【Utah Jazz 犹他爵士讨论区】- 选秀No.12 特雷-莱尔斯 Mo.42 奥利维尔汉兰

MCChan

火箭客场尽管奋力一战，但仍以96-105不敌爵士，排名也被对手正式超越（双方目前同为54胜27负，但火箭相互战绩处于劣势）。而如此一来也意味着，火箭将失去把握自己命运的最后机会，他们将成为货架上的货物，供其他球队挑选，而不是自己能够去挑选对手。


我们可以看一下目前的西部形势，火箭稳居第五，只要他们最后一场不输给快船就不会被太阳超越。当然若爵士能够在最后一轮战胜马刺，那么火箭将失去主场优势，但问题在于：


如果今天马刺同时战胜国王，那么爵士一旦在最后一场比赛中击败马刺，那么他们的名次将会提升到第三位。而一旦提升到第三位，他们的对手将是人人避之不及的太阳！而一旦输给马刺，他们虽然能够碰到火箭，但却会失去主场优势。对于爵士来说，这就是一个值得权衡考虑的战略了。


当然也不能排除另一种情况，如果马刺今天故意输球（目前第二节国王已经反超比分）。那么形势又将变的完全不同，马刺可以通过自己的输球“故意”把火箭提到第三的位置，以避免在最后一场遭遇“算计”，毕竟以目前太阳的强盛，即使马刺贵为卫冕冠军，也是希望极力避免的。


只是可怜了火箭，辛苦了一个赛季，最终却无法掌握自己的命运。等待着他们的，将是太阳、马刺或爵士中的任意一支。而最后一场比赛，也必定将牵涉着诸多阴谋，阳谋，以及战略上的考量。事实上对于那些超级强队而言，主场优势实际上并不特别重要，重要的是如何以尽可能小的代价晋级。那么如今看似弱势的“羔羊”火箭，将会被哪只“恶狼”看中？


附，常规可能的排名情况：


情况一、若马刺击败国王（假定火箭赢得最后一场）


马刺最后一轮胜爵士，则马刺第三，爵士第四，火箭第五，火箭拥有主场优势；


马刺最后一轮负爵士，则爵士第三，马刺第四，火箭第五，火箭失去主场优势。


情况二、若马刺输给国王（假定火箭赢得最后一场）


马刺最后一轮胜爵士，则马刺第三，爵士第四，火箭第五，火箭拥有主场优势；


马刺最后一轮负爵士，则爵士第三，火箭第四，马刺可能第六（视太阳最后一战情况而定），火箭拥有主场优势（对手可能是太阳）。

MCChan

火箭又在15日96-105输给了爵士，同样的不安感觉，不一样的是火箭很可能在数天后就要回到盐湖城继续同这个对手比赛。事关季后赛首轮主场优势，但火箭没能把握住，《休斯敦纪事报》赛后点评：输球的代价，很可能就是失去“主场优势”这季后赛时最大的心理优势。


“上帝啊，他们真的是很出色的主场球队。”巴蒂尔感叹道，爵士本赛季的主场战绩是37胜4负，为全联盟最佳。“我们的篮板失控，投篮很糟糕，这可不是想在盐湖城赢球的方式。这有些像季后赛，而真正的季后赛又同这场比赛有很大不同。”此战后爵士54胜27平的战绩与火箭持平，如果双方常规赛最后一战均取得胜利，比较相互交锋战绩，爵士2-1占据了优势。


去年季后赛首轮抢七战中，火箭在主场输给了爵士，输就输在了篮板球上，这同样是火箭未能在这场球后程反扑的原因，篮板球对比火箭38-50，更是被对手拿下了16个进攻篮板。当然，从积极处着眼，将问题暴露在季后赛较量前，也是有益的，并且兰德里与斯科拉等人也有了在盐湖城打球的经验。斯科拉这场球拿下了22分13个篮板。


“对我、路易斯（斯科拉）和阿隆-布鲁克斯来说，以前是没有在犹他同爵士较量过的，这是一次学习经验。”兰德里表示，比赛中他3投3中得到了6分。“他们是很有攻击性的球队，很有身体，你必须在每一个回合都做好应对的准备。我很庆幸我们在季后赛前有了同他们较量的机会，如果季后赛真是对他们，这会起到帮助。”


