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Game Thread - Washington Wizards @ Utah Jazz

Washington Wizards at Utah Jazz, Mar 15, 2010 7:00 PM MDT


This is the image I always get in my head when I think of the Wiz.

This is the image I always get in my head when I think of the Wiz.

See the light at the end of the tunnel? That's the end of the regular season that's coming quickly. 18 games is about 1/5 of the season but I guarantee that it's going to feel like 5.

What's done is done and while we would like to have some of the early season games back to play again, the Jazz can only control what's left. If they're to have any shot at getting the three seed, then they have to take care of games like tonight against the Wizards. There can't be any games like the Warriors debacle last season and they certainly can't give up any more at home.

The Wizards have lost 7 in a row and it may have been 10 without a stop and a win in New Jersey.  Of course they've shaken everything up at the trade deadline, sending Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison out of town.

This is a game the Jazz should and need to win.  They'll be without AK and Price tonight but Memo will give it a go according to Siler.

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Comments

I'm glad that Mehmet is going to give it the old college try. We are going to need him tonight.
I'm not so glad that ILP is being snarly
can your off-season assignment

be setting up a stream on your ilp?

Only if my poor backwards intertubes can cope
It's time to go...!

What’s going on all?

Just flipping between the Knicks-76ers & Denver-Houston.
Work. Meh.

Least I have a Jazz game and you lot to keep me amused

I'll see what I can do..
stop jazz!!
Triple-R. What do you mean by saying stop jazz? I have been meaning to ask you.
counterjinx

of go jazz

Ah. Got you. Like it.
It's worked better than Go Jazz did.....

so I stick with it!! :)

mike miller's tat

looks like a giant bruise

Deron's tat....

looks just like a shoulder pad. Oh wait.

The guy has been roughed up. That's for sure.
Man, I can't get ANY stream to work today

Either our link here at work is saturated already OR the intertubes into Tassie are busted still (were this morning)

Straight Cash Memo!
"he doesn't discriminate on which hand he wants to use"--booner

aka he’s ambidexterous

guess deron's calves are being ok

no calf sleeves

Wasn't it AK who has hurt calves.
yeah

but for most of this season deron has been wearing lower leg accessories

memo=our shot blocking center
from the depths of caos flows another two points!

Snatched from disaster it was….

Knicks 94 76ers 84

Blah.

Igoudala played really hard, but when Willie Green is getting so many minutes, its gotta be hard to win.
For the record, I enjoyed Carlos Boozer's interview with David Locke today.

Boozer has grown a lot this season and has improved in a lot of areas. I still don’t think he is as good as he thinks he is and I don’t think the Jazz can afford him, but I give him major props for turning this season into a major positive in what could have been an ugly situation.

Booz...

has been nothing but professional this season. Regardless of if he is genuine about wanting to stay, or just saying what will get him the most money this summer, Jazz fans can’t have any serious complains with Booz this year.

Love to see the kiddlets growing up!
Click

That’s the sound of me turning the channel when Steve Brown comes on.

But he said some really important things. You missed out.
That is his MO
My picture got a bunch better when you changed the channel.... :)
Yeah but you had to listen to Steve Brown...

so I win!

I can't here them.

Deaf as can be here, it’s just noise in the ears… :)

But you are right, I did hear the noise.

Mike Miller is apparently the "mediocre player the Jazz will make look like an All-Star" of the night
yatta!!!!!!

Hey one shot made another!!

Clippers were so smart to dump Thornton. He is such a chucker.
Nice shorts though.
big man boyken is in!!!!
BadCall.com

He was in the restricted area.

The referee outside should not be making that call. There is no way he could see the feet of Singleton.
We need to have an emergency brake installed on Memo

He’s like a Toyota out there sometimes.

Guy was in the restricted area, both heels on the line......

Should have been a blocking foul….

NOT the fake Charging fowl.

