Utah Jazz vs Denver Nuggets Game 3 and Game 4 reviews/recaps

Denver Nuggets vs Utah Jazz Game 3 – Utah Jazz wins / 2-1

Final Game Scores -  105 – 93

Okay, the image is still not enough how all Utah Jazzer Fans can describe our smirks (or smiles). Monumental game when Deron Williams still have the  batteries to lead his team mates in winning against the Denver Nuggets at Energy Solutions Arena.

Paul Millsap with career high of 22 pts and 19 boards is just what our Utah Jazz needs. The bench guys  such as CJ Miles, Wesley Mathews and of course Paull Millsap should really step up and I do believe & have faith in them that they can do what. Andrei Kirilenko still out of the question when he’ll be able to play again and Carlos Boozer seems to be not in his top shape after the his rib injury.

Millsap was great in the first half owning 18 points already with 100% accuracy (9/9 shooting). I guess the Nuggets didn’t expect Paul to be a threat why he subbed for Memo.

Denver Nugget’s ball movement isn’t good during at the time thus D-will took advantage, he took a lot of steals with weak passes and finish it off immediately. In spite of the double defense given to D-Will he had his usual averages, he scored 24 points and 10 assists.

Me and my buddy, lockenload got very wild and emptied more beer than was expected. But we didn’t end up like this guy:

Denver Nuggets vs Utah Jazz Game 4 – Utah Jazz wins 3-1

Final Game Scores – 117 – 106

Eliminate Denver in Game 5, that’s what all Jazzer fans wanted after D-Will, Fesenko, CJ Miles and Paul Millsap carry on a good game.

I bet Utah Jazz realized now that there’s no stopping now, it’s now or never or all of their efforts will be in vain. So just keep pushing guys and hopefully we’ll grab the championship this year.

The Denver Nuggets started strong, but there is still one problem you must not do when visiting the Jazz in their home court… Ball Movement.

Coach Jerry Sloan do made some risky decisions before but it all comes together and it was very effective in this NBA 2010 Playoffs. Jerry was right in having his reserves step and even they lost the game during the NBA Regular Season. CJ, Paul, Kyrylo and the rest of the reserved did a very, very good job in stepping up in the playoffs.

I can’t wait for Game 5.

If Deron Williams’ twitter is still activate, he have been flooded with “wow” messages. Keep it up Will!

NBA admits mistake on OKC Thunder vs Utah Jazz

“On the final play of last night’s Oklahoma City-Utah game, the officials missed a foul committed by the Jazz’s C.J. Miles on the Thunder’s Kevin Durant during a 3-point shot attempt,” NBA president of league and basketball operations Joel Litvin said in a statement.

Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5064972

Inasmuch as I want a clean match, I did research on the matter thoroughly. Watch different angles of the video in different videos available throughout the net. Nevertheless, if the NBA admits the “No-call foul” issue on the Oklahoma Thunder vs Utah Jazz match then my case is closed as well.

After the recent loss against Houston Rockets, I hope the Jazz are prepared to face New Orleans Hornets. Last March 21, Utah Jazz has defeated the New Orleans Hornets.

Utah Wins | New Orleans Hornets vs Utah Jazz match

Utah Jazz manage to win against New Orleans even with having only two starters in the game since Andrei Kirilenko still can’t play because of his injury (left calf) now Mehmet Okur joins AK to rest with “stomach ailment”. But one thing you will love about Jazz is that the subs are making up for it and giving you a great game to watch.

I’ll first mention CJ Miles, he’s been great even when he helped to hold off Phoenix Suns soaring leads the other day. Tonight he socred 19 points, got 2 steals, and had 4 assists.

Carlos Boozer didn’t work out much, I guess Coach Jerry Sloan wanted him not to exert himself too much. He pushed hard last time also in during the match against Phoenix Suns, he contributed only 10 points, 1 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 steal.

Kyrylo Fesenko did a pretty good job tonight to sub AK, he’s been good in the paint and he boards 8 rebounds and he contributed 11 points.

