Written by Spencer | 07 March 2010

It's a tale of two halves.  The Jazz/Clippers series this year has been very up and down.  Pretty sure everyone expected the Jazz to go 4-0 against the Clips this year especially without their #1 draft pick, Blake Griffin.  Looking at the box score of this game, there are a few things that stick out.  First and foremost, why is Drew Gooden your leading scorer?  The Clippers in that trade weren't even intending on keeping him, then he turns out to be your leading scorer for a few games.  Weird if you ask me.  Also, Memo has come out of any slump he was in.  He definitely hasn't performed as well on the road this season as we would like, but nonetheless he gets it done at home.  In the first have it looked like the Jazz just wanted to get this game over with and win it in one half.  Too bad in the NBA it takes 2 halves to win a game.  In the second half there was a lot more ball sharing and working more of the offense.  The inside out game is truly what benefits the Jazz and lets them gain their confidence to win the game.  Not to mention, it's watching basketball in its purest form.  Who likes it when a team dribbles down the court, makes one pass and a shot goes up?  It's not very entertaining to watch.  The game on Monday night in LA, that's how it was.  Last night the Jazz were looking for the open man and the extra pass.  They need to learn to play this way on the road ALL the time.  It's not the best feeling going into an opposing teams place and not having full confidence you are going to win that game.  The Clippers will not make the playoffs this year, which means we should win in their place 9 times out of 10.  But with this Jazz team and the way they play on the road most of the time, it looks like they should beat them about 3 times out of 10.  They need to be more consistent and play the kind of game they are accustomed to playing.  This was a good win, however, especially after that good win in Phoenix this week.  Let's hope the Jazz can continue to make the push for the 2nd spot in the West. S.MAC

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Drew Gooden, PF	34	9-13	0-0	2-2	4	8	12	1	0	0	4	3	-6	20
Travis Outlaw, SF	25	3-11	2-4	0-0	1	5	6	2	0	1	2	0	-13	8
Chris Kaman, C	34	5-17	0-0	2-3	3	10	13	0	0	2	5	3	-18	12
Baron Davis, PG	33	4-15	2-5	1-1	1	3	4	8	1	1	5	2	-15	11
Rasual Butler, SG	33	4-10	2-8	1-1	0	4	4	2	0	3	0	1	-19	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Steve Blake, PG	32	2-5	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	-18	5
Steve Novak, SF	9	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Craig Smith, PF	10	2-4	0-0	1-2	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	4	-12	5
Mardy Collins, PG	12	3-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	+2	6
DeAndre Jordan, C	17	2-5	0-0	0-2	0	3	3	1	0	2	0	1	-11	4
Brian Skinner, FC	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Bobby Brown, PG	DNP COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		35-86	8-21	7-11	11	37	48	18	3	10	19	14		85
		40.7%	38.1%	63.6%
Fast break points: 10 Points in the paint: 36 Team TO ( points off ): 20 (28) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court.
UTAH JAZZ
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Andrei Kirilenko, SF	30	2-8	0-1	2-2	2	0	2	4	3	1	1	0	+15	6
Carlos Boozer, PF	34	8-15	0-0	1-2	3	14	17	2	0	0	1	4	+19	17
Mehmet Okur, C	35	11-17	3-4	2-3	3	4	7	3	3	2	1	2	+15	27
Deron Williams, PG	34	4-9	1-2	1-3	0	3	3	10	2	0	1	4	+19	10
Wesley Matthews, G	24	3-5	1-1	4-4	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	+4	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Kyle Korver, SG	22	5-9	2-5	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	+19	12
Paul Millsap, PF	25	2-11	0-0	1-2	3	5	8	3	2	0	1	3	+11	5
Ronnie Price, PG	5	0-4	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+2	2
Sundiata Gaines, G	9	2-5	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	+1	4
C.J. Miles, SF	18	4-8	0-0	3-3	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	+7	11
Othyus Jeffers, G	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	-1	2
Kosta Koufos, C	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		42-93	7-14	16-21	12	33	45	28	12	3	6	15		107
		45.2%	50.0%	76.2%
Fast break points: 18 Points in the paint: 54 Team TO ( points off ): 6 (7) +/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court.

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