Utah vs. Houston - Recap - April 21, 2008

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NBA Playoff Triple Threat: That LeBron Guy Is Pretty Good
Published 4/22/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... Utah 90, Houston 84  Kyle Korver made one field goal all night at it was the biggest. He hit a shot clock beating, one handed shot with 20 seconds remaining to give the Jazz the 87-82 lead. Tracy McGrady had another spectacular 3 quarters but the pressure defense of the Jazz wore McGrady down and he was held to 1 point on 0-4 shooting in the 4th quarter. That is the second straight game that the Jazz have been able to wear down McGrady, 0-3 in the 4th quarter of game 1. Mehmet Okur stepped up his game with 16 points and 16 rebounds against the depleted ...

Jazz 90, Rockets 84: Road warriors
Published 4/22/2008 by theshums at utahjazzblog.net
... — his game is beautiful, he tries to get his teammates involved, he’s not a chest-thumping idiot. I’d like to see him get further into the playoffs. Maybe he’s just been unlucky. Maybe in later rounds of the playoffs, he would dig deep and find that SOMETHING (I don’t know what else to call it) and put all doubts to rest. But I just don’t think he has that. Not any more. Ah well. Game 3 in SLC on Thursday. Bring the noise. Recaps: Deseret Morning News Salt Lake Tribune ESPN/Associated Press (with video highlights) Houston Chronicle Blogness: My Utah ...

What’s Washington’s Problem?
Published 4/22/2008 by redsarmy at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
...   |  Enterprise News (scroll down):  Game 1 highest rated CSN game in 6 years (note:  add the national numbers to the CSN numbers and the ratings almost double)  |  ProJo:  Games more hooplah than hoop (note: Holy Crap does Bill Reynolds eviscerate the people putting on a show at the games)  |  Bynum not close to return  |  Cavs win big  |  Jazz beat Houston  |  Skiles gets Bucks ...

The Raw and the Cooked
Published 4/22/2008 by Jack at The Shamrock Headband
... Pity the Rockets. These poor dudes. Talk about your boulevards of broken dreams. After dropping Game One by eleven at home, last night the Rockets were the victims of the first (though surely not the last!) instance of overzealous officiating interfering with a basketball game, as Luis Scola (aka New Laimbeer) was called for an offensive foul away from the ball about a second before Bobby Jackson hit a game-tying three with less than a minute to go. Basket revoked, ballgame. Having watched the replay numerous times, it was a classic flop on Andrei ...

All she wrote for Houston
Published 4/22/2008 by Hermano at We Suck at Sports
... That's it and that's all for the Houston Rockets folks. Yeah, they're only down 0-2, and yeah, they aren't technically eliminated, but they just lost two games at home, and are heading on the road where the Jazz are 37-4. They don't have the depth, they don't have the strength, and they don't have the energy to come back from this deficit, just like the in-game deficits. ...

B-Ball Genius Shows Off Million-Dollar Bank Shots
Published 4/23/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
CARPE CRUSTULUM bounces over video of a juggling juggernaut by the name of Tim Nolan . While he’s got great expertise in handling little rubber balls (go ahead, get your little juvenile jokes out of the way), it’s the numerous ways he can score nothing but net that’s really impressive: We expect the Mavericks , Raptors , Rockets , Suns & Wizards to all offer Tim immediate contracts. Or at least he could get a chance with the Washington Generals. It’s about time to fight fire with fire against those zany Harlem Globetrotters!

T-Mac to Teammates: A Little Effin' Help Would Be Nice
Published 4/24/2008 by JB at Rumors and Rants
... Somehow, T-Mac is supposed to just shoulder the load and make playoff advancement happen. That's what stars do, right? When the Rockets lost Monday and dropped to 0-2, McGrady (rightly) felt the criticism of him was excessive. I mean, all he did was lead Houston in every single important statistical category. Look at the box score. ...