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From what I can tell this team plays best as the underdog. Last years no one nationally picked the Jazz to beat the Rockets, but they did.

This season has been much of the same. No one picked them to win in Boston, PHX, Denver, NO, on the road by big margins and they did. No one picked them to win against LA without Memo and Booze and they did.

This years playoffs has seen many people pick the Jazz to beat the Rockets. All of ESPN's "experts" picked the Jazz to win the series. I for one fear these signs.

Not me. The Jazz players haven't said that kind of stuff. So who cares what ESPN says. The reason that the Jazz will win is because they are better. Plain and simple. The second round will be the scary one. But if your theory is right then we have nothing to worry about. Right?

Maybe it's time for them to grow up and take on the responsibility of playing well when they are expected to, something they have had a hard time of this year...

HammerDunk wrote:Maybe it's time for them to grow up and take on the responsibility of playing well when they are expected to, something they have had a hard time of this year...

Amen to that.

Given how inconsistent we've been, I certainly think the Jazz FANS are overconfident. The Jazz when they show up with their game faces on would sweep Houston. Those aren't always the Jazz that show up, though. In fact, too often, they're not.

This series scares me. A wounded animal is the most dangerous. Even though the Rockets aren't the most talented team, this year they played with the most heart and desire, something the Jazz this year have lacked. McGrady has no pressure on him this year because without Yao he is expected to lose. He and the rest of the Rockets can go out and play their game without added pressure.

There are two reasons why I'm not scared of the Rockets.

HammerDunk wrote:Maybe it's time for them to grow up and take on the responsibility of playing well when they are expected to, something they have had a hard time of this year...

It was time for that two years ago, but it still hasnt been done.

Jazz plaeyers are not overconfident. They gave suffice proof of that by playing a hurting Williams @SA, risking the whole thing out of fear to go on the road... enough said.

Jerry Sloan will have this team ready.

And actually I think the Jazz benefit from confidence more so then we give them credit for. 37-4 at home is proof of that.

As long as D Will and Booz dont think they are the best players on the court they will win its when they thnk they are so good is when they lose

TDIDDY wrote:As long as D Will and Booz dont think they are the best players on the court they will win its when they thnk they are so good is when they lose

its actually the exact opposite. when dwill realizes he is the best man out on the floor and takes the game into his own hands, thats when the jazz are at their best.

I disagree. They have the players that can neutralize Deron with Battier on him, and applying Jordan rules on him. Then it just doesn't work that way.

This is a team sport, just check it out, I think that when D-Will scores more than 20 points, is when Utah had most of their losses.

I don't think overconfidence is the issue. But I do think we have a tendency to get complacent at times because of how good we know we are.

That might seem like the same thing, but I feel like there is an important distinction.

As this team grows and matures, we are seeing the guys learning to take care of business more and more. There will always be upsets in the NBA, there will always be letdowns on the road against bad teams. But I'm seeing this team slowing but surely starting to correct these mental breakdowns and start asserting themselves with consistency.

I am not concerned about this issue in the playoffs. This team, personnel wise, is not just good. Its great. We have the peices right now to win a championship. The guys know it, and they believe. They know they can beat anyone. To me, that's a good thing.


No, that's a **** great thing.

Now I'm overconfident and I can't get excited for Game 2.
I just think... no...I'm sure it's over.

erudite23 wrote:...

No, that's a **** great thing.

I thought that eruditi don't **** around ,

It is over!!!!!!!!! Rockets sucks. T-Mac is a weak minded baby!!! Go Jazz!!!

Prophetic.