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Game 20 – February 1, 2012: Los Angeles Clippers @ Utah Jazz

Los Angeles Clippers at Utah Jazz, Feb 1, 2012 8:30 PM MST


Tonight there is a double-header on ESPN (Oklahoma City Thunder at Dallas Mavericks ; then LA Clippers at Utah Jazz). I haven't slept much lately (2 hours in the last 24), so I'm going to make this a simple game thread:

Go Get 'Em Boys!

Feel free to keep things nice in the game thread. Talk about both games, be nice to all the fans, even if they come over and are not nice to you. By 'slacking' on this game thread I am dedicating myself to more fun, cool, informative, content rich posts for the site. Enjoy.

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Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo

our guards are gonna be in trou-ble . . .

Hey, I get to be in the game thread because I'm still at work.

This will be my only comment. Go Jazz!

I'm back!! let's go Jazz!!!!
So excited for a game on TV
So i have the choice of watching this on root or espn which should i choose?

What do you choose when you have this choice?

Dorris Burke i watch on root

anyone else, ESPN

Even though its a late game

since its on national television, I get to watch at work! In not shitty internet stream quality!

I’m hoping to keep it close.

everyone on the Clipps board is pretty sure they're going to destroy us and run us out of our own gym

we need to play with pride and heart, just like we won against the blazers, let’s go guys let’s make a statement!!

They believe they'll destroy every team when Chris Paul is paying

And after that dunk Griffin had it’s just feeding the fire

that was a throw in touch fingertips on rim not a dunk
What is the definition of a dunk?

Is it a little over hyped? Yes. Is trying to down play it being silly? Yes. It was undeniably pure awesome. If a member of the Jazz did something like that, I would expect us to all lose our S.

I dont mind them thinking that

For how bad that team has been for years. It’s good to see them on the right track. I can live with the Clips getting shine than that other team in LA

Go Jazz!

Any word if Big Al is playing?

i think he is playing acording to Locke's twitter at least
Lets hope for the best!
Go Jazz! I hope Devin can really step it up tonight.
Funny thing about our team is you will never kn0w which would be our best player
I hope Corbin pulls Big Al if his ankle bothers him enough

Chris Paul could have a big day today if he’s blowing by Harris, and Watson with Big Al slow to react in the interior help D.

agree... i dont know if he would do it tough
this game will be really interesting

i am intrigued, sad i only get to watch 3 quarters

Who kn0ws, maybe devin will own cp3
8 > 3

Uhhh… Oops I mean 5 > 3?

numerically true

hopefully true in real life

Swat Lake City / Lob City

Send one of those lobs into the stands tonight Jazz

yay for ESPN 3!!!
showing the JENGA highlights

on the ROOT pre-game show.

Westbrook with a game ending dagger in the DAL OKC game
feed me please?

i’m hungry, thanks in advance :)

do we watch national announcers or local?

i am curious to hear your take, i am thinking national just to change it up

Since one is on my TV and one is on the computer

It’s an easy choice for me.

but if you had both on tv?
Go for the homers
I am going with the national.
fry sauce, swat lake city, buckle up, etc.

is there even a choice? ;)

Hello all

Looks like Butler is out.

At least they have an excuse when they lose now.
we need a royal trumpet sound when basketball john enters the thread
At least a "Where the hell have you been?"
Where the hell have you been?
We're so happy to see you i doesn't matter where you've been.
and your announcers are

Chris Mullen and Terry who is this guy?

Seeing Chris Mullin as an announcer is really weird
Devin Harris

Has hops too

5>3

hahahaha.

that last play to al was sweet
how was that a foul
Touche, Lob City, Touche
we need to stop this shiz
Jesus the clips are going to shoot over 90% tonight.
Why is every0ne n0t giving utah a chance against the clips?
It has already been decided that the Clippers are conterders, and the Jazz aren't.
ESPN

It’s typical, we’re use to it.

Devin came to play tonight
Harris definitely stepping up early

The key to this game

yeah jordon is out
Jordan with 2 quick ones.

This is a good thing.

OK anybody want to put a body on him
The answer is no.
Griffin is going to pull something.
yeah, like the rim off the backboard
I didn't specify what.

But if he keeps dunking at this rate, he is going to break something.

The jazz already look lost
paul is not guarding anyone
lawdy lawd

Another long game.

Forcing a jumper!

It works!

Turns out the Clippers can’t shoot from great than 6 inches

Free throws...
What the hell is with the paint defense?
Clips came to take blood
Jazz not backing down
nope

diggin it big time

This is going to be a bloody track meet.
I am ok with that. The Jazz can keep up.

And have a deeper bench.

feels like a

very nasty play off game -

OG!!!!!!!

G-TIME BABY!!!!!

Such good things happen when we push the ball
I'll say it again.

I love watching OG dunk.

i love jazz basketball

yay hayward

I love Hayward sometimes.

