"Spurs are Jazz's nemesis, measuring stick" - Salt Lake Tribune

[exstatic]

Utah's major problem is the hole in the middle of their defense. Carlos made Oberto look like a ing All Star, and it should have been no surprise to anyone, because Boozer isn't really any good on defense, being short for his position and somewhat uninterested. Unless you can go out and get a shotblocker who can play major minutes, you're going to have a VERY tough time beating SA in a series.

[bigfan]

To this day I still think our number #1 rivalry is with the Jazz, not the Mavs. I really dont care about the records during the season but I remember some of the best games during the 1980's were against the Jazz. They had that big fat coach who was actually pretty good and generally played clean. The Spurs or the Jazz was always the winner of the division, the Mavs were a joke back then with one or two good players, not worthy of a good rivalry.

[101A]

I guess that I'm confused about your point, then. I would think that 101A's point was that a regular season win in San Antonio won't prove much for the Jazz and that until they get it done in the playoffs against someone who matters in the le chase, there will be questions about the Jazz. That's not a great deal different than what you and I apparently agree about.

Thanks for having my back, FWD.

As for Jazz fan; my tone was no more arrogant than the SLC writer's.