Denver/Utah Game 1 Thread

[NewJerSpur]

What if everyone were healthy? Should still be a good series.

[Bob Lanier]

Then it wouldn't be the Utah Jazz.

[angelbelow]

pretty boring so far.

[NewJerSpur]

LOL, sad but true. Seems like that whole division is injury-ravaged.

[Amarelooms]

Why does the feed seem so damn dull and dim...turn the lights on fuckers

:elephant

[jag]

I wanna know which executive is responsible for Doris Burke having a commentating job for MEN'S basketball.

[jag]

I bet she could tell you all about pump fakes and reverse layups

[NewJerSpur]

Why does the feed seem so damn dull and dim...turn the lights on fuckers

:elephant

Usually brighter on TNT...something about ESPN.

[gm5k]

I wanna know which executive is responsible for Doris Burke having a commentating job for MEN'S basketball.

she's better than most of the analysts they have. actually knows her shit.

[Thunder Dan]

haha I was planning on watching this one but once I heard Doris Burke I turned it off. Have fun with that. Doris Burke is what they would give the Rockets if they made the playoffs. Doris is the 2010 version of 2009's NBA TV

[SAtown]

I wanna know which executive is responsible for Doris Burke having a commentating job for MEN'S basketball.

And during the best game of the day too. If they're gonna put her on, they should do it during the first game of the day and get it over with.

[SASPURS09]

christ, women should not announce playoff games

[Bob Lanier]

OH NOEZ A GURL

Like Mike Tirico's fat ass has played anything more exerting than golf in his entire life.

[gm5k]

this series already feels incredibly boring to me. was disappointed when I saw they were matched up. just something lame about it. I guess it's just the Jazz.

[NewJerSpur]

Why did Minnesota trade Lawson again?

[Thunder Dan]

this series already feels incredibly boring to me. was disappointed when I saw they were matched up. just something lame about it. I guess it's just the Jazz.

Jazz have too many white guys to be exciting and watchable. They have been boring since the 90's. even their colors are boring

[Bob Lanier]

Neither of these teams plays a lick of defense and they both like to foul. The weirdly dim stadiums don't help.

[NewJerSpur]

this series already feels incredibly boring to me. was disappointed when I saw they were matched up. just something lame about it. I guess it's just the Jazz.

Something is lacking so far.....you'd expect a little bit more with an inter-divisional series, but maybe it's a bit early yet.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

:lmao @ the mormon/kkk/proactiv loving refs

what a joke so far.

/rant

[Bob Lanier]

Jazz have too many white guys to be exciting and watchable. They have been boring since the 90's. even their colors are boring
Well, the Cavs are boring too, and they only have the one white guy that I can think of.

[Banzai]

Okur out.

[Amarelooms]

Okur hurt now? lol :elephant

[MavDynasty]

Why does the feed seem so damn dull and dim...turn the lights on fuckers

:elephant

ya what the fuck why is it so fucking dark?this isnt staples

[mogrovejo]

The Jazz have been the most enjoyable team to watch in the NBA in the last ten years or so. Lots of screening, lots of passing and cuts, great offense, beautiful play, few ISOs and pick'n'rolls, most of the times their defense sucks.

[NewJerSpur]

Wow, Boozer playing defense?

[NewJerSpur]

Also surprised Nene's knee didn't go out on Okur's fall.

[Bob Lanier]

The Jazz have been the most enjoyable team to watch in the NBA in the last ten years or so.
most of the times their defense sucks.
Irreconcilable contradiction.

[NewJerSpur]

I think that entire division is cursed, at least for this year. They'd be scary as hell though if not for the casualties along the way.

[MavDynasty]

wtf was that boozer?lol

[NewJerSpur]

This game feels more linke Sunday Night Baseball if early April than a heated battle for NBA supremacy.....TURN UP THE LIGHTS DAMMIT!!! Lol.

[milkshakeballa]

LMAO @ SLOAN

"Shut the fuck up" to a Denver fan right there

HAHHAHAH atta way JS!

[Bob Lanier]

Wow, a jumpball. After the Boston game I'd forgotten those things existed.

[milkshakeballa]

Deron has not made a sound in this game. Okur hurt. Jazz hanging in there!


LETS GO JAZZ!