Even if he has been shooting like crap

i love him always... such a smart guy
Yeah, well we play a litle fast break offense also.
can you buckle up in the first quarter?
i think it's against the law
I want Kanter to guard Griffin at some point this game

Just to see him tackle Blake when he tries to dunk

Fes would put him in his place
I have a feeling Kanter would just become the new Perkins/Mozgov
love the d that harris is playing
endless salad and breadsticks for everyone
Almost half of the 15 points for the Jazz are FP points
ESPN rejoin/highlights/chatter all Clippers

Despite being down 4

To be fair, all of their field goals but one have been dunks.
of course they didnt even show us during the warmups

I saw griffen walk in the building, and CP shooting around…pitiful

Clippers are the darlings of the NBA.

I am actually totally ok with it. Also the Jazz have probably the most unassuming ‘star’ of all time.

was that doctor on the injury report a man or woman?
if we are going to foul blake, we need to hit him hard
at least big Al's push shot is working
Griffin refuses to get terminated
Whats with jumbaco?
hayward has had

layup issues

He needs to just dunk it.

All the time.

raspberry lemonade is the cure
Gotta make that OG
Still four minutes in the quarter?

I won’t make it to the half at this rate

I was supposed to meet someone for dinner.

I just called them and backed out. This is shaping up to be the game of the year.

Favors with both free throws!
Damnit Howard

Give it up to the PG

Favors starting well

Our bench definitely better than theirs

As I type that, bad layup by OG

Seriously Hayward is going to kill me.
forget the dunks

practice the lay-ups

He's the white Blake Griffin...

if he can’t dunk, he can’t make a shot

Hellz yeah!
Jefferson gets so pumped for everyone else.
You can tell he enjoys being part of a team that's winning
love that... dude has a huge heart and passion for the game

i still remember a loss against the celtics laste season… he almost got into a fight with KG loved that

that was awesome
gordon needs to be more assertive and take it strong...
Griffin has turned into a much worse Dwill

Complains every single call to the extent he doesn’t even play the next possesion

I've noticed that too.

He complains to the refs an awful lot.

at least he's not trying to play Head Coach...
Gordon needs to learn to finish on a fast break

Watch Josh, he’ll show you

Favors guarding Blake well

Something we didn’t get to see in the first game

sap getting owned
like how the starters have been running...

If we keep rotating players in should be able to tire them out.

It would be nice if we didn't miss so many FTs.
We're still not done with the first?
i hate chris paul
I have a question

Do the Jazz not hedge on pick and rolls or something?

That was not a foul
Same with the one they called on Milsap earlier.....
Great D by Burks
If only Favors played like this every game.....
lame ass call right there
Favors looking great tonight
great shot - took some time

instead of just going up strong

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Blake will drop 40pts?
Billups won't shut up
i'm going to kill myself
free throw isn't free...
of course we miss the FT
Ty needs to do something about the FT shooting.... this is just stupid... we look like a high school team at the line
couldn;t agree more

NO F’n EXCUSE

this is at the pace...

…of the 2007 semi-finals against Golden State

Fun game to watch, but we aren't playing winning basketball

We need these home wins, I hope Coach can get the pace and our defense under control

I don't hate the pace.

I think the Jazz play pretty well in transition for the most part.

apparently there is a new regime for ft

if they miss they have to shoot 100 for each miss the next day. millsap said something about it. apparently it stemmed from what horny was doing with favors to get him better. seems to be working for favs

He's the only one that has shown improvement from what I have noticed.
he's been doing it the longest, from what sap said they just started the whole team after last game
hopefully they are teaching them proper form

otherwise it’s just bad practice over and over

Yup.

Have to make sure they are doing it right.

Kanter again!!!
There my Kanter!!!
Run them out of the building
OK

We just saw who’s got the deeper bench

So...that's a good way to start the quarter

Young guys taking control

man this is a fun game so far
Can't wait for all the Clippers highlights when the Jazz win tonight
I bet they interview

Cp3 or blake, even if Utah wins

i can't wait for the full jazz highlights

a couple days later from that awesome guy who does that

Again, totally ok with it.
I hope Evans posterizes Blake

ESPN will do their best to cover it up, but it’s about time the world saw who the superior dunker is!

ESPN viewers seeing phenomenal wooden acting by Griffin

Fitting right in in LA

our (clips) bench sucks so bad.
Jazz are one of the deeper teams in the league.

Even if you don’t hear much about it.

let's keep the intensity up!!!!
I take it it was a bad time to take a bathroom break?
Pretty sure there hasn't been a good time for walking away.
Bucks: Giant killers?
They were getting mauled in the 1st Q, cant believe they won!
FAVORS!!!!!!!!!

he’s getting some moves on

If only we had a second Earl Watson to back up Earl Watson
Is cloning legal somewhere in the world?
These kids got game!

Love Burks making the pass and not shooting

Shift Boss Earl!
DOE!!!!!!
That was a goofy shot by watson
My goodness...our bench is taking control!!!!!
Our bench is the truth!
Matt actually made a good coment
Dont mess this up Ty!

#freethekids

I support this.

And #LetEvansDunk

it's called "earl"
Can I express to you how much I love that the Jazz are out and running.

On every single opportunity.

they should do this when a team is on a b2b
You can tell the pace of this game by the way most of the posts are exclamations

Rather than multilevel discussions

I strongly dislike Reggie Evans
Sometimes CJ has moments where he...

reminds me of the One Who Shall Remain Nameless,,

Koof?
no, that guy who used to play for the Bulls

who used to fly through the air.