第二节后6分钟内，火箭只有兰德里命中了一次运动战出手，被爵士打出了14-3的攻势，半场时落后15分，这同输给掘金时一样。“你必须对他们的行动给出反馈，”阿德尔曼说，“他们是全联盟犯规最多的球队，你必须更凶狠，必须移动起来，必须能完成投篮。他们总在追身，不给你轻松的机会，我想我们也失手了不少上篮球。”


“我们在下半场进行了战斗，但始终没能扭转局面。”阿帅表示，“他们争抢上得益不少，从篮板上取得了二次攻机会，我告诉球队，我们应该比昨晚（对掘金）好的多，但我们也该比今天更好，我们会努力为本周末（季后赛）做好准备的。”

leevihua

原帖由 MCChan 于 15-4-2008 08:39 PM 发表
火箭客场尽管奋力一战，但仍以96-105不敌爵士，排名也被对手正式超越（双方目前同为54胜27负，但火箭相互战绩处于劣势）。而如此一来也意味着，火箭将失去把握自己命运的最后机会，他们将成为货架上的货物，供其他球 ...

谢谢 MC Chan 兄的资料

凭借Boozer, Okur的双双表现，加上众将用命，爵士主场再次击败火箭。

爵士如果在下一场能击败马刺，将能攀升到西部第三种子！


Boozer Double-Double Helps Jazz Bring Down Rockets
By DOUG ALDEN
Posted Apr 15 2008 1:43AM

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Jazz 105, Rockets 96 Carlos Boozer helped Utah beat Houston on Monday, pulling the Jazz even with the Rockets in the Western Conference standings.

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Carlos Boozer scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Jazz beat the Rockets on Monday.

Utah 105, Houston 96 SALT LAKE CITY, April 14 (AP) -- The Utah Jazz avenged losing their home opener by running away with the finale and putting themselves in position for home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The Jazz beat Houston 105-96 on Monday, pulling even with the Rockets in the muddled Western Conference standings with one game to go in the regular season. The playoffs are quickly approaching, but it has yet to be fully determined who will face whom. Houston was the first team to visit Utah during the regular season and also the last. The Rockets won here Nov. 1, spoiling Utah's home opener, but the Jazz ended up clinching the season series 2-1 by winning Monday. The Jazz went 37-4 at home, where they hope to be playing this weekend in the first round of the playoffs. "It changes every day, so we'll see what happens," said Carlos Boozer, who had 21 points and 11 rebounds in his 51st double-double of the season Monday. "The competition is phenomenal in the Western Conference." Both the Jazz and Rockets are 54-27, but Utah would hold the tiebreaker if the records are still identical after Wednesday. Utah can clinch home-court advantage for at least the opening round with just one more win. Unfortunately for the Jazz, that game is in San Antonio, where Utah has lost 17 straight regular-season games. "It's good to be in a predicament where you hold your own destiny," said Utah's Ronnie Brewer, who scored 12 for Utah. "That's what I like. I don't like depending on other people." The Jazz and Rockets could end up meeting in the first round of the playoffs for the second straight year. Houston closes the regular season at home Wednesday against the Clippers. If the Rockets win Wednesday and the Jazz lose to the Spurs, Houston would host the first two games of a series against Utah. The Jazz would prefer to make just one trip to Texas this week. "Somewhere along the line, we're going to have to learn how to win on the road some way," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. Utah could tie San Antonio with a win on Wednesday and own the tiebreaker by winning three of four against the Spurs. The Rockets, who have lost two straight after winning five in a row, never recovered after Utah's 35-point second quarter. Mehmet Okur added 12 points and 13 rebounds and Deron Williams finished with 17 points and nine assists for the Jazz, who won for the sixth time in seven games and finished with their best home record since winning 38 games in 1996-97. Tracy McGrady and Luis Scola scored 22 each for Houston, which fell short with a late rally after trailing by 17 at the end of the third quarter. The Rockets made six 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to make it closer, but couldn't overcome Utah's huge lead. "We battled in the second half, but we could never get back all the way," Houston coach Rick Adelman said. "They got a lot of loose balls, second rebounds and kept us away." The Rockets never recovered after Utah's 35-point second quarter. The Jazz shut out McGrady in the period and went 13-for-21 from the floor while taking a 56-41 lead at halftime. The Jazz closed the second on a 14-3 run and held the Rockets to 6-of-18 shooting in the period. Houston went without a field goal from 6:00 until 7 seconds remained in the period. "The second quarter really killed us," McGrady said.

