Bulls-Jazz: Utah Lets Confusion Reign as Bulls Run Rampant

It seemed like an ominous sign.  Before the ball was even tipped off, the refs had to pull everyone back and send them to their benches.  The shot clock at one end of the floor was not working.  Try as they might, the technicians could not get the clock to work, so they shut off both clocks and Dan Roberts, the Jazz public address announcer, was forced to count down the shot clock in intervals, as well as give score and time when the main clock broke down as well. Similarly, it seemed the Jazz broke down early in the game as Chicago came out firing, content to get into an outside shooting contest in the first quarter instead of pounding it inside, which worked to perfection later in the game. They also failed to contain Derrick Rose in the final period, who cut up the woeful Jazz defense brilliantly in the final minutes of the game and scored eight points in the final three minutes.  Give all the credit in the world to the Bulls, who despite playing the night ... (link)