He's like a Toyota out there

I laughed

Memo is young and tall.

the runaway toys only happen to old and short drivers!!

CeeJay down.......

Probably be ok…

One hella great looking block though!

Celtics are taking out there frustrations on the Pistons tonight.
Tayshaun went down...

hard in the first quarter. Looked pretty bad, he got hit in the back pretty hard. Lengthy delay.

Was that the delay for cleaning up blood?
I don't think there was any blood.
BULLSHIP call!!!!
Booz yells!!!
Quiet Thread tonight...

Did I scare people off? I can leave if it helps the site.

how did you scare people off?
I was very lonely........
but you had steve brown to keep you company
***Shudders***

LOL

I can't hear his voice....

just boler and booner….

And they just make noise.

lol

I think it’s just the product of it being a Monday night against the Wizards.

and maybe

there are some out there still confused about daylight savings time…

lol

seemed like that in class today… half the people in my first class walked in like 35 or 40 minutes late

I'm here now

I had to get up a post about which PGs to watch during March Madness

Did John Wall make the cut :)
Who did you have besides Wall, Bledsoe and Fredette?

Or was it not from an NBA perspective?

Didn't have Bledsoe on it

NBADraft & DraftExpress both have him not coming out till next year.

I hope to get one up about prospects for next year at some point

Who are you featuring then?

Kallin Lucas,
Sherron Collins
Scottie Reynolds
Jerome Randle
Matt Bouldin

I have Jimmer as a 2-guard, so he’ll be in the next post

I don't think Jimmer can make it in the league unless he fixes his dribbling and plays point.

And none of those guys will ever be a starter in the league other than Bouldin. Just my thoughts.

I agree

we’re not looking for a starter though.
Well, Wall.
The rest are probably all 2nd round picks that might give minutes off the bench. Bouldin would be nice. Randle & Collins wouldn’t be too bad

I don't think we will need a pg. We will keep Price and Gaines next year, I am sure. Price is already signed.
Yeah

I just went with PG cuz it was first in line

Gotcha. I am sorry. I should read the piece first.
Nah, its all good
True on Jimmer

that said, he might be able to make it as a 3-point specialist (Steve Novak, etc.)

Why

are they paying attention to the Cs/Pistons game?

BC's right. Just cuz there are 7 of us doesn't mean we can't get 1000 comments.

Lets talk college basketball. Who does everyone have?

DUKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I always enjoy posts that enjoy with “BC’s right”. Just an FYI.

Duke got an incredibly favorable draw. If they can just get by Louisville, few teams will give them problems.
Yep

Way lucky for Duke

Shouldn't there be some sort of anti-jinxing rules that apply to comments like that?
Let him jinx Duke all he wants :)
Hey now!

Can’t I get you banned for speaking like that?

Good luck banning BBJ

what would we do then?

Well, BC7 is a candidate. We would be fine.
If I don't check in once a day

The site deletes itself.

Duke seems to lose when everybody thinks they are going to win, so I am not too worried.
Duke just better hope that someone takes out Utah State before they reach them :)
I like Utah State in the first two rounds, I think.
this topic cuts it down to 6

as i know nothing.

C'mon Moni. You haven't even been watching the best players to see who would look best with the Jazz?
somehow

i have no free time left after i’m done with the jazz, and i’ve always had a mental block when it comes to watching non-jazz teams.

in other words, i trust you guys to tell me who we should draft.

I cast my vote with Moni and her tats
If we get a top 2 pick

John Wall (PG, Kentucky) or Evan Turner (SG, Ohio State)

I've got March Madness!
good move by the Booz there!
it really doesn't feel like

we put up 60 or a 15-point lead

Should be more

But we’ve given up 12 offensive boards.

quick run in the last few minutes.....

Nice to see though…. UP at the half instead of down..