MCChan

真的有点矛盾，你说打太阳好还是火箭好？
还有，怎样把图片一起放进去？新手嘛...

leevihua

原帖由 MCChan 于 15-4-2008 11:52 PM 发表
真的有点矛盾，你说打太阳好还是火箭好？
还有，怎样把图片一起放进去？新手嘛...

放图片的方法：

方法1：  最简单的，如果是现成的网上图片，直接copy and paste在你的新帖中就可。缺点是当该图片被移掉或被保护的话，就看不到了。

方法2：  适用于现成的网上图片或自己的照片。重点在于copy 到图片连接地址。

a)  如果是现成网上图片，很简单，right click该图的properties就能拿到URL地址了。
b)  如果是自己的图片，你必须将图片upload 到网上相片簿如： http://photobucket.com/   拿到 URL地址就行了。

c)  拿到URL地址后，选择上面一个青色的 icon (加图片），paste it, 搞定！

MCChan

MCChan

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MCChan

MCChan

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[ 本帖最后由 MCChan 于 17-4-2008 12:05 AM 编辑 ]

leevihua

原帖由 MCChan 于 16-4-2008 11:45 PM 发表

哇噻~  你的素描功力还真不赖~  

你是从事美术行业的吗？

leevihua

帮你修改了连接~  

disneykcland

2007季后赛的延续
2008首圈 - 犹他 VS 休士顿

MCChan

不是啦，从小就喜欢画画，突然想到把我们的爵士俱乐部添加一点生气，兴起来就在周末搞定它们啰....哈...哈...可以吗？如果不钟意我就不敢放上去啰！！！！火箭他们那儿我也放一张姚明进去，但不理想。

礼拜九点半，我期待已就啰....一起上网看直播吧，中国网一定会播他们火箭姚明队的喇.....

MCChan

马刺在最后一场常规赛中主场迎战爵士。由于关系到常规赛的排名和季后赛能否获得主场资格，双方都尽遣主力，结果马刺在半场就领先26分，最终以109-80大胜爵士队，常规赛排名西部第三。而爵士则排名第四，不过并没有主场优势，他们将在季后赛对阵火箭。


马刺共有六位球员得分上双，帕克得到全场最高的24分和12次助攻，邓肯14分11个篮板，吉诺比利复出得到12分6个篮板。爵士仅有两人得分上双，迈尔斯得到全队最高的12分。


全队手感奇佳 马刺开局占先

首节比赛，邓肯在开局阶段非常兴奋，在篮板、抢断和得分方面都有贡献，率领马刺以8-2领先对手。威廉姆斯投篮命中，帕克此后连得4分，马刺打出一波8-0的高潮。爵士由基里连科和布瑞连续命中，而帕克依然无法阻挡，双方在随后陷入僵持，马刺依然保持10分左右的领先优势。本节还剩下2分10秒时，吉诺比利助攻邓肯上篮得分，马刺以26-15领先11分。布泽尔最后时刻传球失误，马刺以30-21领先结束首节。马刺在首节19投14中，命中率高达73.7%。


马刺四人得分上双 半场领先26分

第二节，双方各自连中两球，不过在随后近两分钟的时间内，双方均未能得分，直到吉诺比利的跳投命中。本节还剩下7分46秒时，邦纳命中三分，马刺以41-28扩大领先优势。本节还剩6分33秒时，乌多卡再次命中三分，引领球队打出一波9-1的高潮，马刺以55-33领先爵士达22分。而吉诺比利在最后42秒时的跳投更是帮助球队将分差拉大到28分，爵士米尔斯半场结束前扣篮得分，马刺以65-39大比分领先进入下半场。帕克在上半场就拿下15分11次助攻的两双数据，马刺有四位球员得分上双，而爵士则无一人得分上双。


