it should be noted that I was only off by 1 point for each team in my score prediction

I will admit when AK went down I was scared, but look for at least two or three of those a game. He is DRAMATIC! However, we need at least one of those guys, every other teams has one. AK is looks great and Milsap is a beast. When the Bucks went on their 31-6 run (literally) Milsap was on the bench. I still don't get Sloans philosophy of "play through it" rather than call a timeout after the opposing team goes off on us. Please, just once call a timeout. Oh well, how much crap can I give a guy with 1,002 "W's"
By the way Boozer was acting, this is no little thing. He tried to tough it out. I watched him attempt to stay in the game but as soon as he put pressure on the leg he called the timeout. Not good. Not good at all. I hope it's a 1-3 game thing, but by the look of it and from evidence of Hammy Gate 2006, Boozer does not heal fast. My prediction is 2 weeks. I hope I'm wrong and we see him back Friday. But regardless.... what freaking gives? I'm reminded of a line from the childrens classic "Little Rascals." Yes, I am quoting Little Rascals..." And then God looked down from Heaven and said I hate you Utah Jazz."

Oh and P.S. C.B. Don't worry about C.J. he better damn well score that many points because even my wife, who, bless her heart, spends more time people wathing than the actual game, said to me, wow, he shoots a lot.

I have to admit that when AK went down a said a few randomly chosen words that I had to appologize to my kids for. On the flip side, when Boozer went down there was nothing. No worry about the Jazz being able to overcome that loss. I started to think about why I had those two seperate feelings and this is what I came up with.

Boozer is easily replaced because all he gives the Jazz is 20 and 10, which is very nice, but that is all. He really does not add anything else to this team. Millsap can easily fill the rebounding void and (gulp) CJ can pick up the scoring slack. As for AK the Jazz would be loosing 17 and 7, which could be picked up by others like Boozers, but then there is the other stuff. On top of the points and rebounds he also is giving 5 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals that are not quite as easily replaced. So in terms of value to the team AK would have quite a bit more than Boozer at this point in time. Speaking of AK, I think he just picked Richard Jefferson's pocket again.

I had a few other non game related thoughts from last night.

1 - Did Jerry Sloan's wins with the Chicago Bulls get erased from his record? They keep saying that he has 1002 wins like those 50 or 60 wins with the Bulls never happened.
2 - All of the talking heads for the Jazz keep mentioning that the Jazz have the longest home winning streak in the league at 14 or 15 games. Do the playoffs not count in that stat? If my memory is correct the Jazz lost a home game to both the Rockets and Lakers making that streak only about 6 games in reality.
3 - What the hell is Zions Bank thinking? Have you seen the commercial with Boozer pretending to play a serious game by himself while words like, "Integrity", "Determination" and "Strength" flash across the screen? Umm, I would not have picked Boozer as my spokesman for that campaign, just saying.

Hammy watch your mouth...Zions takes great pride in having Booz represent the leading banking company in Utah. Please visit www.zionsbank.com for more details on career opportunities and for lower interest rates.

Now to the game, what I loved about the game besides my side bet with CB(I think CJ just hit another free throw), back to my point, I loved the lineup of AK, CJ, Korver, Harp, and Milsap. AK running the point forward caused match up problems for every position on the floor. Even though AK shoots like Booner in 9th grade, he has a way of finding the mismatches..the dump downs to Korver and CJ in the blocks for layups..Another thing I like is having CJ post up smaller guards in that lineup, reminds me of the days of Shandon Anderson in the finals years. Good win but like many others I think we need show the 4th quarter effort for a full 48 mins.

Yea, but D-Will was taken and who else could you get that you wouldn't just laugh at? Could you honestly picture Memo or AK doing that? I mean AK nailed the old Jiffy Lube Commercials but I don't think he is ready for a straight-faced, serious commercial. And Memo....I bet he would just laugh the whole time. Milsap would work too but the problem with Millsap is that due to contract negotiations everything he is in, his brother is in as well and that's a one man commercial. Anyhow, I could go on and on but I am realizing right now I am the only one into this. Email me if you would like to discuss it further. Here's my addy:

whoisthebestfit forthatonezions bankcommerical@trueblue.com

I would have put Korver in that commercial. At least he knows what those words mean.

Another thing I saw in that game that we didn't utilize a lot....and I may sound dumb....but Korver ended up being guarded by smaller guards too which left him in some easy post up situations. It worked out well, I thought AK and Korver played well together. AK is the best player to ever wear a Jazz uniform!

Booner: (Calling C.B.)
C.B. Hello
Booner: Yes, is Sarcasm there?
C.B. What was that?
Booner: Sarcasm.
C.B. I'm sorry, there is no one here by that name.
Booner: Hmmm, well then. I apologize.
C.B. No problem.