i agree with this. when you have to rely on hustle plays, broken sets, and the brilliance of one player for 99% of your offense, that's a recipe for an ulcer for the fan watching.
Yeah, our defense was good, We held Utah to 16 points below their season average but our offense was complete crap. If we could have shot better or just shoot our average, we would have a better chance.
The Lakers have better scorers,the Jazz have a big advantage with Williams at the 1,they are a better defensive/rebounding team and can trouble LAL with their physical game. The bottom line will be how will the Lakers do on defense/rebounding and ball movement. If they are consistent on defense,their offensive edge will be evident and will cause huge problems for the Jazz.
are the jazz the luckiest end of quarter team in history? does anything ever go wrong for them? they either make a shot, get some long ass rebound, fumble the ball away only to have it bounce right to them for an easy shot, they have ronnie price nailing tough 3's or deron williams hitting one, or they can tackle you (odom right there) or clobber you (battier's 3 at the end of the half on friday) and not get called for anything. it's amazing.
I'm not surprised that it's a close game. The Lakers will have a very tough time in winning this game.
dfish is very strong, just as strong as deron. and vujacic/farmar are pests. our PGs are just not very good. rafer does an admirable job, but bobby and brooks just get owned.
I friggin hate Harpring. He is one guy in NBA if he were to break his leg or something, I would actually cheer and throw a party to everyone in my neighborhood. First he gets rejected cleanly by Turiaf. Then he pulls Turiaf jersey as he is coming down to try to get a call. Then he is actually whining about the non-call... This after he got away with murder on Odom at the end of 3rd quarter.
I love how ak just put a hand on a driving kobe and the refs blow the whistle. Meanwhile games 1-4 vs the rockets, the whole utah team basically mugs tmac the entire game and nothing is called.
wow sloan not doubling kobe one bit?? kobe is obviously the better scorer, but i don't know why teams double tmac more than kobe sometimes.
Kobe has 34 points and has shot the ball 13 times. He is 17-17 from the free throw line. A true superstar. And 17-17 from the free throw line has nothing to do with having no help....