犹他反击无力 马刺稳住局势

第三节，帕克前三投无一命中，爵士趁机连得四分，将比分追至43-65。关键时刻，鲍文、帕克和邓肯连得六分，马刺再一次拉开分差。而爵士则陷入进攻低潮，自本节结束还剩9分47秒起，他们在三分钟半的时间内竟然仅命中一球，马刺最多领先达29分。幸好基里连科随后带领球队打出9-0的攻击波，将比分追至54-74。此后，邓肯内线跳投稳住局面，马刺以85-60领先进入第四节。


爵士尽遣替补 比赛进入垃圾时间

第四节，爵士已经派出全部替补，宣告比赛提前进入垃圾时间。马刺则让吉诺比利率领一帮角色球员在场，巴里三分命中后将分差拉大到31分。最终马刺以109-80大胜爵士。

disneykcland

爵士一比零领先火箭

MCChan

火箭坐镇丰田中心迎来同爵士的季后赛首轮首场较量，比赛前段火箭受困篮板不利，被对手建立领跑优势，虽在第三节前段一度反扑超出，但此后又被对手以稳健攻势拉开比分，最终82-93落败。首个主场即告负，意味着火箭送出了主场优势。麦蒂此战得到20分7次助攻6个篮板，但末节没有得分；巴蒂尔22分，斯科拉14分13个篮板；基里连科得到爵士最高分21分，布泽尔20分16个篮板，德隆-威廉姆斯20分10次助攻。


篮板失控 火箭局面很被动


开局时段双方平稳对峙，巴蒂尔包办火箭前4分，爵士则由德隆-威廉姆斯和布泽尔领路。在麦蒂突篮开张后，火箭一度6-4领先，可基里连科随即利用打三分、篮下强攻引出7-0攻势，爵士11-6超出。鲍比-杰克逊送出三分后，又策应斯科拉抢断上篮得分，火箭将比分追至11平。


但随比赛深入，火箭篮板不利的问题逐步暴露，多次被对手控制前场篮板，并二次甚至三次攻涨分，首节拿下9分的基里连科又率领爵士打出6-0攻势，将比分拉开。首节结束时火箭16-23落后。单节火箭只有5个篮板，爵士拿下12个篮板，进攻篮板对比上火箭更是1-7的绝对弱势。


火药味渐起 麦蒂被恶侵


次节前段阿帅安排麦蒂统领布鲁克斯、兰德里、哈里斯等人主打，麦蒂虽送出灌篮攻势，但火箭替补阵容火力不及爵士，又被对手送出9-4攻势，9分25秒时爵士已32-20取得两位数优势。篮板依然是火箭问题，海德的打三分因此未能起到振奋军心的作用。穆托姆博、斯科拉奋力争抢中，同爵士也些许传出火药味。


麦蒂一次近篮跳投还被科沃尔侵犯，捂着肚子蹲在地板上好一番调整。此后麦蒂利用罚球、篮板与跳投攻势起到领军作用，火箭篮板球局面也终有改进，2分40秒斯科拉跳投后，火箭追至34-42。半场收官阶段，穆托姆博把握前场篮板机会送出灌篮，麦蒂随之又射入三分球，只是可惜鲍比-杰克逊的抢断上篮机会在篮下滑倒。半场时火箭追至41-47。麦蒂半场11投5中送出13分4次助攻3个篮板，基里连科8投5中得到爵士最高分12分。


大叔领军反扑 爵士重建优势


麦蒂在第三节开场率先利用罚球涨分，穆托姆博更助推出一波冲击高潮--其争抢前场篮板，为巴蒂尔创造了三分球机会；回转防守，穆大叔强阻德隆-威廉姆斯，又转身封盖布泽尔；爵士阵脚不稳，又被火箭形成断球快攻，麦蒂助斯科拉上篮后，自己再有篮下强攻，4分钟时间内火箭形成12-4冲击，53-51反超。


但爵士调整后布泽尔开始发挥，个人送出一波6-0，重新为爵士建立优势身位。激烈对峙中，穆托姆博又对哈普林的攻篮送出劲道十足的封盖，只是大叔挥舞手指也领到了技术犯规。此节后段兰德里、海耶斯均有篮板表现，但火箭外线手感欠佳，而爵士射手科沃尔则两入三分球，帮助爵士以68-60的优势比分领先进入末节。


