18 Results for utah

Thoughts on Zo, Hedo, and others

John Hollinger

It's been a while, but I've got a ton of short attention-span type topics I wanted to talk about after a rather event-filled Wednesday night, making i...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2007

These playoffs more physical

John Hollinger

...does it seem to have favored the mad hackers of the league, as some might have feared -- Utah was the league's most foul-prone team and San Antonio the least, but that didn't...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 13, 2007

Jazz beat themselves

John Hollinger

...comments users left in the wake of San Antonio's Game 4 win, I'm guessing that Utah fans weren't real happy with the officiating on Monday night. One man in particular bore the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 29, 2007

Oden-Durant rivalry is set

John Hollinger

I couldn't be happier for Portland and Seattle today. I lived in the Pacific Northwest for six glorious years -- back when it was The Glove vs. The Ja...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 23, 2007

Jazz's second-quarter blues

John Hollinger

...players tend to play the most. So it stands to reason that the second quarter would be Utah's time to shine, right? Er, wrong. For the second time in its last four games, Utah...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 21, 2007

Spurs: NBA's new villains?

John Hollinger

...Horry are the chosen ones in Phoenix. If the Spurs advance, I have no doubt the raucous Utah crowd will have a favorite target, as well. None of this may matter a wit on the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 16, 2007

Warriors running out of gas?

John Hollinger

...growing body of evidence that the Warriors are simply exhausted, with support coming in the form of Utah's 40-23 advantage in the fourth quarter of Game 4 and the 14-4 edge the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 15, 2007

AK-47 shows all-purpose game

John Hollinger

...quick fouls and backup Dee Brown had hurt his neck. Kirilenko ran the offense well enough for Utah to score 13 points between then and the end of the quarter, including three points and two...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 10, 2007

Notes on Warriors-Jazz series

John Hollinger

...interceded to swipe the ball, and his breakaway lay-up cut the lead to five and began Utah's slow march toward the lead. • For those of you demanding a revote on the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 09, 2007

Tip of the cap to Jazz

John Hollinger

...the way. I thought Houston actually played well enough to win on most nights, against most teams. Utah just took it from them. First, a little background. I asked Jerry Sloan before the game about...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 06, 2007

Golden defense the key

John Hollinger

First, a little recent history: On January 31, I watched the Golden State Warriors come into Atlanta to face the Hawks, the league's 29th-best team in...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | May 03, 2007

Jazz out of tune at line

John Hollinger

...is pointing to Houston's prowess at the free-throw line in its Game 2 win against Utah last night, but I think that glosses over the bigger story. The amazing thing in this series...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 24, 2007

Explaining my award picks

John Hollinger

Well, it's almost a wrap. Only three items of interest remain to be settled tonight: Whether Chicago will get the No. 2 seed in the East, whether Gold...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 18, 2007

Jazz replacements? Please, no

John Hollinger

...that the two aren't the same. The idea that's gaining momentum is to put either Utah's Mehmet Okur or Deron Williams on the team, because at 33-17 the Jazz deserve representation...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 12, 2007

Hanging out with hoops analysts

John Hollinger

...of cash and draft picks as a bait. This is more or less what Phoenix did to Utah in the Tom Gugliotta deal a couple years ago, for instance. But right now the only team...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | February 12, 2007