The Utah Jazz defeated the Golden State Warriors 128-104 tonight in Salt Lake City. The game was a total beat down that was never in doubt. It was good to see the Jazz beat a team like the Warriors (21-53) the way that they should beat them. After a close win on Monday against the Knicks (26-48 and who for whatever reason always seem to play the Jazz close), it was nice to see a blowout against an inferior team. The Jazz next play at the Lakers on Friday at 8:30 p.m. MT on ESPN, espn360.com and FSN-Utah. It should be a good measuring stick game for how they sit in terms of the playoff race. The Jazz (50-26) remained a half-game behind Dallas (50-25) for second place in the Western Conference as the Mavericks won at Memphis (38-36) in overtime. The Jazz remain in third place in front of Phoenix (49-26) and Denver (48-27).
Also in the NBA tonight, this quote was delivered from Celtics forward Kevin Garnett with reference Thunder forward Kevin Durant: "I thought we were playing Michael f------ Jordan the way he was getting the whistle. Durant d--- near shot more free throws than our whole team." Durant attempted 15 free throws while the entire Boston team attempted 17 in Oklahoma City's 109-104 win in Boston. Garnett has a point, too. Players who are deemed at the superstar level often get preferential treatment from the officials whether it's Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, etc. This whole trend really took off in force during Michael Jordan's day, who although clearly a great player, definitely benefitted from numerous questionable calls. To be fair I didn't watch this game, but the stats do tell a story to a degree and I already think the NBA is by far the most poorly officiated of the four major sports leagues (although the umpires in baseball's postseason last year have narrowed the gap). Boston is 47-27 and currently in fourth place in the Eastern Conference; Oklahoma City is 46-28 and in sixth place out west.
In college hoops VCU beat Saint Louis 71-65 to win the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) by taking the championship series 2-0.
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I'm glad the somebody finally had the guts to speak up on the ultra-poor and unbalanced officiating of the NBA referees. 25K is a small price to pay for KG to speak his mind on this issue. I didn't even mind his choice of diction used to describe the game's officiating; sometimes only certain four-letter words can be used to describe an issue like this. I also give KG major props for his two-edged comments regarding the Durantula while slyly stinging MJ in the same sentence -- impressive.
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