Really?

Knock that down CJ!

timeout should of been spent long ago
Mo Williams must secretly want to come back to Utah

Otherwise he wouldn’t be trying so hard to impress us

Jazz good on the break, not so much in the half court set.
wow this is some bad decisions... come on earl... keep the kids under control
Well that was ugly.

1 on 3 break. No other jazz player even ran

and just like that

10 down to 2

it’s 2007 Semis all over again

8-0 run by Clips

Pace too fast?

They hit open 3's.

We missed them.

we shouldn't take them
CJ's was a good shot.

Burks’ not so much.

Good point.
Harris

Needs to play solid defense, not fall down defense.

Their bench shouldn't be scoring this much.

Even Clippers fans say their bench sucks

Mo Williams is like a bench/starter hybrid
cj has been playing much better lately

imagine if he could hit a jumper…..

good game

ebbs and flows

???

why did Burks drive the basket when he had an open 3?

did you see his last 3?
No but its Burks so I assume he is going to drop it

Don’t ruin my image of him!

Earl not giving up
Perfect mentor

If we had a young PG.

the whole team is playing with more want today than usual

the jazz thrive on beating overhyped teams

Watson...gotta make that!
im really starting to like big Al

good dude. great post play

Big Al is en fuego
A made layup by Hayward!!!
Hayward screws up

Then Hayward makes basket.
Then Hayward makes dunk.

Yeah you be redeemed.

It seems like he does that a lot
holy hell

When was the last kind of game we had like this?

on TV at that
The 80's?
Malone was playing right?
Hayward got a layup to drop!
"tough match-up"

eat that ESPN

he means Chris Paul vs. Jazz
yes

it was still great timing

ha didn't know that

not watching ESPN feed

It's a tough match-up on the defensive end
I like Mullins

commentating

very smart and neutral
indeed
and 1?

really cp?

hey clips,

can we have one of your point guards?

Effin Android app

stop turning all my comments into replies

I just avoid ESPN when Van Gundy is commentating
Yay technicals!

Boo missing free throws.

Throw him out!!!!

Because I have a soda bet on this game.

must not have been a T
come on AL!! secure those boards
;fldkajl;fjads FTs!!! we suck at free throws
They should just fould us all night long.

We clearly can’t make a FT.

A technical each on Billups and Paul

Let’s get ’em one more!

Paul whines too much
Clips whine too much
That block looked good
Jefferson owns Jordan on the offensive end
make the damn free throws
Sure hope those don't come back to haunt us...
did we already take the FT??
why does Harris shoot our T's?
am i crazy

or did we just ask Devin Harris to shoot a FT?

It is the Jazz

You amazed?

Two techs

Two misses. Not good.

MILLSAP!!!!!!!
BEASTSAP
HOW IS THAT NOT A FOUL
Goaltending??????????

ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME

is griffins wasnt a goaltend

netier was that

BLOCKED!!!!

Wait? Goal tending? Don’t give me that crap.

Jefferson is the beast tonight (for the Jazz)
clean block bad call, go figure.
Please let CJ shoot the T
Pretty please?
This is one of those games where you ignore Al's defensive vulnerabilities because he's a scoring machine
we need to tighten up the D
exactly

just thinking the same – got to get some stops

what was the last call??
man they overhyped that stupid dunk...

Dunk of the decade cmon really?

I kind of like LeBron jumping clean over the guy more
Totally agree
Me too.

Much more impressive to do that in a game.

Al has 18 in the half?

Good work Al!

LA's post D sucks
I used to like the Clips.

But from the call complaining and the “Lob City” garbage, this team is turning out like that other LA team

the media hype sucks

the “David Stern” machine

It's just that LA arrogance.
It's national.
it's the anointed by NBA and suddenly entitled arrogance
It's LA for God sake

It’s the ultimate bandwagon town. they’ll jump on whoever and whatever is hot at the moment.

to be fair...the team players dont like that nickname
Reminds me of the South Park episode when they Nell their own flatulence
smell
Favors with 10 points in 8 minutes
HOLY F(*&%&% FREE THROWS
Three missed technicals? Has that ever been done before?
"Best dunk I've ever seen in my life"

CALM DOWN

At least it shut up the hype about Lebron's dunk the night before.
Darn, I could miss free throws for a lot

then $5 million a year.

I like how our bench outplays the starters.
they're not outplaying the starters

they’re outplaying the Clips 2nd team, which ain’t that hard

starters playing well tonight
your bench is awesome
but your starters are more awesome than ours right now
Man...a Watson make there would have set the arena on fire
you are way ahead of my feed

felt like i had esp

I'm watching it on TV
that'll do it
ESPN talk more about Griffin than the Jazz did about Jimmer

most overrated PF ever….

insane dunks and highlights = overrated

media hype….

well he is still a soph

if he ever figures it out, with moves and the such, and gains a defense he’ll be a monster

hes good. and can definitely be the best pf in the league soon

but some talk like hes already there.

exactly my point

he can dunk anything and is super athletic, but he still lacks a jump shot, his bball IQ isnt all the way there yet, and his defense is nothing special.