巴蒂尔连入三分 火箭仍遭败局


第三节后段派出诺瓦克，没有在外线火力上得到支持，末节前段继续使用诺瓦克，火箭却暴露了这一点的防守不利，被基里连科轻松攻篮，爵士重建两位数优势。布鲁克斯的突分虽然为兰德里创造了灌篮、罚球机会，但火箭无法形成反扑，且兰德里、巴蒂尔的罚球均有闪失，9分29秒德隆-威廉姆斯命中三分球，爵士75-63巩固优势。


末节中段双方均在罚球线上遇到问题，但布泽尔为爵士保障了篮板，并能完成补射，7分31秒时爵士已79-64扩大优势。尽管巴蒂尔此后送出亮点，相继命中3个三分球，但火箭防守无法克制爵士，麦蒂末节又没有得分，因此火箭始终不能形成追分。进入最后2分钟收官时，布鲁克斯连续罚球将分差缩小到10分，但这已是火箭极限。最终火箭主场落败。

leevihua

谢谢Chan兄跟进。。。  爵士季后赛客场93-82击败火箭。1-0领先。

爵士的Kirilenko得21分， Boozer20分16篮板，William得10分10助攻。

Jazz Take Series Opener in Houston
By CHRIS DUNCAN, AP Sports Writer
Posted Apr 20 2008 12:57AM


Jazz 93, Rockets 82 (F) Deron Williams tallied 20 points and 10 assists as the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 93-82 in the opener of their first-round series Saturday night.


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Deron Williams scored 20 points and dished out 10 assists to lead the Jazz over the Rockets in Game 1.

Utah 93, Houston 82 (F)
HOUSTON, April 19 (AP) -- Andrei Kirilenko scored 21 points, Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 16 rebounds and the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 93-82 in the opener of their first-round series Saturday night. Deron Williams had 20 points and 10 assists as Utah, 17-24 on the road during the regular season, won its second straight playoff game in Houston. The last victory came in Game 7 last season, and that was when Houston got help from Yao Ming. Yao is not around for this one. He's out for the series with a foot injury and the Rockets have to wonder after Game 1 how they're going to compete with the Jazz inside. Utah had a 34-29 rebounding edge through three quarters and Boozer hit 10 of 20 shots. Utah's reserves also played well, outscoring Houston's reserves 28-17. Shane Battier scored 22 and Tracy McGrady had 20 points for Houston, which shot 37 percent (29 of 79). The Rockets are also playing without starting point guard Rafer Alston, who strained his right hamstring late in the season. His backup, Bobby Jackson, scored seven points on 3-for-15 shooting.
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MCChan

ole....ole.....ole.....ole....ole..... Lee兄, good leh......
火箭坐镇丰田中心展开同爵士的季后赛首轮第2场较量，尽管麦蒂以23分13个篮板9次助攻的准三双表现奋力带动球队，鲍比-杰克逊与斯科拉也分别送出18分和14分，火箭仍因整体实力差距落败，最终84-90告负。德隆-威廉姆斯得到22分，奥库16分16个篮板，布泽尔13分。连续主场告负后，火箭总比分已0-2落后，晋级希望已很是渺茫。

接下来两战火箭要造访盐湖城的“联盟最强主场”--爵士本赛季主场战绩37胜4负。不过火箭也应有继续奋战的信心，毕竟本赛季开局阶段火箭曾在客场击败过爵士。当然，从近10次交锋已输给爵士8次来看，“主客”之因素还在其次，实力对比是最根本论据。麦蒂准三双表现不俗，但在末节4投0中，表现同首战末节3投全失相当。

德隆三分凶猛 爵士替补打压火箭

麦蒂开场远投不中，转为突破招法利用罚球开张，首战表现不佳的鲍比-杰克逊此后两番攻篮得手，加之斯科拉的砍分贡献，火箭取得7-3的开局优势。但爵士的强点突然闪现--德隆-威廉姆斯前5分钟内命中3个三分球！其带动爵士形成10-2攻势，7分19秒时爵士13-9超出。

