Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Game 56: Utah Jazz at Phoenix Suns

Utah Jazz vs
101 - 102
Season Record: 31-25
King Williams Era Record: 0-2

Another close game, hard loss, and good effort by the Jazz. But, another loss as well. Like i've said before i would much rather see this kind of game than one that the Jazz don't have good effort and don't play hard. Winning would be nice, but that just doesn't always happen.
I thought the Jazz had this game just about taken care of when they were up 89-81, but the Suns took over control and went up 92-89 i think. The Jazz had a chance to steal this game in the closing seconds, but ended up without even getting a shot up.

The Jazz are now sitting in the 8 spot in the West. Just a half game ahead of Memphis in the 9 spot. The Suns are only 2 and a half behind in the 10 spot. Still a lot of season left, but the fact is if the Jazz want in the playoffs they have to change things around. The teams below the Jazz have a winning record in the last 10 games, as the Jazz have a losing record in their recent games. It could come right down to the end of the season with the Jazz involved in a playoff race to get in.

2 comments:

Paul said...

They fought hard, but once again came up short. The Jazz just lack a killer instinct. I think they will do a bit better as the season progresses, but they are probably looking at a 6,7 or 8 playoff seed, or maybe none at all. I did think they fought harder this game.

Geoff said...

I agree they did play a much better game. I think if they can get up to the 6 seed that would be huge for the Jazz looking from where they are at right now.

I just don't know, they just haven't been putting big runs together against teams this year. Seems like last year i was always just waiting for the Jazz to go on a run and put the game away, they did it so often. I don't think i've really seen it hardly any this year.