He’s a walking highlight reel, but he isn’t the second coming of Julius Erving. Yet…

so exciting....

but plzzz make those free throws…

Hey look they are interviewing our guy...didnt see that coming
Only cause we're up.

I think it’s a requirement to interview from the leading team

interview them all they want - show their highlights

let’s just get the win

Can't make 3's, can't make FT's, CAN make the weezy
That breaks my heart, on three levels.
Teh Weezy!
so what is making me sad

shooting .400 for ft, to me that is just sad

And getting outrebounded

by a team that plays 3 PG’s at once

Blake doesn't have much offensive skill outside 3 feet
Ty needs a strong talk with the guys, they can't keep missing the FT like that, it's just insane!!!
problem with freethrows is

they are all mental. you start thinking about them more and things get even worse

are we happy with the score?
kind of.... i think we deserved some more separation, but i'll take any lead
No.

Pretty upset about the FTs.

Yea like punch the wall upset
Time to make another drink for the 2nd half

it’s the only thing keeping me calm at the pace of this game.

This.

Make it a real fun night by drinking whenever we miss a free throw

youd end up in the hospital
or asleep on the couch

there’s still time….

I'm glad that we don't have boozer for this game.

Because all cp3 did to get that tech was yell “and one”

if this team had a good 3 point shooter

we would be top 5 in the west

we currently are top 5 in the west
at the end of the year
yeah something needs to be done about that

cj, Howard, and OG have too much overlap in their size and 3 point shooting ability

You're just splitting hairs
who likes Brandon Rush

somewhat shamed to admit – I always have

he has a good first name other than that....
question is

would you take him over CJ for his 3s?

Can I just have Burks getting PT to see if he can consistently hit 3's?
unrelated to the Jazz:

Rick carlisle punted a ball into the crowd his fine has to be at least $25k doesn’t it?

yeah i think so should be more
He should have been kicked from the game.

I watched that and was like, EJECTED. Apparently it is only an ejectable offense if it is a Jazz player.

He was ejected
Oh.

Clearly I wasn’t paying that much attention. lol.

side note bobcats are down by 44 to portland at the end of the 3rd

i wish we got to play them 4 times

I wish we could play most of the East 4 times
And in the playoffs
46

but who’s counting

Kanter

+15 in four minutes play??!!

Imagine how far we'd be up if he played 15 minutes int he first half
Highly enjoy those Pacers uniforms
loving the game

the gang looks good when they play D, run, and run the offense

I didn’t realize that I hated chris paul, but with his trashtalkin and-1 …. i forgot how much fun it was for deron to beat him for us :)

I feel like i just watched the whole movie in that one trailer...

The Chronicle

never-the-less

it made me want to see it

ill download the torrent 2 months from now...lol
by then you will have to download from

megauploadnettv.eu

extratorrent always has the movies i want

but i get your point lol

other side note

the bucks have now beaten miami twice with out bogut, maybe that was a better win for us than we get credit for

The problem with the Bucks is they are extremely inconsistent

Jennings can go 2-14 or he can go 9-10…. he’s an enigma

Clippers D will be better this half

let’s hope ours does as well

or at least they'll flop more

Hey look at Blake!

Offense very flat to start the half
Is it me, or does Gordon seem disinterested tonight?

Maybe he’s just biding his time…

Already ready for the bench
please bring back Favors
has anybody figured out why cp3 is wearing purple shoes?
Defense? yea just let him run down there by himself
Well our intensity has certainly dropped off.
Christ Millsap!

could you take a worse line going back on D???

Hes not looking like our all star tonight
Ole' defense is almost as bad as gay elf defense
Hey if Harris doesn't want to play sit him and play Earl.
I'mma gonna be sick
That was embarrassing
They are making our deffense just look silly.
just when I was pissed at Al for whiffing three

He makes that bitchin pass.

that was a hella pass

thought it was Sap heh

Nice look for gordo

someone on our team needs to start hitting from outside, or our inside game will die

Griffin with the free throw air ball, nice!
At least we haven't airballed a FT.
there's still time
Harris is due at this rate
Well he just missed another.

So he is working up to it, I guess.

I read something about an extra 100 free throws for every one missed...
Someone else must have read that article.

Feels like half this thread has been complaining about missed FTs.

We're 5 of 12, on FT - that's better than airballing them
glass half full
OK

havn’t seen that in a loooooooooooooooooong time

never got to see how good Chris Paul really is

cause Dwill always shut him down . . .

I'm sure that won't be mentioned on Sportscenter
Damn freethrows!
Why did Harris take our Tech FT's before?

He’s clearly in a horrid FT slump atm

Favors is the only one hitting them on a consistent basis - go figure
Is Harris ok? Health-wise, I mean.
cmon jazz gotta get it goin
please put CJ in the game

with the strict instructions to take it to the rim

our offense is so so stagnant

bring in CJ or Favors or Burks or…just do SOMETHING

Can we please stop settling for jump shots please?
Howard: Stop shooting those
howard cant make nothing
Howard's long removed from his effort against the Lakers
This is so ugly.