I keep picking Kansas to get to the finals. I can't see who is going to stop them. They are the most complete team in the tournamnet.
And for the record, if the Jazz pick falls to the 10 or so area, I would like them to draft Xavier Henry.
making sounds of jim Mora in his beer commercial...
Xavier Henry

I would love that pick.

I also read that he’s very coachable, which Sloan would love

Great shooter. Not a versatile scorer, but he has an NBA body and is very young.
is sherron collins related to jarron?
I have to admit. Hassan Whiteside is super intriguing. He would be a project, but could be great.
I haven't seen much of him

and sadly he won’t be in the tourney.

And I fear big-man projects.
Haven’t we already failed with 2?

Go check him out. At worst, he would block shots. He's loooooong.
we've pretty much failed with all project draftees.
yeah, by the time we about have them ready we sell them off for peanuts!
or they're injury-prone. or have mental disease. or get in trouble with the police.
Team buss has to have the Baby on board mirror dangles...
Get a board!
On the positive side, great D on that possession
memo!!!!

on d and for 3!

I hope this turns into the most boring win of the season
i'm guessing that guy with the earphones

is locke’s dad

Nice hustle CJ
Love to see him diving on the floor!
Boozer....... AND 1..........
Okur

dominating the Wiz

Another two with a three on the line. That’s the Memo we know.

Toyota Toes?
Double Dribble

Best NES basketball game.

That was a ferocious dunk
What a moron...

Blatche, just as an FYI you are down 23.

Big boy with the big eyes.....

That’s a T beg fella!

ninja and 1
$500 is a tank of gas?

What the hell does Booner drive?

Nuggies Lead the Rockets

104-97

Melo with 35 through three
might we see jeffers for more than 90 seconds tonight?
memo only has 14?

feels like 25 or something

This Game's Under Wraps

time to go to Denver Stiffs for a few minutes.

Wizards Basketball....

“4 more weeks and the season’s over.”

-Ron Boone.

sounds like playing for the Wiz is a daily suprise as to whom might be on the bench next to you today!
We suck at FTs
You would think there would be some Sloan motivation

Sprints or something for poor in-game free throw shooting

or carrying pink fairy princess backpacks
How bout $ for every miss?
Something

For someone that prohibits headbands and demands jerseys be tucked in, I don’t know why he would let free throws go. I wonder what the punishment is.

I like how Fess defends on picks.
If Deron sees the the floor in the 4th quarter...

I am going after Jerry. Seriously, you might see me on TV being restrained.

what if we give up the lead
Then we should call it a season.
i'm thinking the refs should call the game after this quarter
millsap might just give up on basketball one day after a bad call breaks the camel's back
Crap

Deron is down

He will be feeling that one for a few days..
Man, he's been beaten pretty good over the past couple of weeks.
This

is why you pull starters when up by 40.

Looks like he didn't hit that hard, just came down awkwardly.
Part of me wonders...

if he thinks he has to look a little hurt just to make sure that Jerry doesn’t play him up 40 in the 4th.

3rd Quarter...

seemed like it took 3 months. Did daylight savings time somehow affect that?

Nuggets 121 - Rockets 119, :47 left

No comment

hou +1 more.... they have the lead
Den and hou tied with 40 seconds left
yatta to korver

pretty

Melo with 43 points
Houston commentator just said, "There's 41 seconds left, so no matter what happens, Houston is going to get the last shot."

I guess he was pretty surprised when Denver shot the ball with 35 seconds left.

AK's hair is so awful
heh

got mine cut

Fesenko again!
+1

looked good there

BBJ, do you have league pass?
Melo just got away with a big time walk and then a push off. Unbelievable.
Wizards are not even competing anymore.
We better do this to the T-wolves too.
Brooks hits the go ahead, but left a lot of time. Three seconds.
Melo is going to hit a three to win it.
bad bad bad
Reverse jinx, successful.
kudos to you Clark!
bless you
Guys. I have these reverse jinxes down. The key is believing in the statement you make that you don't want to have happen.
let's give it up for clark's reverse jinx
That's not the shot I would have wanted him to take

But if it goes in…

Air ball.................... GAME over Houston wins!!!!
korgasam!
wait

we’re doing korgasms for twos?

