When does the damn game start? Utah Jazz (13-12) at Memphis Grizzlies (14-13), 9:30 p.m. (ET)

[freakazoid]

Big Al has GOT to figure out how to pass more. Shooting the ball against a triple team is just plain stupid. I don't care if it did go in, that was just plain black hole selfish.

 

[craig2112]

I wonder if Al's selfishness gets to the big men. I haven't seen Milsap pass much and Favors has like 8 assists the enitre season or something.
Lol I remember that triple team play that you're talking about...that was soooo dumb

21 points and 15 boards isn't good enough for you....and a win, and keeping an all star in check?

I guess everything is Jeffy's fault.
If other players don't pass much, then it's Jeffy's fault, even though the jazz had 26 assists tonight

Millsap had 4 assists tonight, and so did Jeffy....Favors even had one....Harris had 3

 

[Brown Notes]

Griz really need another Center. That Iranian guy blows. Gasol is going to die playing all those minutes every night.

 

[Weezur]

21 points and 15 boards isn't good enough for you....and a win, and keeping an all star in check?

I guess everything is Jeffy's fault.
If other players don't pass much, then it's Jeffy's fault, even though the jazz had 26 assists tonight

Millsap had 4 assists tonight, and so did Jeffy....Favors even had one....Harris had 3

No, Al had a really good game, that was just a side-thought

 

[candrew]

He could hear Chris Mullen stroking his ego in the background.

Don't worry - we go back to Matt Harpring the "hypercritical stepdad sitting in the bleachers at his son's little league game" tonight.

 

[zman1527]

This game shows what can happen when the wings score points, instead of the less than 10 they combine for some games. It makes the team completely different, running from in front instead of from behind.

 

[GVC]

Don't worry - we go back to Matt Harpring the "hypercritical stepdad sitting in the bleachers at his son's little league game" tonight.

post-head injury.

 

[MK11]

Apparently, according to the posts, it was a nice win. We should win as much as we can on the road, we're only 3-7 as of now on the road. Especially against this kind of teams, we have no luxury to lose.

By the way, was Kanter playing so bad or he was bearable but Big Al's nice game limited his mins? I'm quessing it's the latter.

 

[Brown Notes]

Apparently, according to the posts, it was a nice win. We should win as much as we can on the road, we're only 3-7 as of now on the road. Especially against this kind of teams, we have no luxury to lose.

By the way, was Kanter playing so bad or he was bearable but Big Al's nice game limited his mins? I'm quessing it's the latter.

Big Turkey looked pretty good to me. Mainly he forced Gasol to work very hard, Marc was visibly gassed towards the end of the game demonstrated by Jefferson freaking out when he had his man beat down the court by 4 seconds. Sadly Harris didn't get him the ball.

But yea, Jefferson was great. Every bit as good as his stat line. Also Favors was playing very well.

 

[MK11]

OK, good night everyone. I can't watch this game, tomorrow is monday. I hope Jazz win.

I will pray before the sleep. For my ma's health, for all poor people in the world, for the peace in the all world, to be rich, to get ten years younger(so I could play in the NBA), for the girl in Franklin's post to come to my dream(wouldn't mind if she come to my real life), for the end of all hunger in the world and for a Jazz winn.

...save your breath....sounds like mostly selfish things.

Ok then, I will pray also for you the next time. And of course, for the all tattoos in the world to disappear suddenly.

thats not a girl,look again!!,thats a ladyboy(as we call it back in thailand)

Man, don' try to make me feel weird. You know very well which girl I meant.

if we take away the girl part,you sound like u are practising you speech for the miss-world competition.

Actually that was the intented joke but it wasn't clear. It was a bad joke anyway.

 

[MK11]

Big Turkey looked pretty good to me. Mainly he forced Gasol to work very hard, Marc was visibly gassed towards the end of the game demonstrated by Jefferson freaking out when he had his man beat down the court by 4 seconds. Sadly Harris didn't get him the ball.

But yea, Jefferson was great. Every bit as good as his stat line. Also Favors was playing very well.

Thanks, that means a nice game overall for me.

But I really want to kid(Enes) has a breakout game asap. It doesn't look possible soon though. But a great game he'll have will be a confidence boost for him and a sample for us about what he can do in the future.

 

[cowhide]

Nice team win. My only complaint was the first half rebounding. The Grizzlies were killing on the boards. Fortunately, they didn't make many points off the rebounds.

I thought this was one of AJ best games overall. When he passes the ball the team is better and he gets easier shots. The Hayward performance was a delight to watch. I hope Gordon can play with aggression, he is talented and versatile when he does. I thought he played a complete game. It was especially nice to see him hit the mid-range jumper and the jumper coming off the curl. No hesitation just shoot the ball. The only thing holding Gordon back is his indecisiveness.

The team played mentality tough and stepped up their defense in the second half. The bench played better in the second half. All in all a nice road win.

