man to other options. Williams tried to do too much, and to do it all by himself. Yes, he had a nice line in the box score; but the Jazz lost.