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Just uploaded this classic. Most important game in Tmac's career Game 7 vs Utah. Boozer dominates in this with 35 pts and 14 rebounds.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNyQD-rzMw8&feature=youtube_gdata_player]2007 First Round Game 7 - Jazz (103) @ Rockets (99) - Mcgrady vs Deron - Youtube (fullgame)[/youtube]

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I see what you did here. But let me ask you this, how many rings does the Jazz have?

Exactly, now carry on.

T-Mac played well here, the supporting cast asides from yao and battier sucked...

If theres one thing about this team I don't miss its Rafer Alston's shooting percentages

Man... not that I'm a Bulls fan, but I'd like to see the Bulls with THIS Carlos Boozer

Also, this game is a harsh reminder at how obscenely good Tracy McGrady was, and how much better he could have been. I always thought he was better than Kobe, just more raw. Wish he had polished his game up a bit.... my favorite player growing up. I remember playing NBA 2K3 with Orlando for all 82 games one season and went like 72-10 w/ T-Mac and Keon Clark as my sidekick. Good times.

I hated this game, absolutely hated this game. I refuse to watch this again, wayyy to many emotions. IIRC, we were down majority of the game, then Alston banks in a three to tie the game at 80-80. The crowd is going nuts, we're in a G7, at home, all the momentum is now on our side, TMac got a three point play to give us a 5(?) point lead, then Kirilenko drills a three from the right wing, the lack of rebounding, and all that momentum, the idea we were going to advance is gone, just like that. I remember I could barely breathe the final 5 minutes of that game.. Ugh, there was no excuse for that year to lose in the first round. Oddly enough, it was Okur who killed us, b/c we couldn't stick Yao on him, which made JVG put Yao on Boozer, who went on to just murder us. Then consider, Battier's perimeter defense was little negated since Utah wasn't a huge threat on the wings, it made his offense more magnified, IIRC, in either G3 or 4, only four players scored the ENTIRE game for us.

Just, ugh..ugh..

TMACFORMVP wrote:I hated this game, absolutely hated this game. I refuse to watch this again, wayyy to many emotions. IIRC, we were down majority of the game, then Alston banks in a three to tie the game at 80-80. The crowd is going nuts, we're in a G7, at home, all the momentum is now on our side, TMac got a three point play to give us a 5(?) point lead, then Kirilenko drills a three from the right wing, the lack of rebounding, and all that momentum, the idea we were going to advance is gone, just like that. I remember I could barely breathe the final 5 minutes of that game.. Ugh, there was no excuse for that year to lose in the first round. Oddly enough, it was Okur who killed us, b/c we couldn't stick Yao on him, which made JVG put Yao on Boozer, who went on to just murder us. Then consider, Battier's perimeter defense was little negated since Utah wasn't a huge threat on the wings, it made his offense more magnified, IIRC, in either G3 or 4, only four players scored the ENTIRE game for us.

Just, ugh..ugh..

Honestly I thought the Rockets had this game when up 5 with 6 minutes left. Then Mcgrady started settling for outside shots when the Jazz were in the penalty already.

JordansBulls wrote:Honestly I thought the Rockets had this game when up 5 with 6 minutes left. Then Mcgrady started settling for outside shots when the Jazz were in the penalty already.

It's not in the clip, but in the postgame media conference, McGrady admitted that his killer instinct had suddenly left the arena because it was late for a game of pinochle with Betty White. He'd just forgotten to check his calendar for scheduling conflicts, and apologized sincerely.