Sweet music & sour notes -- Jazz vs Pacers
Sunday, December 17, 2006
A surprising matinee Jazz game in Indianapolis where it was nice to see the Jazz bounce back from Friday's loss to the Kings. Time for some sweet music and sour notes from the game ...
SWEET MUSIC
Deron Williams has his way with Jamaal Tinsley (Williams: 17 pts, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 PFs) -- Williams made sure Tinsley had his hands full when this game started. Williams took control of the game early and did a decent job of pestering Tinsley. Of course, it helped that A. Tinsley finished 3-18 FG and had 9 points B. that Tinsley fouled out and C. that the Pacers got rattled in the 3rd quarter when the Jazz went up by 21. Williams did better on 3-pointers than he had of late (2-3 on 3s) and seemed determined to put Friday behind him.
Memo makes money balls (17 points, 3-4 on 3s, 7 rebounds) -- By my count, the Jazz are 11-2 this season when Okur has 17 points or more. That's pretty good. He had a subtle performance tonight, but the Pacers sagged off him on defense just enough to allow Memo some open looks for 3-pointers. That's usually all he needs, and that was all he needed tonight.
Dee Brown getting better (6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals) -- Ok, so he was 1-6 from the field (not good), but the play that made him stand out tonight was at the end of the game with the Jazz up 102-94 with 15 seconds left.
Brown got in the passing lane, leaped up to steal the inbounds pass and forced the Pacers to foul again to give Utah the final margin. He's got a lot of energy, heart and hustle and you can see why the Illini fans liked him so much.
SOUR NOTES
Jermaine O'Neal lights up Boozer (31 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks) -- O'Neal looked fantastic (as he has all season) and Boozer still seems to have trouble staying with power forwards that can move well laterally (i.e. O'Neal). Luckily Boozer's facing a big-bodied (and probably less full Knicks roster) on Monday. He should look better.
C.J. Miles & Ronnie Brewer don't play -- Sloan hasn't had a problem giving minutes to Paul Millsap or Dee Brown this season, but when it comes to C.J. Miles and Ronnie Brewer, they never know when (or if) they'll play. At this point I wish they'd almost send them down to the NBADL just so they can play.
Jarron Collins ... why is he on the team? -- So the Jazz re-signed this guy in the off-season for nights like Sunday (2 points, 2 assists and two fouls in nine minutes)? All he seems to do is foul and I think the Jazz's up-tempo game has left him in the dust.
SWEET MUSIC
Deron Williams has his way with Jamaal Tinsley (Williams: 17 pts, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 PFs) -- Williams made sure Tinsley had his hands full when this game started. Williams took control of the game early and did a decent job of pestering Tinsley. Of course, it helped that A. Tinsley finished 3-18 FG and had 9 points B. that Tinsley fouled out and C. that the Pacers got rattled in the 3rd quarter when the Jazz went up by 21. Williams did better on 3-pointers than he had of late (2-3 on 3s) and seemed determined to put Friday behind him.
Memo makes money balls (17 points, 3-4 on 3s, 7 rebounds) -- By my count, the Jazz are 11-2 this season when Okur has 17 points or more. That's pretty good. He had a subtle performance tonight, but the Pacers sagged off him on defense just enough to allow Memo some open looks for 3-pointers. That's usually all he needs, and that was all he needed tonight.
Dee Brown getting better (6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals) -- Ok, so he was 1-6 from the field (not good), but the play that made him stand out tonight was at the end of the game with the Jazz up 102-94 with 15 seconds left.
Brown got in the passing lane, leaped up to steal the inbounds pass and forced the Pacers to foul again to give Utah the final margin. He's got a lot of energy, heart and hustle and you can see why the Illini fans liked him so much.SOUR NOTES
Jermaine O'Neal lights up Boozer (31 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks) -- O'Neal looked fantastic (as he has all season) and Boozer still seems to have trouble staying with power forwards that can move well laterally (i.e. O'Neal). Luckily Boozer's facing a big-bodied (and probably less full Knicks roster) on Monday. He should look better.
C.J. Miles & Ronnie Brewer don't play -- Sloan hasn't had a problem giving minutes to Paul Millsap or Dee Brown this season, but when it comes to C.J. Miles and Ronnie Brewer, they never know when (or if) they'll play. At this point I wish they'd almost send them down to the NBADL just so they can play.
Jarron Collins ... why is he on the team? -- So the Jazz re-signed this guy in the off-season for nights like Sunday (2 points, 2 assists and two fouls in nine minutes)? All he seems to do is foul and I think the Jazz's up-tempo game has left him in the dust.
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