For both teams

They both look like zombies out there (queue pass by Earl into stands - is that a fine?)
wtf is this ?!?!??!?! come on Ty!!!
TAKE IT TO THE RACK
lucky we're not down by 10
I think Hayward could take Mo Williams.
Hayward trying to earn his man card
Making both helps
please make these
Woohoo! We MADE A FREE THROW!
I wish the Jazz could get Mo Williams back

I dont think he’ll join the Jazz now that Gordon’s bullied him!

Howard stop shooting contested jumpers, thanks.
Howard really a fadeaway?
bench him

he’s playing like dumb josh tonight, bring in the CeeJ

Dumb Josh

rec’d

Time out time, Ty.
take howard out ty!!!!
Griffin

killin Sap tonight

Time to bring CJ in
And kanter, Favors, Burks, and Earl.
good call, need more shots at the hoop
as long as their starters are out there, it ain't happening
I heart Hayward.
just take effing howard out!!!!! he's killing us
Just getting here

Is it me, or is this the most fun game of the year? I love how pissed both teams are.

I enjoyed it more when we were scoring
fun and painful... weird combo
I enjoy the passion

But this has been quite ugly.

Yeah, it feels like the playoffs
First half was amazing.

Hayward getting chippy with Mo Williams has been the only reason to watch the 3rd though.

it's a lockdown 3rd qtr.
Yep, until that face off the 3rd Q has been nothing but painful to watch

Any time our young kids are on the court I love watching

And I really dislike Howard right now
Good scrappy perimeter D by Hayward.
is the altitude messing with cp3's shot

Isn’t he a high % 3 shooter?

He was that first half.
I also love how Mo/Chauncy can do NOTHING with Hayward guarding them

Let’s keep him at SG.

Josh Howard

make us all happy with an assist

Defense stepping up
Good D last few possessions
like having Hayward at the 2
are we serious on that no call?
There's got to be something there on Hayward
Nah

Clips have a “Clobber a Jazzman on the fast break for Free all night” card, apparently.

Yay! Josh Howard will sit now.
Harris coming back in!
if Devin can't go, he's got to come right back out
What up, Doe!
CJ should have been in the game...all them howard bricks
100% agree

Howard had done nothing, Ty should have sat him a long time ago. When CJ’s hot, he’s hot. Gotta get him on the court

Block by Favors, pass to open CJ for 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm liking Favors offensive attempts, and LOVING his defense
All of a suden Tinsley may see some minutes

Gaines Buzzer beater repeat anyone?

Uh-oh. Hope Earl is ok.

Jamaal Tinsley Will Save Us All!

Serious question.

The defensive intensified with the second unit right? Or was it good for a couple possessions before they came in?

it's been good all qtr
I don't know that I agree.

They missed some shots, but our interior D wasn’t great.

much better than first half
As in they didn't start the half with 5 oops?

lol.

DooooooooooE!
I'd like to see Favors take Griffin to the bucket

He’s got the size, don’t settle for awkward jumpers.

Watson's hurt. Season's over.
lighten up Francis
Great defense by favors!

Clutch shot by Miles

oh noes

With two PGs hobbled will we see some Burks action?

Corbin would play himself before letting Burks get too many minutes

But seriously, I hope so. He’s played in control tonight.

First Harris, now Watson?
cj should have been in a long time ago

why doesnt corbin sub when we are playing like garbage??

If that foul wasnt called

I would’ve typed some naughty words

Man...watson being hurt is gonna suck
Hopefully it's not too bad.
Favors has been doing better from the line
Favors is our designated foul shooter
can Favors shoot all our free throws?
I love the D from our young bigs
Love Favors and Griffin going mano-mano
Wow, seriously.
Favors 4-4 FT

Rest of team 5-12

I think he may have hit all his FTs last game too
Just did a fact check - Favors is 9 of 10 on FTs last 3 games
Beat me to it.
Hair trigger on this keyboard
You would be correct.

Also: 9 for his last 10.

You also have to cut out Gordon's 2-2

3-10 for non second-year lottery picks.

awesome he is hitting these

says a lot

Favors played him right; not much you can do about that one
Griffin

has a much better jump shot than K Malone had in his second year . . . much better.

bastage

It is inconsistent.

But he could become a threat from mid range as long as he keeps working on it.

All of a sudden he knows how to shoot?
need to pound it inside
who would you put to close this game?

i’m going Harris-Hayward-CJ-Favors-Al

our end of game offense has been awful in close games

need to not press our luck tonight

Yeah, I'm hoping the bench builds a big lead we can ride out til the end
Millsap's gotta be in there somewhere IMO
Earl-Hayward-CJ-Millsap-Favors-Al

Jazz go 6-on-5 to finish.

favors should finish this game

sap having a rough night.

not having Earl in the 4th is gona hurt us
At this point, would swap Watson for Harris

Pending that Watson is able to come back into the game.

just anounce he won't return
He has 26 actually..
No faith in Burks
Keep driving at Griffin, that's his fourth
Derrick "Steve Nash" Favors to the line!
Favors draws the foul better than Big Al
My mother draws fouls better than Al.

