Playoff Starts; Rose Blossoms; and Lakers, See You Soon

Jazz,

- Okur still can't run full speed with the strained hamstring he suffered in Monday's victory over the L.A. Clippers and pegged his chances as "low" of playing this afternoon when the Jazz open their first-round playoff series against the Lakers.

The Jazz have not officially ruled out Okur, but have made contingency plans, with coach Jerry Sloan saying he would start veteran Jarron Collins in Okur's place, much as he did in Tuesday's regular-season finale against the Lakers.

The chance of upsetting Lakers in the first game is a little bit...slimmer?

- Rockets really kicked Trail Blazers ass today. Jazz, could you remind me how we kicked Rockets out in 1st round, for two years in a row?

Others,

- Rose just showed everyone he is the Rookie of the Year. He scored 36 pts, 11 asts in a playoff debut. The mental strength you seldom found in a rookie.

- Asked about his range afterward, James paused. "Uh," he said. "Pretty much unlimited."

LBJ perhaps is the best athletic basketball player ever, but sometimes I thought he should have shown some more humbleness in his words.

Our X-Factor is in a slump...

Jazz Game,

- I always see Brewer as the X-Factor for us in the playoff. But his recent form is a bit worrying...In last two games, 1/11 in field goals with 5 points in total...

- D Will said after the win over Clippers, "We put ourselves in that position", spot on.

Others,

- It is a consolation that JR Smith does not only fire his three-pointers to us...11/18 from downtown vs Kings...that's just crazy. No team should allow him to get his 3-point momentum.

Lost Again in San Antonio

Jazz Games,

- We lost 20 straight games in San Antonio. That's qutie a record.

- The only thing that we can do is to try our best in the last three games. Try to win them all, and avoid playing Lakers in the first round.

- If not, just lay ourselves out (as Coach Sloan said) and see what could happen vs Lakers.

Others,

- Thanks for Portland's win (we seldom say this), Lakers lost 17 games, while Cavliers lost 15 games. It looks like Lakers won't try to fight for edging Cavliers and we do have a chance to win in the very last regular season games in LA.

Jazz Swept Hornets, Enough Said.

Jazz Game,

- As a Jazz fans, we feel sweet about the Hornets sweep.

- I think the statement - "CP3 is much better than D Will", can no longer stand upright. The media, could we start to say they have the same caliber from now on?

Others,

- Will Bynum, 26 pts of the Team's 36 in the fourth quarter? It is a heart-breaker to Bobcats fans.

Wow...Jazz Lost 3 Straight

Jazz Games,

- no comments. But I insist AK is an important player while CJ is someone that we should use less.

Others,

- Gerald Wallace's rejection on D Wade is strong, clean, and nice. You got to see the Top 10 Video on Friday from NBA.com.