Both Kirilenko and Okur have been out for a couple of games also, Kirilenko with an injury and Okur dealing with an illness in the family, so the weight of these loses cannot be put on the absence of Williams alone. The Jazz have plenty of talent and should be able to beat the subpar teams in the league with some back-up players. Even an injury-battered Jazz team should have been able to beat the Charlotte Bobcats, but the Larry Brown-led Bobcats outlasted the Jazz 104-96.
Deron Williams
18 November 2008
They need Deron Williams to be healthy and to lead this team.
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11 May 2008
and Mehmet Okur's offense salvaged Utah win.
Once again, it took above average performances from Deron Williams and Mehmet Okur and injured Kobe Bryant for the Jazz to win in the overtime...not a good sign before game 5. However, Carlos Boozer had another bad game and you have to think he will wake up this week.
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10 May 2008
Home sweet home. The Jazz finally provided the Lakers with their first loss of the playoffs. It took the home crowd, an excellent performance from the big three (Williams, Boozer and Okur) and a quiet night from Bryant (quiet by his standards). After all of that, the game was still very close; therefore, the Lakers should feel really good about the series. I guess the only thing the Jazz got going is that they have been there last year - in the Western Conference Finals AND down 0:2 in the series, which they won in game seven on the road (against the Rockets). That means that although the Lakers are the clear favorites, nobody is panicking in Utah and that approach might be the only chance they have to get back to the finals.
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Posted by Pawel Twardecki | No comments yet
3 May 2008
Utah Jazz used a thrid qurter run to easily beat the Rockets in the game six lat night. Deron Williams decided to hit four threes in the third to push the lead to twenty points in the quarter. McGrady tried hard and ended up with 40 points for the night. He even went on a personal 9:0 run vs. the Jazz at one point, but one player is not enough.
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26 April 2008
shooting 0% from the three point line (0 for 14). As was the case in the previous three wins, Deron Williams showed Tracy McGrady how to play in the fourth quarter.
The game was very physical with a lot of interesting no-calls. Good, let them play. Let's see if the Jazz will be able to complete the so rare road hattrick and ship the Rockets back to earth in game five in Houston.
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