 

[Siro]

Great game by Hayward and Jefferson. When Hayward is on, the Jazz are a much much better team. Jefferson seems to be forcing fewer shots and learning to pass out. If they can keep this up, all we would need is Burks getting all of Howard's minutes and a legit PG.

 

[mhindy]

Great game by Hayward and Jefferson. When Hayward is on, the Jazz are a much much better team. Jefferson seems to be forcing fewer shots and learning to pass out. If they can keep this up, all we would need is Burks getting all of Howard's minutes and a legit PG.

When Hayward gets going the Jazz are clearly much better. I also have to give some props to CJ, the stretch in the fourth quarter where he set up Favors for a dunk then made a tough floater was awesome. Nice to see him attacking the basket!

 

[just because]

Did you watch the game at all Al was brilliant, and had 4 assists, and dominated Gasol!

Did you watch the game? If you did then you saw the play I am talking about. If I remember correctly, it was the 4th quarter, Mem is making a run with tough D. Al gets the ball down low. They immediately collapse 2 help defenders. Al waits for all three to get there and then trys to split them. How dumb do you have to be to not know somebody is wide open. My point is only a very selfish (i.e. black hole) player would try to split a triple team to get a shot off instead of rotating the ball to an open player for a layup elsewhere.

I don't disagree with what you said, Al had a great game against Gasol. I just wish he would take a course called basketball 101.

 

[just because]

Look past 1 game dude. Even in a win Al was his old self trying to go MN on us. He refuses (or is too dumb) to play Jazz ball. That is the reason for the hate.

 

[northeast]

Did you watch the game? If you did then you saw the play I am talking about. If I remember correctly, it was the 4th quarter, Mem is making a run with tough D. Al gets the ball down low. They immediately collapse 2 help defenders. Al waits for all three to get there and then trys to split them. How dumb do you have to be to not know somebody is wide open. My point is only a very selfish (i.e. black hole) player would try to split a triple team to get a shot off instead of rotating the ball to an open player for a layup elsewhere.

I don't disagree with what you said, Al had a great game against Gasol. I just wish he would take a course called basketball 101.

If Al is getting triple teamed, somebody else should be able to get the ^%$^% rebound.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Did you watch the game? If you did then you saw the play I am talking about. If I remember correctly, it was the 4th quarter, Mem is making a run with tough D. Al gets the ball down low. They immediately collapse 2 help defenders. Al waits for all three to get there and then trys to split them. How dumb do you have to be to not know somebody is wide open. My point is only a very selfish (i.e. black hole) player would try to split a triple team to get a shot off instead of rotating the ball to an open player for a layup elsewhere.

I don't disagree with what you said, Al had a great game against Gasol. I just wish he would take a course called basketball 101.

That was one isolated moment he doesn't force it every time hence the 4 assists. He's a hired offensive gun, you should expect it once or twice a game. We can't expect any player to make the right decision every possession.

 

[Deleted member 848]

I agree. I want the Jazz to blow out the Hornets tomorrow night so they get as much rest as they possibly can for the rematch against OKC on Tuesday. They have to. The Hornets have the WORST record in the Western Conference. I have realized something. Gordon Hayward needs to be our #2 scoring option. If he is on, it takes a lot of pressure of Millsap. Millsap's ideal role on this team should be the #3 scorer, IMO. Gordon has been playing much better of late. One could say that he is returning to his late-season form from last year. If Mr. Hayward can become a consistent 15-20 ppg scorer, the Jazz will become a much, much better team. His perimeter scoring ability opens up things down low for Milly and Big Al. Mr. Jefferson was simply outstanding tonight. Not only did he have 21 points, but he also had 15 rebounds. The play, IMO, that was most impressive by Al tonight was the one in the 4th quarter when he passed up a jumper and instead passed it to Raja for a three late in the shot clock. Big Al played very unselfishly tonight. He even passed an ally-oop to Paul.

I was just about to post this. That pass form Al to Bell was without a doubt the play of the game. Al, who has made several buzzer-beating jumpers, passes up a semi-decent look to a wide open Raja, for the three. I practically jumped out of my seat upon seeing that.

Also: If someone would have told me that Al would have thrown an alley-opp to Millsap at the beginning of the season, I would have not believed it for a second.

 

[//r00t 4 Jazz]

Sounds like most watched it on ESPN, I watched the Root feed and was curious did they show Hayward getting fouled on all of his dunk attempts. [rant]His first was when he stole it from Gay and Gay hit him on the side/back of the head, the second showed him clearly getting whacked across the back of his for arms which made him miss and then the one they finally called was probably only called because of how the contact made him lose grip of the rim and take a bad fall.[/rant]

Was a fun game to watch for sure but had a question, does anybody know why didn't Sam Young get any time, I seem to remember him having some pretty good games against the Jazz.