LAL/UTAH = MAX 5 games

LAL/DEN = 6 or 7 games

[Bob Lanier]

Now that AI's retired I think Billups is the top offensive flopper in the game.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

this is a friggin' joke.

Crawford is a moron and the Sloan's biatches need to take out their ref shirts and go get a job that they are good at

Denver has no shot of winning with these refs.

[NewJerSpur]

Deron has not made a sound in this game. Okur hurt. Jazz hanging in there!


LETS GO JAZZ!

LAL/UTAH = MAX 5 games

LAL/DEN = 6 or 7 games

I'd be more concerned with OKC right now.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

nice win refs, enjoy the victory with a beer with Sloan, don't 4get to wear your white sheets and hooded hats :toast

[mogrovejo]

Irreconcilable contradiction.

They're good enough offensively to make up for it. Plus, they're fundamental solid defensively, they've just been lacking good individual defenders for years.

I doubt people find the Jazz boring because they've been subpar defensively though.

[milkshakeballa]

LOL @ all these whistles.

Why does the NBA think that 60-70 year old guys with most likely rapidly decreasing eyesight are best fit to officiate an NBA game?

It should be 30-40 year olds IMO..

[milkshakeballa]

I'd be more concerned with OKC right now.


na il worry about the 2nd rd kthanx

[Bob Lanier]

They're good enough offensively to make up for it.It cannot be made up for: that's why the contradiction is irreconcilable.

That, and, of course, that isolations and pick-and-rolls are somewhat less boring to watch than a motion offense layup drill. That's why nobody wants to watch the Euroleague.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

I don't even want to think what this will be like in Utah. May as well just forfeit game 3 and 4

[mogrovejo]

It cannot be made up for: that's why the contradiction is irreconcilable.

That, and, of course, that isolations and pick-and-rolls are somewhat less boring to watch than a motion offense layup drill. That's why nobody wants to watch the Euroleague.

Yeps, that's why the NBA changed the rules to move the NBA game from all the ISOs and 2-man game that were dominant 6,7 years ago; because people really love to watch that kind of basketball. :sleep

And honestly, there's more pick'n'rolls in the European game than in the NBA. You have no idea about what you're talking about.

[NewJerSpur]

na il worry about the 2nd rd kthanx

:lol

We'll see cocky Laker fan. Better say a prayer for Koby's finger...I mean ankle... I mean....his overall health. That, and the bench.

[Bob Lanier]

Yeps, that's why the NBA changed the rules to move the NBA game from all the ISOs and 2-man game that were dominant 6,7 years ago; because people really love to watch that kind of basketball.
Because Jerry Colangelo and Mark Cuban whined and bitched enough that the jews at the league office decided to indulge them.

And honestly, there's more pick'n'rolls in the European game than in the NBA. You have no idea about what you're talking about.You're right; I have no idea about European basketball or anything else on that miserable subcontinent.

[milkshakeballa]

I don't even want to think what this will be like in Utah. May as well just forfeit game 3 and 4


soo weak minded..just like your team

[mogrovejo]

Because Jerry Colangelo and Mark Cuban whined and bitched enough that the jews at the league office decided to indulge them.

Yeps. Because the non-jews at home who were watching less NBA and getting bored with the "Allen Iverson dribbles for 20 seconds at the top of the key and drives for an and1!" were turning off the TVs just to trick the NBA. Actually I doubt you know what kind of rules change I'm talking about. Cuban and Colangelo?



You're right; I have no idea about European basketball or anything else on that miserable subcontinent.

Dude, I'm not KBP and I'm not you. I couldn't care less.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

soo weak minded..just like your team

says the fan of a team about to get beaten by the 8th seed :toast

[Bob Lanier]

Cuban and Colangelo?
The primary instigators of the rules changes of the 2004 offseason to ban certain types of defense in the NBA.

I presume that's who you're talking about.

As for isos, people didn't seem to mind them when it was Michael Jordan or Hakeem Olajuwon or Shaquille O'Neal or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or... Sports journalists simply chose to become disgruntled with the NBA and to market it in the most prejudicial manner to continued success.

[mogrovejo]

The primary instigators of the rules changes of the 2004 offseason to ban certain types of defense in the NBA.

I presume that's who you're talking about.

