Utah Jazz Blog

John Stockton and Jerry Sloan, Hall of Famers

Congratulation to John Stockton and Jerry Sloan! On Monday it became official, both Stockton and Sloan are headed to the Hall of Fame as members of the class of 2009.   They enter the basketball Hall of Fame with Michael Jordan, David Robinson and Rutgers women’s coach C. Vivian Stringer in what may be the greatest Hall of [...]

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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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3 Points or Less

The Jazz have only played 4 games decided by 3 points or less this season and are now only 1-3 in those close games after their 103-102 loss at home to the Minnesota Timberwolves.  Their lone win came at Minnesota in December.  Only the New York Knicks (1-4) have as few wins in close games.  By [...]

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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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Preview: Jazz at Nuggets

About the Denver Nuggets The Denver Nuggets are hot, having won 9 of 10 to take over the top of the Northwest Division standings heading down the stretch.  However, the Nuggets have benefited from a relatively easy schedule lately and only two of those wins were really impressive (@New Orleans Hornets and @Dallas Mavericks). Carmelo Anthony continues [...]

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Portland Trail Blazers 125, Utah Jazz 104

The Portland Trail Blazers shot 61.8% from the field.   It was the fourth highest shooting percentage that the Utah Jazz have given up since the 1986-87 season.  Not only that, it was the highest since the Jazz allowed Houston to shoot 62.7% in the 1994-95 season.  Utah has never won when allowing opponents [...]

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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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