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What a letdown tonight ... a 97-96 loss in overtime to the crappy Knicks. This is probably the worst loss of the season (even though it is only by one point) just because of the effort level. Let's get into it ...

SWEET MUSIC

D. Will plays big, again (23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals) -- He made the 3-pointer with 10 seconds left to send the game into OT. He made another 3-pointer with 1:15 left in OT to tie the game at 94-94. Finally, he hit the shoulda-been game-winner with 3 seconds to go to give Utah a 96-95 lead. What else could the guy have done better?

Okur plays on offense (19 points, 4-7 on 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, 4 assists) -- He had two big 3-pointers in the last three minutes of the 4th quarter (and another in OT). The outside shooting touch was there tonight for Memo, but his defense (we'll get to that later) was not.

SOUR NOTES

Okur doesn't play defense (again) -- Nevermind that that storied Knicks trio of Ronaldo Balkman, David Lee and Channing Frye outrebounded Okur and Boozer 45-19. Nevermind, also, that Lee looked like a white Dwight Howard all night. Okur is on this list for not even attempting to foul Stephon Marbury as he drove the length of the court for the game-winning lay-up! That's right, a game-winning lay-up! How soft do you have to be to be right under the basket and allow a lay-up as time expires? Just ask Memo.

Boozer dozes off for 3 quarters -- Boozer: 23 points, 10 rebounds. Boy, that sure looks nice. Oh wait, what's that? You had seven turnovers, four fouls and you scored 17 of the 23 points in the first quarter? Thanks a lot. There's no reason why Boozer (or the rest of the Jazz's front line) should have been settling for jump shots. Get whatever big guys they have in foul trouble and get to the basket.

Bench does diddly -- The following guys played tonight: Harpring, Millsap, Collins, Giricek and Brown. Combined shooting for them was 4-18, they amassed 7 of the Jazz's 23 personal fouls and did a nice job of killing Utah's 34-20 lead after the first quarter.

AK's poor play -- His all-around game was working yesterday in Indiana, but tonight he just wasn't all there. He seems dead set to not shoot the open mid-range jumper and has no confidence in even attempting the shot. He also had a really stupid foul on Marbury with 53 seconds left in overtime that gave the Knicks a 1-point lead.