Friday, April 25, 2008
Jazz-Rockets game 3
As mentioned, I went to the Jazz game last night. Here are my reactions.
1. This was only the second game the Jazz have lost when I was personally in attendance. Coincidentally, the other game they lost was also against Houston (home opener, this season). :-(
2. Kudos to Houston. They took it to the Jazz from the opening whistle and showed a lot more heart than I expected.
3. Free throws. A small ache in my insides just thinking about them. Enough said.
4. Houston's defense was extremely good. They didn't let the Jazz get squat inside.
5. DWill (Deron Williams) single-handedly kept the Jazz in the game in the first half. Other than him, the Jazz couldn't buy a bucket--and Houston's defense was not the only reason why.
6. DWill didn't get the ball to Boozer a lot of times when he was being double-covered in the second half.
7. The reffing was pretty dang bad. However, it was bad for/against both teams, so I can't complain. If anything, it was probably biased in the Jazz's favor. Still, it detracted substantially from the quality of the game.
8. I was convinced the Jazz were going to win when they got the ball back with 15 seconds to play, down by one. That still hurts.
9. The half time show magician act was pretty cool.
10. All in all, the Jazz played a seriously sub-par game, yet only lost by 2 points. There's still reason to be optimistic.
1. This was only the second game the Jazz have lost when I was personally in attendance. Coincidentally, the other game they lost was also against Houston (home opener, this season). :-(
2. Kudos to Houston. They took it to the Jazz from the opening whistle and showed a lot more heart than I expected.
3. Free throws. A small ache in my insides just thinking about them. Enough said.
4. Houston's defense was extremely good. They didn't let the Jazz get squat inside.
5. DWill (Deron Williams) single-handedly kept the Jazz in the game in the first half. Other than him, the Jazz couldn't buy a bucket--and Houston's defense was not the only reason why.
6. DWill didn't get the ball to Boozer a lot of times when he was being double-covered in the second half.
7. The reffing was pretty dang bad. However, it was bad for/against both teams, so I can't complain. If anything, it was probably biased in the Jazz's favor. Still, it detracted substantially from the quality of the game.
8. I was convinced the Jazz were going to win when they got the ball back with 15 seconds to play, down by one. That still hurts.
9. The half time show magician act was pretty cool.
10. All in all, the Jazz played a seriously sub-par game, yet only lost by 2 points. There's still reason to be optimistic.
# posted by John Colton @ 5:11 PM 