Nothin’ against Al…but he shies away from contact.

Watson with a "severe left ankle sprain"

Not good at all

2-6 weeks if nba 2k12 is to be believed
why play our only 2 healthy PGs?

Let Burks play the SG!

That is a pretty good point.

Why is Tinsley at the 2?

Kanter with a mismatch on the offensive end

should give him a try

Griffin

you really think that wasn’t a foul??

REALLY?

"Severe left ankle sprain"

Not good.

'severe left ankle sprain'

That sucks. Probably going to miss a couple games.

Favs throws
Harris, take notes!
The Clippers with a good coach would be scary.
watch Phil Jackson come out of retirement

he would

I would endorse that.

Just to see Laker fans lose their mind.

Think Sloan would go there?

Doubt it with Sterling. I can see him going to OKC.

Sterling

that’s right . . . keep any good coach away

How did my cousin Vinny get a coaching gig?
I see quite a bit of Bulls basketball

Obviously the Clippers brass did not, he was AWFUL

That's not a shooting foul if they're calling it on Kanter
Driving CJ rules.
he is really looking good

that floater was sweet

Kanter defends the PnR well
he really does

gets out on the perimeter and still almost gets the board

Yeah DEVIN!!!!!!
Harris, where has that been?
Wow that was amove by Harris
See harris this is what you need to do!!
Just walked in the door and turned on the TV only to see the weather has knocked out my DirecTV...

So…. anyone up for a quick summary of what I’ve missed?

Oh, and hi!!

One of the best games of the year is all.
It's true.

Playoff like atmosphere.

Dang! That's what I get for being stupid with the schedule!
No Paul, No Griffin

Time to build a lead.

Six years of torture then he finally starts playing smart in his contract year
Kanter makes both

Obviously the guards should take lessons

Without earl, we will lose. So lets n0t h0pe we could actually win this one
positive vibes please
Can someone please shut that kid up on FTs?
I know, it's annoying.

Must be a bandwagoner. No way he’s a true Clips fan, they don’t exist in Utah.

Killer 3 by Mo.
Favors and Kanter are our defensive stoppers
They play so well together imo.
Future looks bright
also our best FT shooters on the court
Remember when we couldn't stop anyone with length?

Yeah, I like Favors and Kanter too.

Win or lose, I always have the most fun watching our young guys play
They get me so excited for the future.
I think we are going to lose a close game.

Just feels that way.

Billups looked stooopid just now
wouldn't be the first time
Lob City? More like Flop City!
lets break 1000 comments

hiya

let's win this game..crunch time
can I say the I love this Primus commercial?

Oh and who was it that wanted to trade memo for mo williams?

Glad CJ is still in the game
Boom!

Found a stream… giddy up

can you share please?
let's go jazz!! we can do this!!
Holy Shiz

Bill Rilley just tweeted QB coach Brian Johnson is going to be name Utes new OC

Yuck...bad offense. Too much dribbling.
are you kidding me!?!
unfortunately no
Ouch the half court 3 rears its ugly head again
Don't like that shot, but I'll take the foul.
Ty needs to make something, this lineup has 0 offense
I hate seeing Kanter and Favors walk off the court.
not sure what Tinsley is bringing right now
He makes more sense than Burks.

Ok that isn’t even kind of true.

who?
I don't know either
I'm not usually calling for Burks

but if there ever was a good time..

I was really hoping to see kanter defend blake
Uh oh... Starters back in
Chris Paul

He’s like that annoying guy when you’re playing pick up ball who is always yelling at you if you miss a shot or something.

The annoying guy at the pick up game dropping points and dimes
Feeling goosebumps n0w. C0me on guys!

If only brevin Knight is in our r0ster

way to jinx it matt
Jazz in the bonus

Free throws so key from here til the end

Clippers over the limit with 7 minutes left in the qtr - not sure if that is good or bad given our 16 of 23 FT total
Pretty sure we've made the last 11 though
as long as CJ or Favors is shooting them we're fine.
I don't want to live in a world where Reggie Evans didn't travel.
I'm sad that Favors didnt get more minutes

He was earning them tonight. Maybe not his best stats, but the best effort I’ve seen from him all season. On defense and offense.

I knew that was going to happen (O rebound)
I hate that Paul rebounded that.
Get the rebound!!! why stand there???
Al and Sap look worn out
we need to rebound!! come on paul!!!
we're not making the energy plays we need to win
We're getting out-hustled by the Clips.

Not good.

Why are we leaving Chris Paul in his own area code?
nice D by tinsley there
been so long since he played

he didn’t know that CP3 guy could hit that shot

what a stupid effing possesion!!!!!!!
i saw that comin
come on can we please trade Tinsley for Hayward?

That way at least one of their guards will be covered.

Veteran leadership?

I can’t even type it with a straight face.

We kinda deserve to lose.
we are not playing worse than the clipps... at all
lot of time left, your bumming me out
Our effort is bumming me out.

I’ll try to keep it positive

CJ listen to Chris Mullin

don’t settle

end of the shot clock
He could learn a lot from Mullin
Can we get Hayward or Burks in?

