We are now three games into this series and despite 2 wins, the Jazz offense has not once resembled the regular season dominance that was so efficient and gave so many Jazz fans hope of great things this post season. Game 3 ended with a 94-92 loss to the visiting Houston Rockets.
- Carl Landry came up HUGE for the Rockets. First he loses a tooth due to a Boozer arm to the mouth, then he comes back to make several key hustle plays including the game-winning block. The fact that Landry controlled the block into a Rockets possession was just as big as the block itself.
- In my opinion, T-Mac was very lucky the Rockets won the game because he nearly handed it to Utah in the final minute with a blatant and unnecessary offensive foul followed by a brick of a shot that had “Goat” written all over it. He finished 11 for 26 from the floor and is now 27 for 69 (39%) for the series.
- Boozer has not imposed his will on this series whatsoever. Despite 15 points and 13 boards, you would need to re-watch the game to make sure that he really played… that is, if he hadn’t missed 5 key free throws which everyone will remember
- Ronnie Brewer had a great game hitting jumpers and finishing a tough baseline shot on a risky pass by Deron. Sometimes it’s tough to see him riding the bench every 4th quarter.
- Why did the Jazz go with boring white t-shirts? It looked pretty lame following the Wizards-Cavs game when the Wizards had also given away white t-shirts. One of the shades of blue would have been much better.
- It appeared right away that Rafer Alston would have an impact on this series when he banked in a 3 in the opening minutes of the game.
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