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Game 61: Blazing Suns
Written by UtesFan89   
Thursday, 04 March 2010 19:57
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To see how important this game, you just need to take a quick look at the Western Conference standings.
  1. Los Angeles
  2. Dallas (5.5 GB)
  3. Denver (6 GB)
  4. Utah (7.5 GB)
  5. Phoenix (8 GB)
  6. Oklahoma City (9.5 GB)
  7. San Antonio (10.5 GB)
  8. Portland (10.5 GB)
  9. Memphis (15 GB)
  10. New Orleans (15.5 GB)
  11. Houston (15.5 GB)
The teams meet 3 more times this season (tonight in Phoenix, 15 days from now in Phoenix, and to end the regular season in Utah), and it come down to the wire between the 2 teams. They're battling for home-court in the 1st round of the playoffs... and if the playoffs started right now, the Suns & Jazz would be battling with Utah having home-court. Coming in, the Jazz are 6-4 in their last 10. And that's only good for a tie for 5th in the Western Conference in that span (with Denver & San Antonio). The teams besting them...
  • Dallas (9-1, won 9 straight)
  • Phoenix (8-2)
  • Los Angeles (8-2)
  • Oklahoma City (7-3)
  • Portland (7-3)
Pretty much, as well as the Jazz have been playing as of late... it's not good enough. Not close. Somehow, this team needs to find it in them to pick it up a notch. The good news for tonight is that, save for Deron's wrist, the team is healthy. (Which only means that Othyus Jeffers' first NBA game will probably see him in a suit... or maybe that'll be Koufos.)
The problem, well the biggest one, is that the Jazz have have the Suns who, pardon the pun, have been on fire as of late. They've taken out teams like Denver, the Hawks, OKC, and uh... Memphis. The Clippers (twice). Philly. Sacramento. They've also fallen to the Spurs and the Mavs. Meanwhile, they've won 6 straight at home. Tonight is obviously a home game for the Suns. Oh, and they're rebounding like mad as of late. Quite simply... stop them.
The last time the teams met, the Jazz needed some luck to survive the Suns in SLC earlier. And by luck, I mean that they needed a 17 point comeback in the final 15 points, led by AK & Wes Matthews (10 & 15 points, respectively, in that span). If you don't remember, that was the game where the Suns drained 17 treys, and were paced by Goran Dragic's 32 (6-7 from downtown) and Channing Frye's 21 (5-10 from downtown). Luckily (maybe?) for the Jazz, Goran Dragic is out tonight.
The Jazz need to learn to close out games. They're 6-10 in games decided by 5 points or less, with 3 of those losses coming in the last 5 games (Clippers, Kings, Hawks). They also need to learn the defend the paint, but given that Slow hates Fesenko again, I don't see that happening. Defending the perimeter would be nice too, but the last time the Jazz did that, Deron Williams was a toddler.
Speaking of Williams, save for the Houston game, he's been in a major slump as of late. He needs to snap out of it... or take some time off if the wrist is really hurting him.
Expected starters:
Okur
Booze
AK-47
Matthews
Deron
The game is at 8:39 PM MST on TNT.
Late night starts suck.
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