Toronto Raptors (1-2) @ Utah Jazz (1-2)

[FJS]

Wednesday 3rd, November 2010
Salt Lake City, Utah
7:00 pm at Midwest.


TEAM RECORD: 1-2
HOME: 1-1
AWAY: 0-1



TEAM RECORD: 1-2
HOME: 0-1
AWAY: 1-1







BENCH:

[FJS]

STATS



1-2
TEAMS LEADERS
POINTS PER GAME

23.3 ppg

REBOUNDS PER GAME

16.5 rpg

ASSISTS PER GAME

6.5 apg

BLOCKS PER GAME

1.7 bpg

STEALS PER GAME

1.7 spg


1-2
TEAMS LEADERS
POINTS PER GAME

21.3 ppg

REBOUNDS PER GAME

12.3 rpg

ASSISTS PER GAME

9.0 apg

BLOCKS PER GAME

1.3 bpg

STEALS PER GAME

1.3 spg

[Lava Rock Kid]

This better be a win.

[QuantumMacgyver]

This better be a win.

I guarantee it will be a win!!!! I'm just not going to say for whom.

[Reckless]

I'm worried we don't show up for this one, we'll know early in 1st quarter. Raptors can score points, they blew a lead in Sacramento last night, fought back but end up losing.

[HolyToledo]

Raptors had a huge lead on the Kings in Sacramento Monday night before they fizzled it away into a loss. They can shoot 3s and run which the Jazz dont defend well. A poor man's Phoenix Suns team and after I thought we would be Suns for sure and got our azz handled to us, I wont gurantee anything. A good team wins this game by 10 plus points!

[LAUGHING]

raptors on their 2nd game on the west coast road trip, fought hard against the kings but ended up losing. different story in this one, expecting a 8+ point win by utah cause we have no one to handle big al + milsap and dwill will destroy our pgs. best of luck.

[carrottop12]

The Jazz will show up. They know the played terribly in the home opener, time to get back on track and continue what we saw in OKC.

[kerplunk]

Win

[edfmx86]

this has to be a win.

[carrottop12]

I'm getting anxious for basketball. We've played 1 game in the past 5 days, it's driving me crazy.

[edfmx86]

Seriously man, me too. I really can't wait for our back to back this weekend

[Jampod]

We should be on a 4 game win streak by the end of the week.

[Nate505]

This better be a win.

No kidding. I don't know if it's a must win, but geez, it's one of those games they really should win like 99.9% of the time.

[Colby]

I have a feeling with how the year started, the Jazz may keep the accelerator on against crappy teams.

Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but from a couple of the quotes the players have put out (I think Millsap and Deron for the most part), they have a small chip growing on their shoulder. Saying things the effect of, "We started bad, and after only two games you guys tossed dirt on us and let us go home." Even Sloan said something like, "It amazes me how quickly people are to throw you under the bus," which makes me feel like this team feels it needs to prove what it can do, and with that comes confidence, anger, and that lovable chip on the shoulder.

I'm usually the first to discard the 'The Sky is FALLING!' people, especially with such a small sample size of crappy play they gave us, but I'm actually really glad. I feel like this is as good of a sign as the OKC game was, for three reasons:

1. The chip on the shoulder/something to prove aspect. If they can bring that every night, it could be scary powerful.

2. This brings the team together, gives them something in common right away, and can make the new additions form that tight-knit bond that we always love to see from the Jazz. If you like playing with each other and all feel wronged in a way, that could be as valuable as good floor spacing. Motivation is key when you don't need to worry about money for the rest of your life.

3. Seeing quotes like that lets us know the Jazz are very confident in their abilities, and I think most will agree with me when saying that beating OKC, especially on the road, is right up there with beating LA on the road in terms of 'things we least expect to be possible.' That's a statement.

All in all, it makes me feel as if the Jazz have a different mindset this season. Confidence, no matter the team or location. Confidence in defense (Millsap said 'we proved we can play defense), which tells me:

A: They care about defense.
B: They CAN play defense, and want to. Rare for us to see in the D-Will era.

Now, with that 5 AM rambling out of the way, if I'm taking these signs in the right way, and they aren't just all temporary, regurgitated cliché, then we should be crushing teams like this, especially at home.

I'm going to assume I'm right and say our largest lead will be 24, final score something around 114-97. Which is exactly what it should be.

[The59Sound]

I'm usually the first to discard the 'The Sky is FALLING!' people, especially with such a small sample size of crappy play they gave us, but I'm actually really glad. I feel like this is as good of a sign as the OKC game was, for three reasons:

In fairness, Deron had his own "the sky is FALLING" remarks.

[Hikari]

The Jazz are expected to match up Andrei Kirilenko against Raptors small forward Linas Kleiza, Paul Millsap versus center Andrea Bargnani and Al Jefferson against power forward Reggie Evans.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogs/jazz ... d.html.csp

I want to see Al get nasty and deny Evans rebounds.

[seejaydeja]

The Jazz are expected to match up Andrei Kirilenko against Raptors small forward Linas Kleiza, Paul Millsap versus center Andrea Bargnani and Al Jefferson against power forward Reggie Evans.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogs/jazz ... d.html.csp

I want to see Al get nasty and deny Evans rebounds.

Me too, but he needs to be careful
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv1cBN8M-9I[/youtube]

[BarneyGumble]

^I was just gunna say...Evans is in town? I hope our boys wear a cup...

[WARCRIMEZ]

Part of the reason Reggie is grabbing so many boards is because Bargnani runs away from them. In any event, good luck tonight, because that would put us one step closer to Kyrie Irving.