As for isos, people didn't seem to mind them when it was Michael Jordan or Hakeem Olajuwon or Shaquille O'Neal or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or... Sports journalists simply chose to become disgruntled with the NBA and to market it in the most prejudicial manner to continued success.

They got enough of it, especially when the pace of the game kept slowing down + the defenders become bigger and faster making pretty much every game a grind out borefest. Anyway, are you actually arguing you find that kind of game more enjoyable than, say, the offense the Jazz run? I guess it's an aesthetic preference, hence highly subjective, but it's still odd.

[JustBlaze]

Lol Melo 0 fts.
Lol Billups w/ a respectable shooting % @ the half(5 for 10).
Lol refs.
Lol AC on the bench.


Nugz need to feed Melo the ball a lot more in the 2nd half if they wanna pull this shit out.

[NewJerSpur]

Afflalo with the hook no-call.

[Bob Lanier]

They got enough of it, especially when the pace of the game kept slowing down + the defenders become bigger and faster making pretty much every game a grind out borefest. Anyway, are you actually arguing you find that kind of game more enjoyable than, say, the offense the Jazz run?
Yes, considerably.

The Knicks-Bulls and Knicks-Heat series from the 90s and the Pistons-Pacers and Pistons-Spurs series in the 2000s were the most enjoyable basketball I've ever seen played.

As Bill Laimbeer said, basketball is a contact sport.

[NewJerSpur]

Afflalo seems to be shooting better than he did in Detroit for some reason.

[JustBlaze]

Dilsapp left wide open.:bang

[Bob Lanier]

"A ton of communication" as the secondary defense just stands there and watches a blow-by and layup

[PGDynasty24]

deron williams is beasting. he has the sickest cross over in the nba,he changes direction so well

[NewJerSpur]

If Boozer doesn't have a big series, I wonder if the Jazz re-sign him? There was a lot of love going around earlier when they were rolling, but if he comes up short again I wonder if they cut ties?

[JustBlaze]

Didn't they give Milsapp a fat contract? I don't see why they would re-sign him, especially if the Jazz don't make it out of the 1st round.

[JustBlaze]

Jazz making this shit look easy..

[mogrovejo]

Yes, considerably.

The Knicks-Bulls and Knicks-Heat series from the 90s and the Pistons-Pacers and Pistons-Spurs series in the 2000s were the most enjoyable basketball I've ever seen played.

As Bill Laimbeer said, basketball is a contact sport.

The problem isn't so much the contact.

Anyway, you should actually consider watching more European basketball then; there's even more contact than in the 90's NBA.

[PGDynasty24]

The problem isn't so much the contact.

Anyway, you should actually consider watching more European basketball then; there's even more contact than in the 90's NBA.

And there is also a lot more flopping,those european floppers tainted the nba. Great players but theyre flopping rubbed off on some nba players

[NewJerSpur]

Didn't they give Milsapp a fat contract? I don't see why they would re-sign him, especially if the Jazz don't make it out of the 1st round.

But they also traded away Brewer for cap space, I believe. I also think D-Will has been lobbying for the Jazz to re-up Boozer. Problem with them is, none of their bigs can stay healthy at the same time so it makes it a little tougher to evaluate the frontcourt with regard to works best for the team overall imo.

[Bob Lanier]

Is there any situation JR Smith doesn't see as an opportunity to high-step?

[NewJerSpur]

Is there any situation JR Smith doesn't see as an opportunity to high-step?

It's JR Brick tonight.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

again, i applaud the refs.....

:bang

[NewJerSpur]

Melo vs. D-Will down the stretch...

[92 Shoot em up]

Utah down two going into 4th, I think they can get this game even w/ the injuries

[DPG21920]

WTF was that commercial?

[PGDynasty24]

WTF did any1 just see that Carmello Anthony commercial sponsored by the Utah Jazz fans. ROFL wtf was that

[Bob Lanier]

The Carmelo Anthony is the common denominator of our hearts one?

[badfish22]

WTF was that commercial?

:lmao I have no idea

[NewJerSpur]

I was asking myself the same thing out loud....weird

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

what the hell was that ad? :lmao

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Melo paid for the ad himself :smokin

[DPG21920]

I know it was a Jordan add cause Melo is a Jordan brand player, but still.

[redzero]

That commercial seems fishy.

[NewJerSpur]

Okur done for the night.....I wonder if for the series also?

