Jazz @ Pacers

[OC Jazzfan]

12th

It's not over until Carnie Wilson sings...

[Jazzman20]

Nope. No one has to sing. We got this. Longest streak in 10 years!

[outerspacefella]

ok... we can win ugly lazy games too... it has to be a positive thing... I guess....

[kerplunk]

Thank you to whoever is guarding Murphy at the 2nd half.

[OC Jazzfan]

It's definitely a positive that they can win a game when Deron goes 1-9. Especially on the road. Good win.

[FJS]

41-23... nobody would have bet that when we were 26-22

[@ndrew]

Hope we saved some energy for tomorrow. But it's gonna be hard to get 13th...

[Ming Kong!]

Only two guys played over 30 minutes, and it wasn't a tough game down the stretch, I think we have a shot at ATL, but we need to come out strong, as we might slow down towards the end of the game.

[outerspacefella]

41-23... nobody would have bet that when we were 26-22

yeap... i guess not... things appear to be far more easy when you take care of business at home and just win the road games you're supposed to...

[PDXKnight]

Jeez, you guys are better on the road lately than Portland is at home... Enjoy the division, because Portland will sure as heck mess up before Utah does...

[EGame]

Jeez, you guys are better on the road lately than Portland is at home... Enjoy the division, because Portland will sure as heck mess up before Utah does...

I question that they are better on the road than we are at home, but with that said I think they are clearly the better team and have this thing locked up unless we play out of our minds in these upcoming days and the Jazz find a way to slump like the Nuggets are now.

[PDXKnight]

Jeez, you guys are better on the road lately than Portland is at home... Enjoy the division, because Portland will sure as heck mess up before Utah does...

I question that they are better on the road than we are at home, but with that said I think they are clearly the better team and have this thing locked up unless we play out of our minds in these upcoming days and the Jazz find a way to slump like the Nuggets are now.

Well with due respect, I said 'lately'. That statement may have been slight overkill, but I am definitely impressed with this Jazz team recently. If they can pull out with some wins in some tougher road games in the near future (which could be quite possible), they could be looking at a very respectable division lead at the end of the season ) two or three games gained is impressive this late in the season).

[carrottop12]

In the last 4 games, if you total up the Jazz fourth quarter production on offense and defense you have:

@ Min: Jazz = 27 Min = 22
@ GS: Jazz 25 GS = 19
@ Tor: Jazz = 28 Toronto = 14
@ Ind: Jazz = 30 Pacers = 20

That means, in those four quarters the Jazz are outscoring the opponents 110 to 75. That's an ass kicking if it were an entire game, much less the fourth quarters which are usually pretty tight. That also means on average teams are scoring less then 19 points per fourth quarter. That's awesome defense.

[@ndrew]

THX PDX fans, but you're underrating your team a bit.

[hoops4life]

I love the fact that 3 players combined had 13 steals!

I am happy that we could pull this one out.

[JStockLivesOn]

Who knows when it will end, but it's been special to watch this run, and this team is finally starting to resemble what we thought it would now that we're healthy (including Deron, who I was strongly concerned would be hobbled all year to some degree by the ankle).

We still should have had a better record heading into this streak (lazy performances against bad Eatern Conference teams), but we're in excellent position right now.

As for the division race, Denver will get out of their slump, but I don't see them catching us. Portland definitely has a shot; of the two, they concern me more. If we just keep it turned on, though, we should be okay.

And, a final note on this game -- great substitution by Sloan in the fourth to sit Boozer, who just couldn't find it down the stretch. Millsap and Memo finished up nicely.

[bleu]

The Jazz are playing great basketball right now. D-Will goes in and totally stinks things up and the Jazz still win by a nice amount. On the road. This team has potential in the post season.

[erudite23]

Impressive, I must say.

If you said going in that:

- Pacers would catch fire from 3
- Utah would shoot sub .500 from the field
- Jazz would get outrebounded
- DWill and Boozer would both have horrible shooting nights


I'd say that the Jazz would lose by 10 at least.

This game goes a long way in winning me over. I thought going into the road trip that we needed to win at least 3 of the 5 in order to qualify as a success, and now all we need is one of the 3 next games to make that mark, with potential for even better.

I like how the Jazz are finishing and starting games. Against both Toronto and Indy, we got out to a strong start and then finished the game. In both games, we had rought patches in between, but bookending the game with strong starts and finishes could be a huge step in becoming an elite team. I like it.


A lot.

[xstockholmsyndromex]

Impressive, I must say.

If you said going in that:

- Pacers would catch fire from 3
- Utah would shoot sub .500 from the field
- Jazz would get outrebounded
- DWill and Boozer would both have horrible shooting nights


I'd say that the Jazz would lose by 10 at least.

This game goes a long way in winning me over. I thought going into the road trip that we needed to win at least 3 of the 5 in order to qualify as a success, and now all we need is one of the 3 next games to make that mark, with potential for even better.

I like how the Jazz are finishing and starting games. Against both Toronto and Indy, we got out to a strong start and then finished the game. In both games, we had rought patches in between, but bookending the game with strong starts and finishes could be a huge step in becoming an elite team. I like it.


A lot.

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