Wesley Matthews, well he’s so-so tonight with 12 points, 1 steal, 2 assists and 2 rebounds. Actually, I’m expecting him to do more tonight. I didn’t see his great game with the Suns‘ game.

Paul Millsap, like Matthews he didn’t do well against the Phoenix Suns. I was expecting him too against the Suns but make it up tonight’s game against New Orleans Hornets with amazing 22 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assists and 3 steals.

EnergySolutions Arena was filled with 18,766 crowd which is pretty much the same in US Airways Arena (Phoenix Suns Home Court).

You gotta love Deron Williams tonight, even though he’s dealing with his shoulder, ankle and wrist injuries he manage to play and still scored 17 points, and 11 great assist. I just love this guy, not only he’s a good scorer but also a good team player as well. That’s why Deron Williams is the top three League Leader for Assists.

The Hornets lowered their team stand after the match (33-38) while Utah Jazz increased (45-25).

Utah Jazz shot percentage was excellent at 73.7% and the scored more in the paint. But like Jazz against the Suns, the Hornets are missing star guard Chris Paul and might not able to make it to playoffs. Chris Paul missed 25 games already because if left knee injury.

I hope Utah Jazz wins in the upcoming games, next match will be Boston Celtics vs. Utah Jazz on March 22, 2010.

Battle for five – Utah Jazz vs Milwaukee Bucks March 12, 2010

Utah Jazz and Milwaukee Bucks, each them has four winning streaks and the Jazz lost the battle. I mentioned in my last post that the Jazz needs to tighten their defense and in the match against the Milwaukee Bucks it shows. First half, the Bucks had their leads with 25-22 in the first quarter and 23-18 in the second quarter.

Jon Salmons firing away giving the bucks the edge with 24 points, and out of nowhere rookie Brandon Jennings scored 23 points. Andrew Bogut offering good offense and defense with 16 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots.

Milwaukee Bucks now holds the fifth place in the Eastern Conference and won their fifth winning streak.

The Jazz are a little short-handed on the other side as Andre Kirilenko left the game with injury in his left hamstring.

After the first half, this is what makes the Jazz inconsistent. Either they start slow and ended the game with progress or they start fast and ended the game with little progress. However, in this game they started slow and struggled in the end.

The Jazz and the Bucks ties in scoring in 3^rd and 4^th quarter, 23-23 and 24-24 leaving the Bucks lead n the first half.

John Salmons contributed big for the Bucks as his offense and defense pressured the Jazz. Carlos Boozer who tried to get fouled-counted game has the darker side of the idea. Our man Boozer got 2 technical fouls and was ejected.

The Bucks backcourt defense what makes the Bucks’ opponents not to score more than 80-90 points. For a quick info about this, Milwaukee Bucks didn’t allow their opponents score more than 80-90 points which means they have tight defense to pressure opponents.

AK scored only 3 points…

Milwaukee Bucks wins fifth straight win whereas Utah Jazz stopped at four winning streak, final score 95-87 in favor of Milwaukee Bucks.

Carlos Boozer and Mehmeh Okur contributed well like usual but Deron Williams… why oh why D-Will?! I don’t know what happen to him contributing only 6 points ?!

Player Standings

Utah Jazz – 87

Andrei Kirilenko – 3 pts (Injury)
Carlos Boozer – 26 pts / 11 rebounds
Mehmet Okur – 20 pts / 11 rebounds
Williams Matthews – 6pts / 3 rebounds
Deron Williams – 11 pts / 6 rebounds
Paul Millsap -  2 pts / 5 rebounds
CJ Miles – 17pts /4 rebounds

Milwaukee Bucks – 95

Carlos Delfino – 9 pts / 4 rebs
Luc Mbah a Moute – 4 pts / 6 rebs
Andrew Bogut – 16 pts / 12 rebounds
John Salmons – 24 pts / 5 reb
Brandon Jennings – 23 pts / 4 pts
Ersan Ilyasova – 14 pts / 8

Current Team Standings

Utah Jazz: 42-23

Milwaukee Bucks: 35-29