Utah Jazz (0-2) @ Oklahoma City Thunder (2-0)

[Soul Patch]

That's weird, all the Thunder fans I see on realgm are awesome.

I missed the game tonight but it looks like everyone did what they were supposed to do. Hopefully they keep it up.

[Nate505]

LOL, what board is that?

Oh, a totally unrelated board to basketball. It's about wrestling (yes, I guess I'm supposed to be ashamed about it but I love pro wrestling). Actually, I just read his response after I said he was nuts, and he conceded that he was just pissed off and few off the handle a bit and that Utah earned the win I was just a bit shocked that anyone could attribute a 20+ point victory to officiating, and perhaps as a Jazz fan I'm a bit sensitive to that since our team seems to get more crap about help from the refs than most other teams without a Kobe/Lebron level superstar.

[seejaydeja]

I missed this one but it looks like this was the kind of W the team needed. Not much scoring off the bench which worries me a little, but other than that it looks like the guys played near flawless. I just hope Evans is OK...

[Jazzfan Bayamon]

I missed this one but it looks like this was the kind of W the team needed. Not much scoring off the bench which worries me a little, but other than that it looks like the guys played near flawless. I just hope Evans is OK...

huh? CJ Miles??

[seejaydeja]

I missed this one but it looks like this was the kind of W the team needed. Not much scoring off the bench which worries me a little, but other than that it looks like the guys played near flawless. I just hope Evans is OK...

huh? CJ Miles??

One guy that is arguably not going to be coming off the bench all season. Other than him, only Hayward scored and he had 4 points. You can't tell me that's a bit worrisome.

[FJS]

We´ll have memo in a month...

Still a lot of teams have only a great scorer of the bench.

I'm fine with 25 points from the bench.

Still, only Watson took significant min besides Hayward and Miles,
Price, Evans, Fessenko and Elson only played 5 min or less.

[BarneyGumble]

This was the first game I saw including the preseason, but here are my thoughts:

-I had no idea Jefferson was capable of going 10-11 from the FT line. That is a huge plus. I dont miss Boozer at all.

-Millsap has become a dangerous scorer. He gets it done as well from the midrange game as he does from the paint. His fadeaway is tough to block, too.

-DWill looked great. He definitely is looking to get others involved. I would like to see him try to take over a little more towards the end of quarters and get to the line or score.

-Elson looks like he wont be anything more than a 7 foot cardboard stand in. Not impressed w/ him. Hope Fes gets consistent and can earn more burn.

-Lastly, AK-47 was the difference in the game. His shooting touch reminded me of 2004, and his defense on Durant was as good as it gets in this league.

[The59Sound]

Still, only Watson took significant min besides Hayward and Miles,
Price, Evans, Fessenko and Elson only played 5 min or less.

Exactly. Not worrisome in the slightest. Watson played 11 minutes and got a couple of assists, which is good since he shoots the ball poorly and is supposed to be a distributor.

[Ziploc]

I think rather than making Jefferson a all-star, Williams is making Millsap an all-star after the past couple of games.

[Soul Patch]

I like having the majority of the offense being run through Millsap, but when our offense stalls or on broken plays I want Jefferson to get the ball down low and score.

[UTJazzFan_Echo1]

I like having the majority of the offense being run through Millsap, but when our offense stalls or on broken plays I want Jefferson to get the ball down low and score.

I agree. That makes for one unstoppable offense too. You either kill them with the pick and roll or you grind them into the ground with Jefferson. No team in the NBA could stop that attack.

[nguyenbalong]

Thats all good if Millsap can hold that level of play. Hopefully he has condition himself for 30 mins of high octane for longer than 20 games.

[Xsy]

I can't wait for Deron, Jefferson, and Millsap to all start on the 2011 All-Star team.

Yeah, I said it.

[The59Sound]

I can't wait for Deron, Jefferson, and Millsap to all start on the 2011 All-Star team.

Yeah, I said it.

Start? Hmm.

[kd35sneighbor]

Jefferson has a chance..

here was last year's:

Centers: Amar'e Stoudemire (Pho) 1,824,093; Andrew Bynum (LAL) 981,355; Nene (Den) 364,543; Marc Gasol (Mem) 353,155; Antonio McDyess (SA) 328,717; Al Jefferson (Min) 252,777; Greg Oden (Por) 225,245; Marcus Camby (LAC) 188,240; Emeka Okafor (NO) 182,626; Andris Biedrins (GS) 167,481.

Amare's gone, so all Jefferson has to battle are Bynum and Nene.

[kd35sneighbor]

Wait, I don't understand.. why doesn't Deron get any votes?

Guards: Kobe Bryant (LAL) 2,456,224; Steve Nash (Pho) 1,222,235; Chris Paul (NO) 1,055,789; Tracy McGrady (Hou) 1,022,492; Aaron Brooks (Hou) 591,930; Jason Kidd (Dal) 523,708; Manu Ginobili (SA) 465,211; Chauncey Billups (Den) 452,983; Tony Parker (SA) 439,536; Brandon Roy (Por) 422,290.

[erudite23]

*chirp* *chirp*