穆托姆博罚球将比分追为13-15，布泽尔也过早2次犯规上身，但局面并没有倒向火箭--爵士替补米尔萨普、哈普林、普莱斯连续砍分，并且这3人都有送出抢断后的快攻，火箭因此被动，首节后段被对手打出了11-4的攻势，首节爵士26-17领先。爵士替补首节即拿下11分，火箭替补0得分。

麦蒂精彩领军 爵士半场仍领先

麦蒂在次节前段有精彩的领军表现，在罚球添分后，麦蒂对布泽尔送出封盖，并助攻兰德里灌篮，此后麦蒂自己也有强突灌篮。10分04秒时，麦蒂再抢断德隆-威廉姆斯，助攻布鲁克斯上篮，火箭形成9-2冲击，追分至25-28。爵士此后又将比分拉开至33-26，布鲁克斯连续突篮，麦蒂在被换下休整前也利用跳投继续砍分。

直到此节5分24秒，布泽尔才首次得分，不过在奥库跳投助力下，爵士又将比分拉开至39-32。双方此后均强化防守，命中率均走低至40％左右，鲍比-杰克逊跳投、罚球努力追分，重新出场的麦蒂在2分40秒又送出中投，火箭追至38-39。但在半场收官阶段的激烈对峙中，奥库两入三分球帮助爵士稳固优势，半场爵士47-41领先。爵士半场三分球13投6中，火箭7投0中。

鲍比、巴蒂尔三分撑局面

第三节开场又是麦蒂率先中投砍分，爵士被迫对火箭一号采取多人包夹，鲍比-杰克逊趁机发力，两番送出三分球，9分02秒麦蒂在犯规拦截下强投命中，火箭将比分追为51平。双方此后形成激烈拉锯，连续5回合交错涨分，一路战至61平。激烈对峙中德隆-威廉姆斯脚踝略有不适，一度回到了更衣室。

此节后段布泽尔利用罚球、跳投又为爵士建立优势，1分37秒时爵士67-61领先。火箭又有亮点人物涌现，还是在三分线外--巴蒂尔连续两回合射入三分球，火箭一度将比分超出。但爵士火力同样凶猛，普莱斯命中压哨三分球，爵士69-67领先进入末节。

难挡犹他火力 火箭再落败

奥库在末节开场又送出冷射，爵士71-67领先。布鲁克斯此后为火箭送出惊喜--两番强突上篮，其中还有打三分之作，火箭完成7-0攻势，74-71超出。不过在德隆-威廉姆斯重新出场后，爵士又稳定阵脚，短时间内送出9-2攻势，5分43秒时爵士80-76领先。这一阶段火箭只靠罚球涨分，但麦蒂与斯科拉均是2罚1中。

斯科拉的罚球与上篮又将比分追至80-81。但刚出现过2罚不中的杰克逊两番出手均没有命中，爵士则利用德隆与布泽尔的上篮攻势再将比分拉开，进入最后1分半钟收官阶段，爵士85-80领先。火箭奋力冲击无力回天，科沃尔比赛结束前20秒的仓促一抛却准确命中，在麦蒂三分飙射未果后，火箭败局已定。

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原帖由 MCChan 于 22-4-2008 11:38 PM 发表
ole....ole.....ole.....ole....ole..... Lee兄, good leh......
火箭坐镇丰田中心展开同爵士的季后赛首轮第2场较量，尽管麦蒂以23分13个篮板9次助攻的准三双表现奋力带动球队，鲍比-杰克逊与斯科拉也分别送出18分和 ...

谢谢 Chan兄跟进

爵士的Deron William大取22分，Okur取2双 16分16篮板，加上Korver最后20秒的buzzer beater，在火箭主场取得2连胜 ~

第3场，爵士魔鬼主场见

（非常遗憾，我最喜欢的两支队伍连续两年季后赛首圈提早碰面。。。  希望来年不会再自相残杀 ）


Jazz Burn Rockets to Take 2-0 Series Lead
Posted Apr 22 2008 1:58AM


Jazz 90, Rockets 84 (F) Deron Williams scored 22 points and Mehmet Okur added 16 points and 16 rebounds as the Jazz beat the Rockets 90-84 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.

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Deron Williams posted 22 points and five assists as the Jazz took a commanding 2-0 lead on the Rockets.


