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Originally Posted by SLC Projects
Well the other NBA thread got locked up for some reason. So I created this one, otherwise I would have just posted in the other thread. And yes it does bother me that the Jazz can lead up most of the game only to choke in the end. Same old Jazz.
Yes it was just one game into the season. But it just shows me that this is the SAME old Jazz. And that they can't win on the road.
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That wasn't the Jazz blowing it after leading.
That game looked exactly like many of the Nuggets playoff games after they stopped blowing out New Orleans last year. The game would be close until the 4th quarter when, for a number of reasons, the opposing team would seem to wear down or would have to take key players out because of foul trouble and the Nuggets, usually Billups +/- someone else in mid to late 3rd quarter, would take over.
I didn't see anything to worry about OR get too excited about from either team's perspective. Especially with the Nuggets home record in the latter part of last season.
Last year's 2nd seed against last year's 8th seed. Who incidentally looked the same as last year too. I'm not sure waiting around for the Lakers to get tired in the Conference finals every game is going to play out any differently than last year.
And given that LA is still LA and Denver is Denver and the TV markets haven't changed places... if you think it doesn't make ANY difference to how the league/officials think (not conspiracy mind you.. just the way they think in a split second) If they even get there again, they will have the same trouble playing like last night.
The major encouraging change I saw for the Nuggets was the way Lawson played, he looked just 'faster' then everyone else at times. Hopefully he won't break 2/3's into the season.