Utah Jazz: Bench play now glaring detriment - Salt Lake Tribune

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First Cup: Friday
Published 5/2/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... is no knock on the Jazz. They play the way almost every NBA coach would love his team to play. They work officials the way Roger Clemens and Greg Maddux worked umps. They do what they do so consistently that they eventually get the calls. Otherwise, a whistle would blow every 20 seconds and the game would last four hours. The Rockets know this. They're not looking for any breaks. They're simply looking for refs that will call the game the way the rule book says it should be called." ...

5 Things to Keep an Eye on: Rockets at Jazz, Game 6
Published 5/2/2008 by Matt Moore at FanHouse
... 2. Bench Evaporation: An excellent article out of the Salt Lake Tribune today brought up an excellent analysis about the Jazz bench: it's completely evaporated. Jerry Sloan is a pretty tight-reined coach. He's not going to let a lot go by. So if you're out there and you're not producing, he's going to yank you. Especially in a series as tense as this one has gotten. But if you're not playing, how do you work out of your slump? The Jazz need to be a force on the boards and on the perimeter. ...