Nothing more need be said, really. (This kid is actually playing a computer game of some kind — kudos to whoever overlaid the text.)

The votes are in, and Toronto’s Sam Mitchell has walked away with the 2006-2007 Coach of the Yeah Award. Jerry Sloan finished second in the voting, a good 90 points behind Mitchell. I suppose Mitchell deserves it for his team’s worst-to-first turnaround (though I think he owes a lot more to Chris Bosh, T.J. Ford and the Leastern Conference), but it’s unfortunate that after a 50-win season when most national media-types thought the Jazz wouldn’t even make the playoffs, Sloan STILL can’t get the award he deserves. Although, considering the recent play of the Jazz, and Sloan’s reluctance to make certain personnel changes, like playing Ronnie Brewer more and not playing Derek Fisher quite so much (see also: IJSPD), maybe there’s a reason he ended up second again.
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Layton Shumway is the copy chief for Brigham Young University’s Daily Universe. You can reach him at lss83@byu.net.

I was hoping my maiden post would be on a happier note. It isn’t.

I was hoping that Carlos Boozer’s herculean effort in Game 2, combined with Matt Harpring’s continued gritty play, would be enough to overcome the implosion of Andrei Kirilenko and the disappearance of Mehmet Okur. It wasn’t.

I was hoping that the Jazz would be coming home to Salt Lake City with the series tied, after shooting ten percentage points better than Houston in Game 2. They aren’t.

I guess that’s what I get for hoping.

Here are a few things the Jazz need to fix for Thursday’s game:

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I am shocked that tonight’s game between the Maveriks and the Jazz is not mustering up more attention from the national media. I have been on a handful of NBA websites and not one even spoke a word of it. After all it is a match-up of two of the top teams in the league. Utah comes in with a record of 24-10 and is third in the Western Conference standings, while Dallas (27-8) travels to Salt Lake as the hottest team in the NBA. They are coming off a scorching 12 game winning streak. However they did lose their last time out on Sunday 101-98 at the Lakers.

This game is a match-up of strenghths as the Jazz have the best home winning percentage in the NBA (.857). In contrast the Mavericks have the best road winning percentage (.545). The teams have only met once this season, on December 11th in Salt Lake City were the Jazz won comfortably 101-79.

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Hello Jazz fans, it has been a while since I have blogged and it is good to be back. I must admit that I have missed the opportunity to discuss the latest happenings in the world of the Jazz over the last week. I took a much needed vacation, but don’t fear I still had a chance to follow the Jazz. I also had the opportunity to attend the game on Wednesday night against the 76ers. Over my break I have reflected often about the current state of the Jazz.

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