Lakers 109, Jazz 98
There are a host of reasons why the Jazz lost Game 1 against the Lakers on Sunday, but one of them is that they were outscored in the 8:04 Kobe Bryant spent on the bench. It seems pretty simple to me: You'd better make hay while the NBA MVP is out of the game.
The Jazz failed to do so at the start of the second and fourth quarters and paid the price. With Bryant on the bench in the second quarter, they watched as Sasha Vujacic scored nine points in 4:07 - - driving for a three-point play and knocking down two three-pointers.
The Jazz were outscored 9-4 as Bryant rested, committing three turnovers - - bad passes by Ronnie Price and Matt Harpring and an offensive foul on Paul Millsap. Deron Williams also was blocked by Ronny Turiaf, though Harpring scored on the follow up.
The Lakers led 25-24 at the start of the quarter and 34-28 when Bryant replaced Vujacic. It's worth noting that Bryant scored on his first possession after returning in the second and fourth quarters, crossing over Andrei Kirilenko for a three-point play and hitting a 13-footer.
Bryant came out with 43.5 seconds left in the third and didn't return until the 8:46 mark of the fourth. The Jazz went into the fourth trailing 79-72, having battled back from 19 points down in the third. Again, they couldn't take advantage with Bryant out.
The Jazz went 1-for-7 while Bryant was out at the start of the fourth. Kyle Korver missed two jumpers (he went 2 of 7 in the game) and Harpring made just 1 of 5 shots. That included a layup smothered by Turiaf.
For the afternoon, the Jazz were outscored 15-11 when Bryant was out. I've seen Bryant go 46-plus minutes in games like Sunday's, taking advantage of the longer timeouts for national television to rest. He played 39:56 by comparison in Game 1.
You have to wonder if the Jazz can't capitalize when Bryant's out of the game just how they expect to do so when he's on the court.
--Ross Siler
The Jazz failed to do so at the start of the second and fourth quarters and paid the price. With Bryant on the bench in the second quarter, they watched as Sasha Vujacic scored nine points in 4:07 - - driving for a three-point play and knocking down two three-pointers.
The Jazz were outscored 9-4 as Bryant rested, committing three turnovers - - bad passes by Ronnie Price and Matt Harpring and an offensive foul on Paul Millsap. Deron Williams also was blocked by Ronny Turiaf, though Harpring scored on the follow up.
The Lakers led 25-24 at the start of the quarter and 34-28 when Bryant replaced Vujacic. It's worth noting that Bryant scored on his first possession after returning in the second and fourth quarters, crossing over Andrei Kirilenko for a three-point play and hitting a 13-footer.
Bryant came out with 43.5 seconds left in the third and didn't return until the 8:46 mark of the fourth. The Jazz went into the fourth trailing 79-72, having battled back from 19 points down in the third. Again, they couldn't take advantage with Bryant out.
The Jazz went 1-for-7 while Bryant was out at the start of the fourth. Kyle Korver missed two jumpers (he went 2 of 7 in the game) and Harpring made just 1 of 5 shots. That included a layup smothered by Turiaf.
For the afternoon, the Jazz were outscored 15-11 when Bryant was out. I've seen Bryant go 46-plus minutes in games like Sunday's, taking advantage of the longer timeouts for national television to rest. He played 39:56 by comparison in Game 1.
You have to wonder if the Jazz can't capitalize when Bryant's out of the game just how they expect to do so when he's on the court.
--Ross Siler
11:56 PM
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2 Comments:
FUCK THE JAZZ!!!
Got to love the Laker fans. Way to bring it strong jambo. You used 75% of your vocabulary, I'm sure.
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