The game was close in the end and on the road you can't ask for a whole lot more. The Warriors gave themselves a great chance to win the game, but ended up just short. If Stephen Jackson's 3 goes slightly left, we might be talking about a Warriors win. He's come up huge for us before and will no doubt again, he's not going to make them all, I guess. The Jazz kept their home court advantage and the Warriors will just have to come back and try to steal game 2.

Two great games by two great PG's

• Fantastic Game [ESPN]: GSoM friend Henry Abbott at True Hoop
• Henry Abbott (5/8/2007 at 1:14 AM): It's insanely fun to watch. Both teams are fast-breaking like crazy. Great point guard duel. Lots of made baskets. If you have friends who don't like basketball, make them watch this series, and they stand an excellent chance of being converted.
  
  
  
• Game 1 was incredible, Game 2 is the Warriors to win [Talking Points with Tim Kawakami]
  
  
• Baron Davis shoots and is fouled by the Utah cheerleaders [Talking Points with Tim Kawakami]
  
  
• Give us six more like Game 1 [Contra Costa Times - Tim Kawakami]
  
  
• ESPN's Daily Dime - Series worthy of a distance run [Daily Dime - John Hollinger]
  
  
• Putting a full-court press on NBA action [Hoops Junkie - Marcus Thompson II]
  
  
• So, How Do You Guard Boozer? [Hoops Junkie - Marcus Thompson II]
  
  
• Wow, We Get Another One Of These Series, Apparently [Deadspin]
  
  
• NBA.com post game video clips and higlights [NBA.com]
  
  
• Will Jackson be in court or on it? [SF Gate - Janny Hu]
  
  
• All but Victory [SF Gate - Janny Hu]
  
  
• Golden State at Utah: Game 1 Notes [SLAM - Mutoni's Spot]
  
  
• Get used to the series' high-stakes drama [Salt Lake Tribune - Kurt Kragthorpe]
  
  
• AP Recap - Utah 116, Golden State 112 [AP]
  
  
• NBA Playoff Capsules [AP]
  
  
• Matchup Problems [Yahoo! NBA Experts - Steve Kerr]
  
  
• Outside Shots not the Way to Go [SF Gate - Bruce Jenkins]
  
  
• Twelve Years of Suffering Makes It That Much More Special [UC Santa Barbara Daily News - John Ciccarelli]
  
  
• Runnin' and Gunnin' [YOU BEEN BLINDED]
  
  
• Small-ball paying off for Golden State [Salt Lake Tribune - Ross Siler ]
  
  
• Jackson Temper Aids Warriors in Playoffs [Star Tribune.net - Josh Dubow]
  
  
• A Friendly Jazz-Warriors Wager II [Ballhype]
  
  
• Deron Reigns Supreme [The Feed]
  
  
• Late Jazz Rally Leaves Warriors Singing the Blues [20 Second Timeout]
  
  

  
  
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• Game 1 Thoughts [The Association]
  
  
• Jazz Win Game 1 [Complete Sports]
  
  
• Playoff Revelations [AOL Fanhouse]
  
  
• Warriors vs. Jazz Might be a Lot of Fun [AOL Fanhouse]
  
  
• Stephen Jackson Has Other Pressing Commitments [AOL Fanhouse]
  
  
• NBA Playoff Impressions - Sweet and Lowdown [Signal to Noise]
  
  
• Golden State-Utah Game One Notes: Whose Bodies Are Those Floating in the Salt Lake? [The Starting Five]
  
  
• Analysis: West Semis--Jazz 116, Warriors 112 (Game 1) [The Painted Area]
  
  
• Jazz get their symphony on versuss Warriors [Sportable]]
  
  
• Dee Brown = Jermaine Dupri? [Say Hey: A Bay Area Sports Blog]
  
  
• Why The Warriors Should Worry [Say Hey: A Bay Area Sports Blog]
  
  
• NBA Triple Threat: Boom Jazz-le [FanIQ Blog]
  
  
• NBA Hit List, 5-8-07 [Dime]
  
  
• Jazz survive Game 1 over Warriors, 116-112 [Utah Jazz Blog]
  
  
• Debunking the Myths: Jazz vs Warriors [Utah Jazz Blog]
  
  
• Last but certainly not least, Adam Lauridsen always brings it: Bruised Not Broken [Fast Break - A Warriors Fan Blog]
  There’s no sense in sugarcoating the Warriors’ Game 1 loss. It was a close game that they easily could have won, but for some costly mental mistakes and clutch play by the Jazz. Equally, there’s no sense in blowing it out of proportion. It was a game the Jazz needed to win to keep home court and avoid a disastrous start to the series. The Jazz held serve, but needed huge games from their key players to do it. The good and the bad, after the jump.

  The Jazz’s Game 1 performance was almost the exact opposite of the Mavs opener. The Jazz protected the hoop, punished us physically, owned the boards and hit big shots repeatedly from the outside. The Warriors lived by the three in Round 1, Game 1. Monday night they died by it. Still, the Jazz don’t necessarily have the versatility of the Mavs. What we saw from Sloan and Co. in Game 1 is what we’ll be getting all series (if the Jazz are lucky). It’s now up to Nellie to figure out a way to coach his schmoes past it.

  
  
  

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Warriors vs Utah Series

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