I think we're doing it

whenever he makes a shot.

Which means we'll never have to do it on a FT.

Boom!

budda bing! budda boom!
Korver

appears to be stroking the ball well today.

Jeffers coming in.
Sundiata

Gaines with another solid performance. What will it take to get Jerry to give him more minutes?

P.S.

I had the under in the Den/Hou game.

My bad.

WTG FESS!!!!!

Stuff them

Why the Gas?
way to go, i'm assuming
moni has it...

Way To Go

Lead down to 27

Need to put the starters back in.

Time to teach a lesson!
the lead is now down to 24
WTF?

They keep running the same unsuccessful play. The Wiz know what’s happening.

I think they're running it because of Jeffers

Probably doesn’t have much of the O down yet.

Sure but

2 guys close together on the wing in the corner, and then trying a bounce pass to Fesenko

I Know What's Happening too

Rog, Dee, ReRun and Dwayne were the bomb. I love TV Land!

War Merlin Olsen

giving the USU Aggies some divine assistance like that ghost in the movie the 6th Man.

Could someone...

please let Ronnie B know that it is now the 4th quarter.

Thanks. That is all.

JCSSHBFTGOW.
Jarron Collins something...
Jarron Collins Should Show His Bicept For Two Girls On Wednesday?
Exactly what I was thinking!

(Okay, not really)

One More...

FWNSPTAATFQ

For Washington Now Starts Pathetic Try At Attemping To Finish Quarter?
Close:

Fesenko will never see playing time again after this fourth quarter

that means minnesota beats us in two days
I got one word!

Boo yah!

Even by

the Wizards’ pathetic standards, this is an embarrassment.

PAGING BASKETBALL JOHN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nys0i_FRjTI

dare he click?
probably not....

You test it Moni!! :)

Bet it
Take 2

Bet it’s the Russian Rick Roll. Trololololololo

It's just that Aussie bare bottom underwear add....
?????

?

I didn't get it either. I think Booch got into his/her older brother's shrooms.
SHROOMS?

WHERE?

I Guess DJ's

B.O. drove Thurl and Mannion away

hahahahaahaha

millsap fouls out

How do you foul out in a 20-point game?
Only if your Millsap. And if you don't want to be on the floor anymore.
When you're Millsap
all bad calls..... :)

Fess is headed the same direction.

Fes has 5!
See

I’m needed on the bench!

the lead is down to 20
Stupid Wiz

quit fouling, It’s OVAH

let's give praise where praise is due

for once, jerry has the five guys in want in the game, in the game.

Praise is unneeded

you’ll never see this line-up again.

fes fouls out

and memo will have to come back in

Guys. Monta Ellis is one of the worst shooting guards in the NBA. I can't believe the W's didn't trade him for Mayo.
there's lots of things it's hard to believe about the warriors
Like that

they still have the same coach.
and their C of the future hit on like 15% of his FTs this season

and their backup c (turiaf) is at a scintillating 35%
Yeah

Can’t believe they passed that up. Wonder if it was the coach or the FO that still wanted him.

Hopefully

the schizo Warriors beat Showbe and his loser friends tonight. Although, something tells me that’s not likely

It does make for a nice dream though.
cj's trying to get out of the game now
Paging Johnny Drama....
Sundiata

with 15 points. Please give him more minutes, Jerry.

if fes grew a beard

he’d look exactly like marc gasol

Longest fourth quarter ever
OJ scores!!!
Jeffers

is on the board

i only now understand why you were paging johnny drama earlier
it does fit together now.
Well, Have A Good One

everybody, the Jazz are still in good shape

Thanks all...

G’ Night!

Been fun and always enjoyable....

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