Utah 90, Houston 84 HOUSTON, April 21 (AP) -- Tracy McGrady bent over in exhaustion as the final seconds ticked away of another playoff loss. The seven-time All-Star had 23 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists, but faltered again in the fourth quarter as the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 90-84 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Deron Williams, who briefly left the game with an injury, finished with 22 points and Mehmet Okur added 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Jazz, who have won eight of the last 10 meetings with Houston. Game 3 is Thursday night in Utah, where the Jazz went 37-4 during the regular season. "It's great for us to come out the way we did and not settle for the one victory," said Williams, who re-aggravated a tailbone injury. "We wanted to get both of them, get greedy. We've just got to go back now and take care of business." McGrady, who has never advanced past the first round of the playoffs, fell just short of his first postseason triple-double, but he went 0-for-4 from the field and scored only one point in the final quarter. He scored 20 points in Game 1, but went 0-for-3 from the field in the fourth quarter of Utah's 93-82 victory. McGrady played 43 minutes and said he was tired at the end of Monday night's game, a combination of Utah's physical defense and his efforts to carry his team. "I had no legs. I was on empty," McGrady said. "Banging with Matt Harpring, trying to rebound, trying to make plays for my team, trying to score, playing 43 minutes. That's a lot." The Rockets still had their chances to win. Luis Scola hit two free throws with 1:21 to go to cut Utah's lead to 85-82. After Williams missed a driving layup, Houston's Bobby Jackson hit a 3-pointer that would have tied the game but Scola was called for an offensive foul away from the ball when he pushed Andrei Kirilenko. McGrady blasted official Tony Brothers for the call and accused Kirilenko of exaggerating the contact. "You can't call that," he said. "I like Tony Brothers, but that was a bad call. Very, very bad call. Three points down, crucial point in the game and Kirilenko flops. He flops and you call a foul on that? It was a bad call." Kirilenko grabbed an offensive rebound on Utah's next possession and Kyle Korver flipped in a one-handed shot as the shot clock expired to put the game out of reach with 20 seconds to go. Carlos Boozer added 13 points and Williams had five assists for the Jazz, who closed the game with a 14-8 run. Utah went only 17-24 on the road during the regular season, but the Jazz have won four straight playoff games in Houston, including the last two games at the Toyota Center in the first round last year. "It's big for us," Boozer said. "We came in here trying to get Game 1. That was a tough task, but we accomplished it. And then Game 2 was tough, but we held our composure down the stretch and got a win."

MCChan

居住在休斯敦以外的美国人，对这座美国第四大城市的214万居民有一种普遍的误解，认为这里糟糕的交通和大而无当的城市规划，让休斯敦人变得喜欢抱怨。当地的莱斯大学还专门搞过一次调查为休斯敦人正名，调查结果表明超过80％的休斯敦人都觉得其他大都市比这里更糟糕。


就我的切身体会，休斯敦人的抱怨是事实，他们抱怨的还不光是交通和城市规划，油价、犯罪和污染什么的都是经常的话题。抱怨一座城市并不代表你不喜欢它，就像我和我的朋友常常会说上海房价很贵，车牌还得拍卖，可是让我搬到另一座城市，我还真不愿意。


季后赛将休斯敦人的优越感彰显无遗，盐湖城本来就是一座没什么特色的城市，火箭球迷在这上头做的文章也特别多。在丰田中心内外，你可以看到许多嘲讽盐湖城的标语牌，给我印象最深的一块写着：“盐湖城也算是座城市？”


涉及“人身攻击”的标语牌就更多了，爵士大前锋布泽尔只能怪祖上没给自己留下个好姓氏，因为他的尊姓与英文的“失败者”谐音，火箭球迷简直连想也不用想就能把两者联系上。基里连科去年在休斯敦哭了一鼻子，事隔一年之后，还有“好心”的休斯敦人提醒他别忘带小手绢。


印象中火箭球迷还是挺有分寸的，很少大规模口头攻击客队。再说美国人表达的话语也贫乏，在球馆里喊来喊去不是“火箭加油”，就是“加油火箭”，没趣得要死。这次居然听到全场齐刷刷地吆喝“爵士烂队”，很是震惊，如果不是我孤陋寡闻，那就是连续两年的狭路相逢让休斯敦人真正恨上了爵士。