Jazz(8-5) @ Blazers(8-5)

[HolyToledo]

good win by the Jazz! Nice to see Jefferson have a good game and finally he was aggressive on the boards. Miles was incredible tonight. I wish they didnt give away the Spurs game, but this game should go a long way with an easier schedule in next week and do wonders for this team.

[Sloanfeld]

Portland decided not to rebound in the fourth quarter. They had no go to guy in the end.

[Jazzfan Bayamon]

good win by the Jazz! Nice to see Jefferson have a good game and finally he was aggressive on the boards. Miles was incredible tonight. I wish they didnt give away the Spurs game, but this game should go a long way with an easier schedule in next week and do wonders for this team.

Easier what?? Don't we have both NOH and LAL next week?

[HolyToledo]

home games are suppose to be easier and new orleans is a very over-rated that is going to start losing. They also just made a trade and, as the Jazz know, incorporating new players into a team takes time.

[Jazzfan Bayamon]

home games are suppose to be easier and new orleans is a very over-rated that is going to start losing. They also just made a trade and, as the Jazz know, incorporating new players into a team takes time.

Don't you know this team sucks at home?? And tough home games is NOT what we need to get a groove at home (see OKC and SAS).

I still think we need to play our young guns at home to give us that spark we need...

[babyjax13]

I think that it is great that we have gone through such a tough schedule so well.

[Nate505]

How often does a team who gets 17 less shots and gets destroyed on the offensive boards (-18) win a game? Amazing.

[The59Sound]

How often does a team who gets 17 less shots and gets destroyed on the offensive boards (-18) win a game? Amazing.

Yeah. Nice win, for sure, and good to CJ Miles have his one-really-good-game-in-ten. But we're not going to keep getting away with our ridiculous rebounding problem.

[seejaydeja]

i have a feeling i'm going to be screaming at my TV a lot this season until Okur gets back or the coaches let go of their balls and play Fes. they can't rebound for ****.

[UTJazzFan_Echo1]

I think that it is great that we have gone through such a tough schedule so well.

I wouldn't say we've played great.....our home record is terrible. We've played good.

[gojazzmjsucks]

Loved the line up with Watson and Dwill out there! CJ Miles if you play like that more often we are going to take off!that was incredible how he shot it from the outside. We really need to figure something out on the boards i was screaming at the TV!

[HammerDunk]

i have a feeling i'm going to be screaming at my TV a lot this season until Okur gets back or the coaches let go of their balls and play Fes. they can't rebound for ****.

Not to burst your bubble, but Fes isn't a very good rebounder either. He tries to contest shots instead of getting position, just like Al. This team just needs to change their mentality. This doesn't just fall to the bigs. The guards need to be more aware of long rebounds, especially the 2s and 3s. Deron has rebounded well this year, but everyone else can do better at the smaller positions.

For the rest of the game, I was impressed by the heart of this team. It is going to win them so many games this year. Deron was visibly bothered by his foot, and shot very poorly, but for us to still win that game despite his poor play, is outstanding. CJ had the game of his life, which won't happen often, but he is showing that he can be a consistent 13-17 point contributor, which is just what we need. I just hope this game doesn't get him in the mindset that he should only shoot threes. I hope he is more excited by his awesome dunk than all his 3s, thats the player we need from CJ. My favorite thing is that he did it right in Wes' face. I love Wesley, he will always be one of my favorite players around the league, but he wanted to show the Jazz what we missed out on, and CJ gave him a nice sportsmanlike F U. That was great!

Al finally had a really good rebounding game, though it didn't seem like it. Sap had a terrible game. I'm hoping these last two games have more to do with his head cold than any kind of trend that is starting.

I really like how Raja got the team started, if he can do that more often, it will open up things for the rest of the team. He finally rebounded well.

I'm starting to wonder if Elson wasn't the best get the Jazz made this off-season. The guy has played like the vet we hoped he would be. He may not be the rebounding machine that we need, but he is an energy guy that has a pretty decent stroke, and decent inside game. I'm glad we have so many options coming off the bench for big men.

Finally, I was generally encouraged by the play of Watson. He is starting to find his groove in the Jazz system, and ran things really well while Deron played the 2. That was a nice glimpse of what can happen with a true PG running back up. He is doing exactly what we need.

I loved watching the comeback in the 4th of this game. I wanted somebody to give a swift elbow to Rudys face. The guy makes a 3 and acts like he is Reggie Miller. 3/10 is nothing buddy. We think CJ is a chucker, this guy didn't take anything BUT a 3... Nice win for the Jazz against a good division opponent. 5 in a row against Portland, I like the sound of that.