2009 Articles
We talk about the close games this week. We call out Brevin Knight and discuss Portland, Denver, N.O. all on the road.
Utah Jazz beat Minnesota Timberwolves 120-103The Utah Jazz got off to a slow start, but Brewer and Okur both had strong second halves as the Jazz outscored the Wolves by 21 in the second half showing that maybe they can be consistent on the road.
The Jazz end up with seven players in double figures, the starting five and AK/KK of the bench.
As a team the Jazz had 12 steals and 6 blocks most of them coming in the second half when they turned up the heat.
With nine minutes left in the game it was tied 97-97 and the Jazz outscored them 23-6 to finish of the game leaving no doubt of who the better team is.
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Boozer looked much better all the way around tonight and he will have a few more days to practice with the team before our back to back this weekend.
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||
| W | L | PCT | GB | HM | RD | CONF | DIV | PF | PA | DIFF | STRK | L10 | |||
| LA Lakers | 47 | 10 | .825 | - | 108.9 | 100.6 | +8.4 | ||||||||
| San Antonio | 39 | 17 | .696 | 7 ½ | 97.6 | 93.5 | +4.1 | ||||||||
| Denver | 38 | 20 | .655 | 9 ½ | 103.3 | 100.7 | +2.5 | ||||||||
| Houston | 36 | 21 | .632 | 11 | 98.5 | 94.9 | +3.6 | ||||||||
| Portland | 35 | 22 | .614 | 12 | 98.9 | 95.3 | +3.6 | ||||||||
| New Orleans | 34 | 22 | .607 | 12 ½ | 96.1 | 93.7 | +2.4 | ||||||||
| Utah | 35 | 23 | .603 | 12 ½ | 103.0 | 99.4 | +3.6 | ||||||||
| Dallas | 34 | 23 | .596 | 13 | 100.9 | 99.3 | +1.6 | ||||||||
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| Phoenix | 32 | 24 | .571 | 14 ½ | 106.5 | 104.3 | +2.2 | ||||||||
The Jazz are one win away from the fifth spot if Portland and NO lose any of their upcoming games and are only 3 wins away from the division lead.
The Utah Jazz really need to take it one game at a time. Looking at their remaining schedule is very depressing, but looking at it one game at a time is much more enjoyable and makes winning 50 possible.
Up Next Sacramento at home on Sat.
Ronnie Brewers Hot Spots
The Podcast is officially Global.
We would like to thank "Hotrod" Hundley, Gordon Chiesa, for stopping by. And also a thank you to Dave Taylor who took some time from the Sundance Film Festival to make an appearance.
I want to apologize to those that were at the podcast I mad a wrong cut and our weekly podcast got deleted. Sorry. I am still looking for it.
Oh and the Jazz get floored by the Nuggets, here's hoping for the seventh seed! Make that 1-9 on the second game of a back to back.
-S
I think the Utah Jazz are playing the best basketball since the 12 game streak this past spring. Carlos Boozer is playing better than any other power forward in the League and the Jazz are moving the ball ridiculously well.
Maybe its the euphoria of an OT touchdown by BYU, but the Jazz looked amazing handled business tonight with eight players against a pretty good Portland team.
Boozer and D-will combined for 50 points, 18 rebounds, 22 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, and only 5 TO's. If you didn't get to see the game last night these two were amazing. The pick and role was working perfectly and Boozer was hitting the J.
I don't know if Portland was just tired from getting waxed by Memphis but they did not show up. Not to mention AK and Millsap didn't play the second half.
Deron Williams is averaging the third highest minutes played in the league right now. This is mostly due to injuries.
Once again the Jazz shot 60% from the field and had 36 assists on 43 baskets.
Boozer's Shot Chart from the last five games. Its obvious where his strengths are.
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