I was so totally gonna pull out that old pic from you guyses really long car trip (yeah, I went through old blogs)! You beat me to the punch aaarrgh! Nice one though!

we will still win this series but it would of been easier with the rockets. oh well bob fitzgerald wanted the warriors to actually go against the jazz, so maybe he sees something. We can win all the home games, im just worried over a road win, they have been close to doing it but still have not done it yet. I think the road win that we get will be one of the most exciting ones. Possibly a last second shot, and it will come from somebody that we won't expect, (Possibly a desperation 3 pointer from CITIZEN FOYLE!)

We gotta take game 1 and set the tone. I think the mental high that the Warriors are on is going to carry them over a mentally and physically drained Jazz squad.

  Boy, You know who they fear when they are drawn to this site. Just a repeat of the Dallas trolls I guess. BTW I dint think they were Detroit pistons anymore, I thought they were the Japanese pistons these days?

i'm getting antsy for this game, and we've got about 24 hours to go.  i'm thinking we've got some keys to the series and then there is one KEY TO THE SERIES.

keys:

• get our guards scoring like there is no tomorrow (b-diddy, j-rich, monta)
  
• let steve jax shut down okur like he did nowitski
  
• keep a big man in the middle to prevent too much slashing from AK-47 and D-Williams

KEY
* somehow, someway get a handle on boozer.  i'm still liking the ADONALIZE idea (that is, have foyle foil booz with a karate chop), but a second bet is to basically double team and force the rest of the Jazz to win the game.  if we have jax on okur and then everyone else helping on booz, can the jazz really win?  who else has the heart on that team to stand up to us?

so, i know the pros will be writing this up soon, and it could be that i am procrastinating on some other stuff i need to do, but all the same: let's talk about the game tomorrow!  go dubs!!!

Why did Okur take something like 5 uncontested threes in the final minutes of the Rockets choke job?  Yao had to sink down and protect the rim, because the system that Sloan runs has always entailed slashing/cuts to the basket.  Since yao is not well served chasing someone around the court, they have to plant him in the lane.  Okur can NOT get those open looks against us.  One of the big reasons we won against the Mavs was that they missed a TON of wide open shots all over the court when their penetration created those looks.

Can this Jazz team run with us?  We routed them in Oakland, and we dominated the game in Utah until an uncharacteristic late game meltdown (yes, when you go 16-5, late game chokes are uncharacteristic).  Dallas could hardly create a shot to save their life (no true pg), and when they did, Dirk & co. would toss up a brick.  Now, they do have a true PG.  And they have bigs that can knock down open looks.  Not to mention their rebounding prowess.  And Boozer.

This series is gonna be rough my friends...especially, as percentages dictate, our guards will most certainly come back down to earth from their 7/8 3-pt shooting performances.  Harrington has to show up and be a factor.  The offense has to consistently MOVE and ATTACK to get the bigs retreating and on their heels, in foul trouble, tired, etc.  It's not gonna be a free route to the hoop like it was w/Charmin Ultra Soft Nowitski "patrolling" the lane.

Nellie...show me what you got...

" to get the bigs retreating and on their heels, in foul trouble,"

    Yeah, Houston coulda won the last game if they'd kept drivin the lane when they got the lead instead of tossin up long range shots, the Jazz were in the penalty and either givin up easy inside shots or fouling. I guess TMac just got too tired to hit the board and dint have anyone else he trusted to give it to. I don't think we'll let them off so easy we have more scoring threats than the rockets.