GolfHos

prediction: spurs 103, jazz 91.

att center rockin...
duncan gives boozer a rough introduction to high level post play in late may, just like malone did to duncan many years ago.    williams concedes a lot of layins to parker to stay out of foul trouble, and the combination of finley/ginobli  eats kirilinko alive on the wings.

bowen with an early foul guarding williams

jazz out on an early 7-0 lead as spurs throwing up ridiculous shots instead of running their offense
 >:(

oberto with a nice baseline cut to draw an early foul on boozer

duncan follows it up with a nice spinin move to the basket to draw one on okur.

7-3 jazz

parker driving at the top of the key draws the hand check foul on williams.

finley picks up a foul stopping a dunk by boozer.

ginobli to subin.

boozer hits the 1st, 8-3 jazz about 4 minutes in

parker with a nice travel to get a lyup attempt and draw goaltending on kirlinko

9-5

duncan baby hook 9-7

duncan blocks okur 2x in a row underneath, but gets called for a foul on the 2nd.

bigshotbob in for oberto.

11-7

parker with a nice hesitation layup draws a 'cheap shot'  [sm_devil] hipcheck from boozer who now has 2 early

basket counts

11-9, with a free throw coming.
missed short.

timeout around 6 minutes in 13-9 jazz

spurs with a quick flurry and up 17-13

kirilinko out...


ginobli hits from the elbow...

19-13 @ 3.20

okur drops a 3 in.


oberto reverse layin against milsaps.
21-16

harpring with a turnaround half hook bank shot.
21-18

ginobli turns it over.

parker with a nutmeg pass !

23-20 @ the end of the 1st.

boozer back in to start the 2nd quarter....  with a big brick

kirilinko with his 2nd foul.


duncan with a nice little banked in hook.

25-20

williams with a nice 17 foot jumper.
25-22

duncan abuses the utah post defense ... and 1.

28-22 @ 9.35 in the 2nd

31-24 spurs and a timeout

33-26 @ 7.30

barry with a steal


alleyoop elson makes it 35-26 around 6.30

okur butterfingers away what would have been an easy dunk/alyin

on the other end, duncan takes it right up and into okur

2nd foul on okur.

duncan hits the 2 free throws and makes it 37-26 @ 5.45

kirilinko with a nice fadeaway over finley.

37-28

duncan abuses okur on the right block for an easy dunk.

39-28

and a turnover on the jazz end

ginobli with a floater from inside the left elbow   41-28 @ 4.21

fischer out of control airball from the left baseline

ginobli buries a wideopen 3 from the right wing.

okur with a brick that is tipped in on a nice board by boozer.

44-30 @ 3.15

parker travels, then so does boozer.

duncan short with the little hook from the left blocks.

46-32

elson with a foul on okur

kirilinko with a ridiculous fadeaway attempt as the shot clock winds down.


duncan abuses jazz D with a nice bounce pass from the top of the key to oberto for a easy layin.


fischer answers back with a jumper


and another great bounce pass from the ginobli to parker!

50-34 @ 1.01

under a minute....

ginobli hits oberto for a layin and 1 !

3rd on boozer.

53-34 @ 43.3 in the half.

fischer travels and gets away with it after losing possession.
jazz holding for last shot...

williams takes it from the top of the key..... crossover right hand.... layin...

parker takes it right back up with a change of pace and draws a foul on williams and 2 freethrows

53-36  with the free throws pending.

2 seconds.

1st misses.
2nd in
54-36.

end of 1st half.


total domination in the 2nd quarter. a hoops clinic.

guess i'm the only one watching .
 8)

Just saw the box. It looks like the Jazz manhandled the Spurs on the boards, but Utah must have been throwing up some major bricks. They shot only 42% from the field to the Spurs' 54%.

The real difference was 30 PFs for the Jazz to 21 for the Spurs. The Spurs shot 13 more FTs than the Jazz. The Spurs should be worried about the horrendous 67% FT shooting though. They can't be depending on the Jazz shooting horribly and hacking so much in the same game.

I actually found the loss to be quite heartening. The fact that the Jazz shot 42% to the Spurs' 54% in FGs, trailed by 18 at the half (after being ice cold in the 2nd quarter), got absolutely manhandled defensively in the paint, had numerous questionable fouls go the Spurs' direction, etc. and still only lost by 8... well, I won't surmise too much from the results of the one game, but it certainly looks like the Jazz can hang in with the Spurs. If they can steal game 2, it's a whole new series.

stats belie the game a bit- a lot of those boards and low fg % are attributable to out of control tip in attempts on the offensive glass. sometimes they would be far better suited trying to control the board and work it outside for a better shot.  parker and finley/ginobli are the matchups that kill them (duncan is going to overwhelm anyone he lines up against)   that said,    jazz played with heart and guts to claw back into respectability after the 2nd quarter beatdown, and hopefully they will keep the series interesting.... and they will definitely be a top notch team next year with 1 more big player on the roster.