Salt Lake City Tribune is embarrassed by Jazz vs Blazers

This has been re-written since the first draft. I'm going to quote some of the original, more poignant passages of that original piece.

"Whatever hopes the Jazz had of capturing a third consecutive Northwest Division crown likely were extinguished Tuesday night, as embarrassment was followed by expulsion against the Portland Trail Blazers. "

"That gave Portland an 80-57 lead, but the fireworks were still to come. Joel Przybilla provided the defining moment of the night for a Blazers team that refused to back down, no matter how much their lead swelled.

Przybilla drew a charge against Boozer in the lane, then took exception when Boozer flipped the ball at him on the ground. Whether Boozer meant to do so or not, Przybilla got in his face at midcourt, leading to technical fouls for each. "

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Nice little tidbit in there

Highest shooting percentage against Utah since 1995.

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by jscot on Apr 1, 2009 12:03 AM PDT reply actions

Sloan is blaming youth on this loss? Does he know who he played?

“We played last night,” Sloan said. “I think young teams sometimes have a tendency to run into those sort of things.”

Karma

by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 1, 2009 12:25 AM PDT reply actions

But we weren't on the road on a back to back

Sometimes young teams do have performances like that on back to backs on the road.

We had a Utah/Portland back to back this year, too, and played about like they did.

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by jscot on Apr 1, 2009 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions

We didn't play them on a back to back this year

And our losses were 9 and 7 points in Utah.

Karma

by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 1, 2009 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm almost positive one was a back to back.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Apr 1, 2009 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions

nope, you're right

both not on back to backs.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Apr 1, 2009 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Read carefully, young man

I said a Utah/Portland back to back. We did play a back to back that started in Utah and it ended badly in Portland.

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by jscot on Apr 1, 2009 5:30 AM PDT up reply actions

Your face ended badly in Portland

Karma

by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 1, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs

his team isn't even young

Okur, Boozer, Kirilenko?

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Apr 1, 2009 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions

Williams, Millsap, Brewer

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by jscot on Apr 1, 2009 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions

still

they’re nowhere near Memphis young or Portland young. They are a team with a blend of veterans and young players.

draft dejuan blair

by Cablinasian on Apr 1, 2009 12:38 AM PDT up reply actions

They suck on the road

They’re a reason they have exactly ONE WIN against teams above .500 on the road…

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by skywaker9 on Apr 1, 2009 8:17 AM PDT up reply actions

Kind of like us

We haven’t beat a western conf playoff team, on the road, other than the Hornets game when Paul got hurt and we came back.

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by iDea on Apr 1, 2009 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions

But at least we've beaten Eastern teams on the road

They have not.

We beat Magic and Heat, and almost gave Cleveland their 2nd home loss of the year.

by Zaig on Apr 1, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions

They can't whine about back to backs when all teams have them...

arguably some more than others, but we all have them. I think playing a hard game in NY and then fly all the way over to west coast to play is what killed them…Jet lag alone will make you feel like you don’t know whether you’re coming or going. It probably felt like they just played NY 4 hours ago. That said, PTB probably feels like they’re ballin’ at 2am when they go east…soooo It’s a wash. B2B’s are part of the league and the game.

by mjsmith3 on Apr 1, 2009 1:06 AM PDT reply actions

I think they played NY in Utah

"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"

by Magnum on Apr 1, 2009 2:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Like Magnum pointed out

They played in SLC last night.

No one ever has a back to back that involves switching coasts, and you usually never switch time zones.

Still is a tough thang, of course.

Morty

by Mortimer on Apr 1, 2009 4:02 AM PDT up reply actions

SLC is in a different time zone

as is Phoenix

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by hobobob on Apr 1, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Your face is in a different time zone

As is your face.

I realized I was mistaken after I wrote it, but forgot where I wrote it, and figgered awwww, what the hell. The middle time zones are just a bloody joke anyways. All of their TV shows are on our time, or East coast time, so it’s not really a change of a time zone if ya ask me.

Ok… you’re face isn’t in a different time zone :-( I reacted rashly because I knew I was caught, and I felt like if I insulted you then the attention would be thrown off of my incorrect statement and more about your face being so far away. It was a calculated risk that has now blown up in my face, but I’m a man… I can take it.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Apr 2, 2009 2:58 AM PDT up reply actions

I doubt this is there first back to back in 13 years,

The last team to shoot such an astonishing percentage against the Jazz was Houston (62.7 percent) in a Feb. 2, 1995 game.

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by Screen Name on Apr 1, 2009 4:18 AM PDT up reply actions

funny stuff

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by prezofdeath on Apr 1, 2009 4:08 AM PDT reply actions

my bad..I thought it was in NYC

by mjsmith3 on Apr 1, 2009 4:20 AM PDT reply actions

I forgive you

The others prolly won’t though because they are jerks with smelly faces.

Morty, your pal

by Mortimer on Apr 1, 2009 4:51 AM PDT up reply actions

I will never forgive you!

by Zaig on Apr 1, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions

Ouch. Sloan was rough on Brewer in that interview. "should learn that in grade school..."

gee it’s fun embarrassing other teams

It's spelled "PRZYBILLA."
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by RenoBlazerFan on Apr 1, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions

HAHAHAHAHA

I love just punking teams and running the score up. To me there is no better win, because the next day you can sit back and watch the other team implode. It is sweet, sweet nectar.
Now we have to learn how to do that on the road. Maybe not quite a drubbing like last night, but a solid victory in Utah is the next big step. San Antonio, Houston, and L.A. should also be added to that list. That will be when we know we are ready to take this thing all the way.
As for right now our team is peaking at the right time. We are playing teams with aggresivness and confidence, and we aren’t backing down to anyone. Tell em how you really feel Joel. Not to mention Greg is starting to come out of his shell and just not give a damn about critics or anyone but his teammates and coaches, another good sign. I can see that #2 spot sitting there for the taking and isn’t an unrealistic goal at this point. It’s time to finish strong and shut up all the haters.

by JmarcL4 on Apr 1, 2009 11:44 AM PDT reply actions