[PGDynasty24]

It said comerical was paid for by Utah jazz fans

[Kindergarten Cop]

That commercial would totally piss me off if I were a Jazz fan.

[92 Shoot em up]

D- Will is NASTY

[ShoogarBear]

WTF was that commercial exactly?

[JustBlaze]

Okur done for the night.....I wonder if for the series also?
Meh, they don't need him to beat this Denver team.:lol

[Kindergarten Cop]

It said comerical was paid for by Utah jazz fans

Down in the bottom right corner it said, "THIS AD IS SPONSORED BY JORDAN".

[DPG21920]

It said comerical was paid for by Utah jazz fans

Yes it said that, but that was the add. It was a Jordan commercial. It said so. Just don't get it.

[JustBlaze]

JR Swish...

[NewJerSpur]

Well, if Smith starts hitting fade away 3's from halfcourt....well, that charge ends that personal run.

[JustBlaze]

What ad are you guys talking about? I must've missed it.

[hitmanyr2k]

Goddamn Boozer makes me sick the way he plays...soft fadeaway jumpshooting piece of garbage.

[NewJerSpur]

Meh, they don't need him to beat this Denver team.:lol

:lol

[Chieflion]

J.R Smith is catching fire.

[siraulo23]

holy shit smith

[redzero]

The friend murderer is lighting it up.

[NewJerSpur]

Jazz starting to look tired.

[milkshakeballa]

They r refusing to guard jr omggg...come on korver fuck


can sum1 youtube the melo cmmervial?

[Chieflion]

Damn, J.R Smith raining 3s. This match is over!

[NewJerSpur]

Smith was fortunate that was a long rebound...Utah was scrambling and couldn't recover to defend that layup. Terrible shot.

[ShoogarBear]

I'm going to really be pissed if there's a "We Love Dirk, by the Fatties of San Antonio" ad tomorrow.

[badfish22]

You would almost think he is friends with Matthews.

[hitmanyr2k]

Smith was fortunate that was a long rebound...Utah was scrambling and couldn't recover to defend that layup. Terrible shot.

It was a stupid shot but when you hit three in a row I guess you deserve a heat check.

[badfish22]

I'm going to really be pissed if there's a "We Love Dirk, by the Fatties of San Antonio" ad tomorrow.

:lmao

[JustBlaze]

You do know that even if they put 5 guys on him, he's gonna chuck one anyways right? It's heat check time for him, which can either be a good thing or a bad thing.

[NewJerSpur]

It was a stupid shot but when you hit three in a row I guess you deserve a heat check.

Not from that far out on a pull-up.

[JustBlaze]

I remember JR saying he never takes bad shots because he can knock 'em down from anywhere.:lmao

[Kindergarten Cop]

I'm going to really be pissed if there's a "We Love Dirk, by the Fatties of San Antonio" ad tomorrow.

I was thinking the exact same thing (minus the "Fatties" part :lol ) and I could honestly see Cuban doing it.

[NewJerSpur]

Damn, Boozer getting manhandled in the paint.

[mogrovejo]

Sloan should have given more minutes to Fesenko during the season. It'd pay off now.

[mogrovejo]

He needs to play Jeffers. The Celtics won their game because Doc went with Tony Allen in order to shut down Wade. Put Jeffers on Anthony.

[NewJerSpur]

Game likely over. Jazz look worn down; D-Will expending too much energy on the offensive end but they can't rest him.

[NewJerSpur]

He needs to play Jeffers. The Celtics won their game because Doc went with Tony Allen in order to shut down Wade. Put Jeffers on Anthony.

Brewer might have come in handy in this spot. Not that anyone's stopping Anthony, but he was the best-equipped to stick with him outside of possible AK.

[JustBlaze]

He needs to play Jeffers. The Celtics won their game because Doc went with Tony Allen in order to shut down Wade. Put Jeffers on Anthony.
Melo would have his way with him too.:lol

[badfish22]

Melo and Williams going at it

[hitmanyr2k]

Damn, Boozer getting manhandled in the paint.

He's such a punk. Softer than a wet roll of toilet paper. I can't stand the way he plays. It's like he's trying his best to be a SG instead of a PF.

[NewJerSpur]

The Jazz are done. If this game was 3 quarters they may have had a chance but they ran out of gas.