They’re only our two best defenders at the guard line

why is jamal tinsley getting his first mins of the year right now???
Watson with ankle injury
At shooting guard no less. I don't understand.

And if you look at the 0’s on his box score sheet it makes even less sense.

harris - hayward - cj - favors - al
Has there been any update on Earl?

He was hurt as I got out of my car (end of radio broadcast for me)

All they said was it's a sever ankle sprain
Dang... not a good time for that w/ the road trips coming up.
Out for a week or so at least
he has a severe ankle sprain
We're getting out-rebounded 45 to 31

I don’t even know how we’re still in this

Earl

Severe ankle sprain. Out for the remainder of the game.

I would be so ok with Blake fouling out.
FIVE

but he’s not allowed to foul out right?

Yeah, good luck getting a call on him now..
5 on Griffin

One more please

Yes! 5 on Blake
oh Paul

Please go back to being th pf terminator?

5 on Griffin

Time for Sap to take over.

There's the first no-call on Griffin
Yep, they ain't calling any fouls on him now.
He was straight up I thought.

They didn’t show a replay, but I didn’t hate the no call.

No way they foul him out

Kobe-rule in effect

We should guard that Paul fella...
Yeah, not a good feeling about this one.
So sad. Clips will get their win in salt lake since jurassic era
Our defense sucks...put Kanter and Favors in
CJ you have to get over and cut that off

gads man

Millsap needs to not take a jump shot against Blake.

Take it to the hoop. Make him foul you.

Whole lot of Debbie Downers
god i'll say just quick watching and leave
what is millsap doing?
Williams with the bail-out early shot.

Thanks man!

I honestly thought they weren't gonna call that.
please make your free throws?!!!
Clips are putting up turrible shots

The Jazz need to take advantage NOW

tranquilize that free throw kid
That kid...

holy crap

It is clear they are only enforcing that 100 FT thing on the bench guys.
Such a late foul

Was the ref checking to make sure it wasnt Blake before calling the foul?

Harris had no chance
Ugh Paul

Where’s De**n when you need him.

Remember when we used to think Deron Williams was the best PG in the league?

Hahahahahahahaha

I laughed.

But clearly that isn’t the case this year.

he was when he played against Paul

CP is making up for lost ime in ESA

regardless 8>3

never saw THIS CP3 play in the ESA

That foul should have been on Blake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh you gotta be kidding me

I mean, Mo did foul him. After blake did though.
Sometimes its hard to be a fan of the NBA isn't it?

Such biased refing, super teams, rigged lotterys.

NBA commissioner nixing trades.
It's not as bad as some fans see it

ie – Stern deciding who wins the championship each year

BUT – I agree that NBA officiating is some of the most inconsistent of any sport/ You never know what you’re going to get any one night (early/late calls, strict on reach ins or not, etc) and superstars clearly get preferential treatment.

We need to fly Deron in here really fast...

Harris doesn’t really stand a chance. When Paul gets like this…well..

2pt game...lets see what happens
Some parent in ESA should be ashamed at their child.

That is all.

Let's settle for more wheezies. . . .
Stop settling Jeff.
Offensive?! Wow!
what the hell whas that!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!?!
. . . I just lost quite a bit of respect for Blake.
bull shit

i’m sorry but it was

with earl already out with a sprained ankle

Can he just come out and punch Blake in the smirk?

Love that blake was falling backwards before sap even touched him.
Any ref that thinks Sap can bump Griffin so hard he falls ought to be horsewhipped!
Karma will see Blake pay for that flop

hopefully

was thinking just this

hopefully tonight

I'd be all right with that
this game is bullshit... im sorry
these refs make me want to swear all over the place!
great moving screens

by Griffin as well

Alec Jefferson?
I was thinking the same thing
That ESPN graphic just said "Alec Jefferson"

smooth work Worldwide Leader

nobody to blame - we lost this game

#makeyourdamfreethrows

. . . Seriously? What kind of foul was that?
C'mon Sap...

foul him!

My bad.. . that was Al
Weak ass foul Al...
If you foul, make sure he doesn't make the shot - cmon Al!
he knew it too
Blake you don't have to flip when your own teammate chest bumps you.
what the f word is going on
That was a foul to make Boozer jealous

:(

Too little, too late.
This all goes back to that one terrible decision on the Blake flop.

I don’t understand how ref’s are never held accountable for their mistakes.

Props to the Clippers

they brought more energy than we did in the 4th quarter, won the loose balls and outrebounded us.

Where was all these 3's earlier????
Josh Howard was stealing CJ's minutes
And Tinsley for Burks.
Please stop making desperation 3's to give yourself a chance.

It is just giving me hope.

Hate to blame refs...

But that call was HUGE. Horrible.

Can't blame this on the refs

Jazz had their share of calls too.

I fully blame it on missed FTs.

That was a terrible call, but the Jazz should have won this. Also got killed on the glass.

