Saturday, February 5, 2011

Jazz Fight to the finish in Deron's Return Jazz beat Denver 113-106



         This game was a great tough fight to the end with Deron coming back after missing a few games with a wrist injury. He had 26 points and 12 assists. But the big story is Al Jefferson with 28 points and 10 rebounds. The dunk he had over Nene was a statement to how strong he is down low in the post. He is much more valuable in the post than as a jump shooter.
          Raja Bell broke out of his shell tonight with a season high 20 points plus 7 rebounds, and 2 steals, which makes the record the Jazz have when Raja has 2 or more steals 8-3. Some people have said that Bell was the worst player the Jazz got this off season but if he plays like this the rest of the season I think he will be considered one of the top pickups the Jazz got this season. Of course he did turn down Kobe and the Fakers which is a major plus.
          Jeremy Evans had a great game with that sweet put back dunk over Al Harrington.
           It has been discussed many times before but the 100 point mark is kind of way to tell how well the Jazz played in the game. All you have to do is look at the stats. The Jazz are now 22-3 when scoring 100+ points, and only 8-18 when scoring under 100. I think that is pretty self explanatory.  
          The Jazz, as a total, had 11 turnovers to the Nuggets 13 turnovers, which makes them  21-6 when committing fewer turnovers than their opponents. Overall I thought that this was one of the best games that the Jazz have played this season. They played tough, they had energy, and they pushed the ball.

~Jazz4thewin

Also, just a little fun fact: the last time the Jazz Scored 150+ points was when the Jazz beat Denver 151-136 on February 10, 1982.