Thoughts on Zo, Hedo, and others
John HollingerIt'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...
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...
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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 29, 2007
Oden-Durant rivalry is set
John HollingerI 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 06, 2007
Golden defense the key
John HollingerFirst, 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...
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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 24, 2007
Explaining my award picks
John HollingerWell, 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...
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...
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...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 12, 2007
TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
NFL Expert Picks tops ESPN.com searches in October. Did "utah" make the list?
