NBA Playoffs Rd 2-Utah Jazz vs. Golden State Warriors

[King Taharqa]

vs.

(4) Utah Jazz 50-31 vs. (8) Golden State Warriors 42-40

Utah Jazz

PG-Derron Williams #8
Illinois 05
6’3 210
16.4 PPG 9.4 APG 32% 3PT

SG-Derek Fisher #2
Arkansas-Little Rock 96
6’1 205
10.1 PPG 3.4 APG

SF-Andre Kirilenko #47
none
6’9 215
8.4 PPG 4.7 RPG 2.1 BPG

PF-Carlos Boozer #5
Duke 02
6’9 258
21.1 PPG 11.8 RPG 3.0 APG

C-Mehmet Okur #13
none
6’11 249
17.6 PPG 7.3 RPG 38% 3PT
Bench
Dee Brown, Gordon Giricek, Matt Harpring, Jarron Collins


Coach
Jerry Sloan

Golden State Warriors

PG-Baron Davis #5
UCLA 99
6’3 215
20.2 PPG 8.0 APG 4.3 RPG


SG-Jason Richardson #23
Michigan State 01
6’6 225
15.8 PPG 3.4 APG 36% FG


SF-Stephen Jackson #1
none
6’8 218
16.5 PPG 4.5 RPG 34% 3PT


PF-Al Harrington #3
none
6’9 245
16.8 PPG 6.4 RPG 42% 3PT


C-Andris Bidrins #15
none
6’11 245
9.7 PPG 9.4 RPG 1.7 BPG 60% FG

Bench
Monta Ellis, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Josh Powell, Adonal Foyle


Coach
Don Nelson

Give me Golden State in 7 games.

[Veyron]

I'm ready for a long series. But yet again, I think the Warriors are going down. Utah 7 games.

[King Taharqa]

Carlos Boozer puts up 17 points, 20 rebounds (10 offensive) as the Jazz survive against the Warriors at home. Looks like Boozer is gonna dominate in this series as Golden State doesnt really have anyone down low who can match up with him.

[chabber]

Great game all the way through. Wish it was a different outcome but they'll get theirs.

[King Taharqa]

anybody else watching this Warriors-Jazz game? This series is exciting as hell.

[Veyron]

Danm! 89-90 end of third, this is going to get hot.

[King Taharqa]

Jazz go up 2-0

Warriors had this 1 and missed FTs late to give the Jazz a chance to take it to OT and get the W.

[chabber]

I watch about every game that's on. Another close one that the Warriors choked away. Now they have to defend their house!

[TransitCATS]

The Warriors play so erratic. It worked in the Dallas series, but the Jazz are playin’ like they wanna move on unlike the Mavs. When the shots are fallin’ for Golden State it’s a beautiful thing, when they're off they fall flat. With no REAL inside presence I really don’t see this team making it past the Jazz.

[bLACKpANTHER]

i hope the Warriors win, but now that its 2-0, i doubt if they can win all thier home games and steal one on the road.. they had to win the opener to win the series.. but there is still hope..

[Veyron]

Talking Points, This Guy raises a very insteresting point:

1st:

* The Warriors are down 0-2 to Utah heading into tonight’s Game 3 at Oracle Arena.
* Don Nelson coaches the Warriors. Jerry Sloan coaches Utah.
* Don Nelson has trailed 0-2 in a playoff series 12 previous times in his career, and has gone on to lose the series 11 times with only one series victory.
Again: Nelson 1-11 in series after starting 0-2.
* Jerry Sloan has led 2-0 in a playoff series 11 previous times in his head-coaching career (once with Chicago, 10 times with Utah), and he has gone on to win the series 10 times, with just one series loss after going up 2-0.
Sloan: 10-1 in playoff series after going up 2-0.

It gets better:

According to my research, THE ONE TIME a Nelson team came back to win the series after starting down 0-2 and THE ONE TIME Sloan’s team lost a series after going up 2-0… is the SAME TIME.

Wow! Who will history side with this time?

I'm going to with Jerry, a winning record to a losing record, take that any day......To bad for the Warriors.

[chabber]

Jazz are getting drug at half time. This is the way they should have been playing the last two games. I'm not talking about the 3's that are falling but the defense and rebounding. This is how they played against Dallas.

Coming in I fully expected them to take both game at their house and hopefully stealing one of the first two. Didn't work out getting one in Utah yet but lets see if they can keep it up here at home.

[King Taharqa]

NUFF SAID!!!

[QueenCityCats]

Baron... Baron... Baron.... why'd you have to do your boy AK47 so nasty???!!?!

[King Taharqa]

[chabber]

That's what I'm talking about King! The Warriors are going to take this series back to Utah 2-2. The Baron said so!