[badfish22]

game

[badfish22]

Melo's got 42

[JustBlaze]

Damn Melo, take it easy on 'em.

[NewJerSpur]

He's such a punk. Softer than a wet roll of toilet paper. I can't stand the way he plays. It's like he's trying his best to be a SG instead of a PF.

He tends to shrivel up and shy away from contact in the postseason, unless he's got someone defending him that won't come out to defend the free throw-line jumper.

[DazedAndConfused]

Nuggets caught fire from 3pt land in the 4th and that is what won them today's game.

This series is definitely going 6-7 games. I don't foresee the Nuggets winning in Utah.

[Chieflion]

Melo has a new playoff career high of 42.

[Darthkiller]

what the hell was that chauncey.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Dear Western Conference,

You're screwed.

Sincerely Yours,
Melo

Great win. Refs tried to call a horrible 1st half but the Nuggets stayed tough and in the end the Jazz just didn't have the bodies or energy

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Pressure is on the Lakers/Mavs/Suns to not choke the 1st game

[Donkeybong]

This game was a lot closer than the score showed. But ya, Jazz just depleted. This game reminded me how much I hate the nuggets. The Jazz actually arent as unlikable as I remembered. DWill is awesome.

[DazedAndConfused]

Dear Western Conference,

You're screwed.

Sincerely Yours,
Melo

Great win. Refs tried to call a horrible 1st half but the Nuggets stayed tough and in the end the Jazz just didn't have the bodies or energy

The Nuggets certainly won't make it past LA playing like this.

4-0 LAL SWEEPS DEN
4-2 LAL ELIMINATES DEN ON THEIR HOME FLOOR AGAIN

They may beat the Jazz, but only because the Jazz have like 6 players left on their roster.

[jdev82]

Melo gets 42 with only 2 fts. where are all the whiners now? lol 18/25

[NewJerSpur]

Sloan has got to get D-Will some rest.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

the Nuggets won't be playing the Lakers, if they get past the 1st round, then they be playing the Thunder :toast

The Lakers will be playing with their fishing rods and Kobe will be trying to explain to the fisheries department why he thought the fish said 'yes keep going'.

[JustBlaze]

The Nuggets certainly won't make it past LA playing like this.

4-0 LAL SWEEPS DEN
4-2 LAL ELIMINATES DEN ON THEIR HOME FLOOR AGAIN

They may beat the Jazz, but only because the Jazz have like 6 players left on their roster.
Laker fans sure do love living in the past don't they?:lol Even if LA beats Denver, they're not beating the Cleveland LeBrons.

[Sir Loin]

Good stuff from melo and jr smith

[JustBlaze]

This game was a lot closer than the score showed. But ya, Jazz just depleted. This game reminded me how much I hate the nuggets. The Jazz actually arent as unlikable as I remembered. DWill is awesome.
Lol Laker fan feeling threatened.

[badfish22]

First vid up
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[JustBlaze]

:lmao
:lmao
:lmao

[milkshakeballa]

Wwwwtttttfffff hhaahhaahaa

[Ghazi]

lol wtf

[The TroutBum]

That commercial made me laugh. Some butt fuck Nugget fan dished a pretty penny for that garbage, but at the very least, it was funny.

Anyhow, I don't know who I hate more -- the Jazz, or the Nuggets.

[milkshakeballa]

Dear Western Conference,

You're screwed.

Sincerely Yours,
Melo

Great win. Refs tried to call a horrible 1st half but the Nuggets stayed tough and in the end the Jazz just didn't have the bodies or energy

Dear Western Conference,

No reason to worry.

Sincerely Yours,
The Denver Nuggets Defense

[NewJerSpur]

dear western conference,

no reason to worry.

Sincerely yours,
the denver nuggets defense

lol.

[pauls931]

Best case, I knew this was going to be an interesting series. Take away home court from the Jazz and the Nets would have a chance.

[Killakobe81]

LOL at those that think Durant is better than Melo ...

Id like to see Durant dupliucate that ... 42 with ONLY 2 FT's

Dint get me wrong Kevin is great but a lot of yall got that ESPN disease ALWAYS looking for who's NEXT rather than then who is RIGHT NOW

[Girasuck]

LMAO!! I fucking love that commercial.