Makes you wonder

What if CJ had been in for Howard the whole time

cant have played any worse
Good thing Tinsley got 7 minutes at shooting guard.
that was weird
Great foul by Chris Paul.
we couldt have used those injury timeouts
Someone remove that kid. Now.
great Harris

the only time you’re supposed to miss and you make it

I thought the exact same thing
according to twitter, Corbin asked him to hit it

why wasnt he asking him earlier in the game!?

Maybe that should be his plan all the time - try and miss
Harris u idiot..
big al fouling blake and 1

difference in the game. and that flop…

Missed FTs and second chance points killed us.
can someone murder that screamer?
Favors will chuck a ball at him
that make me chuckle...i needed that
is that really a guy?
The Clippers coaching is pretty dubious in these last seconds
Now he has to miss
Another smart foul
I feel like CJ should have thrown it at the rim.

He knew it was coming.

we have to miss the 2nd FT here
Vinny looked confused about what happened.
this is where you miss the second
Evans dunk to tie
That would have been quite epic.

Like better than Gaines’ shot.

that kid sounds like he is straight out of the exorcist
He sounds like a kid with no friends.
I hate Blake Griffin on a Kobe-like level right now.
me too, what an idiot
difference was the 3 technical ft
Remember that one time when we missed three technical free throws in a game... then lost by two points?
Congrats on the title Clips...

oh wait, this wasn’t the finals? My bad. Sweet celebration though.

Clips remember this

1-16

Tough start to a rough month.
Sigh

Doinking FT’s in the first half
Bogus Goaltend on Hayward
Terrible interior defense again (mostly to start the game)

So many chances. Bummer.

D was bad tonight

Clippers gave us plenty of chances to turn this game around…..knew one of these close games was going to bite us in the ass.

it's 3:22 am here in Chile, i have to wake up at 7 to work... and i'm awfully sad right now... we could've won it
I have to be to work in 11 hours.

I might be hung over.

ha ha

4 beer game for me…might have to search the house to see if I can find some more

Well...i need a cigarette now
And whiskey
I know Utah play GSW in under 24 hours

But I hope our guys find a couple of spare hours to drill FTs. This was terrible.

Bummed I miss most of what sounded like a great game...

See y’all tomorrow night.

I hate to say it

but cp and Blake gave us a stockton and Malone style bending over

work in progress

remember that we were supposed to suck this season.

the reality is that we are a deep team that is developing. We are basically an elite PG away from being a contender. But none of that is happening this season. We are going to do the best we can with what we have. I don’t expect any trades this year.

Work in progress

Wash – Rinse – Repeat.

Good night all.

I've contemplated what we could do

with Nash… I think it’s all we need, honestly.

I've thought of that too

but in reality, we’re not a team that’s ready to go there. In other words, the Jazz are too young a team to mortgage their future to rent Steve Nash until he retires or his back goes out. We would have to give away too much.

We have to hope for a great draft pick/trade on draft day and go from there.

No doubt that Steve Nash would make it happen though…..

We wouldn't have to mortgage any future

Harris, CJ/Burks and GS 1st would pretty much do it. And I bet he’d sign with us in a heartbeat. Let me dream!!! :)

Could you imagine Nash and Millsap together? We’d see some SMOOTH ball..

Speaks a lot of Blake Griffin

That he chose a flop rather than manning up and playing D when crunch time came. He won’t always get that call. Only against Paul Millsap.

I hate ESPN and I hate the NBA. I like the Jazz. They lost this at the line and on the boards, but never forget – Blake Griffin is a pansy.

So what does Al's weak-ass foul on a Blake dunk say?

Blake tried to pull a decent defensive play. We all hate the flops, but it’s unfortunately a part of the game.

What about it? I wasn't talking about it.

All I was saying was that it says a lot about what kind of player Griffin is at this point, come crunch time. I see Amare 2.0 (this time with rebounds) coming real quick, but that’s just me.

I'm saying calling Griffin a pansy because of it is silly

The Mailman flopped too, betimes.

And the point is I don't think it makes sense to isolate one play and say it shows what the player really is
Maybe I haven't isolated one play

Maybe I’ve watched him grow as a player since he started playing at Oklahoma, so I understand what kind of player he is, and I’m saying that he gets a little diva in him when the going gets tough. Still brings the thunder, but he really does miss a certain toughness down the stretch. Seen it plenty of times.

I’m sorry I called Blake Griffin a pansy.

Your comment isolated one play.

I don’t know how much you have or haven’t watched him.

I’m kind of backlashing against the Blake bashing going on at our site all day.

agree...

was not impressed with Griffin’s game. Him and Millsap were having a contest in the first half to see who could play less D. Don’t care for his body language or whining. dissapointed Big Al didn’t put him on the floor.

I really don't get the Blake Bashing that's gone on at our site the past couple days.

He plays like a more polished early Malone. I’d like to think we can appreciate talent … that we don’t have to bash other guys to make us feel good about our own heroes.

Agree

sometimes you have to realize that we got outplayed.

that doesn’t make every player that beats us a: pansy, dirty, flopper or anything else.

If we want to be pissed, look no further than our FT % as a team.

he's a hell of a player

but i don’t fault people for wanting to bash him – he is also the enemy

an enemy who is a hell of a player (but so is Kobe, LeBron, Wade, etc.)

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