Andrei Kirilenko Cries Over Shrinking Role

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Business As Usual
Published 4/24/2007 by The Feed at The Feed
... . That means they will head to Salt Lake City with a chance to put the series to bed and they are doing it behind the two players that have carried them all season. Tracy McGrady scored 31 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Yao Ming added 27 and nine. Both men did damage at the line, hitting 21-of-23 free throws, which slowed the game down and negated the astounding Carlos Boozer. Boozer scored 41 points but couldn't help the continuing disappearance act that Andrei Kirilenko is pulling. He was scoreless with two turnovers in 17 minutes - no word on whether he cried after the game but Jerry Sloan may have.

The Playoff Hustle: Making Grown Men Cry Since 1994...
Published 4/25/2007 by aloneconformist at Globetrotter
... Well, after all that business with Andrei Kirilenko crying on the bench over PT--and Charles Barkley having to get cut off to commercial break as TNT producers anticipated a violent eruption upon hearing his about it and still twitching after coming back from commercial break--Utah coach, Jerry Sloan gave him another chance in Game 2. I don't think we'll be seeing much of AK-47 in this series anymore... and shhh, that's the way we want it. Jazz blogs,

Tears to Triumph: Now, how far can AK47 take the Jazz?
Published 5/16/2007 by PAR at LTD Hoops Blog
... After a disappointing Game 1 loss to the Rockets in the opening round of the playoffs, Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko was confused. He was confused about his role with the Jazz (and probably questioned his basketball ability as well), and of course,