Last year the Rockets were robbed by injuries to Yao Ming, and banged up players playing more than the refs.
You have to give credit to Utah for their never-give-up mindset. I think it will pay dividends at home especially when Okur comes back. It's going to be very difficult for LA to win @ Utah, and I won't be surprised if they don't win there at all, meaning this series goes 7 games.
I think the jazz are playing quite well today. They are a very tough playoff team as usual. If the opponents were not the lakers, they could have won this game.
This game shows the difference between playoff rookies and playoff veterans. Down by 20 at half time, the j*zz still managed to fight back to within striking distances, whereas the Blazers completely folds. I hate Kobe for his personality, but he is becoming more and more MJesque on the basketball court.
This Sloan quote after the game is good for a laugh: "We're not a nasty team,'' Sloan said. "Most of the teams that we've had here have been pretty nasty and they will get after you from daylight to dark. We're just learning how to get after it a little bit more as we go along with younger guys."