Utah Jazz Blog

Game 2: Lakers 119, Jazz 109

The Lakers were expected to win games 1 & 2 at home and that’s exactly what they did by downing the Jazz on Tuesday night. It was one of those games that it seems everything is going against the Jazz, yet somehow they stayed in this game far longer than they should have. The Lakers shot [...]

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Game 1: Lakers 113, Jazz 100

It was a second half to build upon. It was a first half to forget. After the Jazz started the opening few minutes strong, the Lakers imposed their will on the visiting 8th seed and built a 22 point halftime lead. In the second half, the Jazz fought back to narrow the margin to as few [...]

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Utah Jazz 108, New Orleans Hornets 94

Ronnie Brewer and the Utah Jazz finally showed up in an important road game and thrashed the New Orleans Hornets. The Jazz jumped on the Hornets early with a near-perfect 41 point first quarter. The Jazz scored on 19 of 23 possessions in the quarter and that includes a Memo Okur 40-foot heave at the buzzer [...]

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Minnesota Timberwolves 103, Utah Jazz 102

This wasn’t supposed to happen.  This game really was more important than the Portland or Denver games because a Jazz loss would mean uncertainty in the one place the Jazz were certain, Energy Solutions Arena.  But it isn’t the end of the world either. Minnesota did not play like the 21-54 team that they were supposed to [...]

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Denver Nuggets 114, Utah Jazz 104

Well, that happened. The Utah Jazz were able to jump out on the Denver Nuggets by 11 in the first quarter… and then J.R. Smith started raining threes. Smith was the dagger in the side of the Jazz as he dropped 28 points on 8-13 behind the arc… but he was hardly the only problem the [...]

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Utah Jazz 112, New York Knicks 104

Déjà vu. The Jazz lead by 24 early in the third quarter and then, almost as if sensing what the fans expected but wouldn’t say, allowed the New York Knicks to come all the way back to take the lead.  Maybe they are challenging themselves. Maybe they want to keep the fans interested.  Maybe they are [...]

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Utah Jazz 104, Phoenix Suns 99

Thank you Mr. Grant Hill.  The Phoenix Suns veteran dropped a pass out of bounds with 25 seconds left allowing the Jazz to force overtime with a Deron Williams jumper over Steve Nash.  In overtime, the Jazz put the Suns playoff hopes on ice with strong play by Deron and a four point play by Andrei [...]

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Phoenix Suns 118, Utah Jazz 114

  Ouch. Another winnable road game down the drain. Such a great game full of so much bad defense, unexpected heroes (for the Suns) and disappointments (for the Jazz). Honestly, I thought that the Suns lost the game with 8:10 left in the game when they took their best player out, Louis Amundson.  Amundson won this game for [...]

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Utah Jazz 101, Oklahoma City Thunder 94

Deron Williams took it upon himself in the third quarter to lead the Jazz to a rare road victory and win number 43 of the season.  D-Will was 6 for 6 in the quarter with 4 assists on his way to 24 points and 11 assists in the game. Memo Okur was lighting it up early for Utah but [...]

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Thunder in the Forcast

The Jazz are off again today preparing for the Oklahoma City Thunder in OKC on Friday. The Thunder had their 4 game home win streak snapped last night by the Bulls 103-96.  The Jazz will be looking for a bit of revenge for the last time they made their way to Oklahoma City and left [...]

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