Post#9 » by Sean Reynolds » Wed Apr 7, 2010 4:29 pm
I'm not the type of person who buys that you should automatically be at a disadvantage because you played the night before.
These players are conditioned and the Jazz have had a favorable schedule as of late that has provided them rest (this'll be only their second game in a 5 day span).
I'm more worried about the emotional letdown. This is a game they should win because Houston is not a good team. They also match up well with the Rockets. It's easy, unfortunately, to overlook them or focus too much on what happened last night.
With that said, this game does make me nervous. I thought it was the hardest of the three remaining road games and I know if Utah wins, it means they're extremely close to locking up that second seed. And while a loss would not be devastating (I believe if they finish 54-28 they get the 2nd spot), it does mean that the margin of error becomes smaller and that we'll have to scoreboard watch a bit longer than we should.
So win this. Rest up. Beat New Orleans and most certainly lock in that second spot against GS. Which means they could play that Phoenix game with nothing to lose.
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt