http://deseretnews.com/sports/jazz The latest Utah Jazz news from the Deseret Morning News en-us Copyright 2007, Deseret News Publishing Company Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:01 MST Mon, 12 May 2008 04:57:46 MST Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277324,00.html The rebounding edge in Game 1 of the Jazz-Los Angeles Lakers NBA Western Conference semifinal series went to Utah by a resounding count of 58-41. Wed, 7 May 2008 16:11:56 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277701,00.html He might feel differently if he coached Kobe Bryant, but Jerry Sloan has seen about enough of Utah Jazz players trying to make things happen on their own during this second-round series. Thu, 8 May 2008 15:56:55 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224492,00.html Jazz point guard Deron Williams has gone above and beyond trying to get his teammates involved early on in games during the 2008 NBA postseason. Fri, 9 May 2008 14:24:44 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224501,00.html To borrow his MVP acceptance speech words, Kobe Bryant is ready to "get this party started" in Salt Lake City. Fri, 9 May 2008 14:27:41 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224634,00.html Carlos Boozer broke out of his slump with 27 points and tied his career playoff-high with 20 rebounds, leading the Utah Jazz to a 104-99 victory over Los Angeles on Friday night, cutting the Lakers' lead in the series to 2-1. Fri, 9 May 2008 22:07:14 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224742,00.html An update on the Jazz injury situation after Friday night's Game 3 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers and heading into Sunday's Game 4 in their NBA Western Conference semifinal playoff series: Sat, 10 May 2008 15:25:27 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277666,00.html Kobe Bryant added another honor Thursday to go with his MVP award, becoming the only unanimous selection to the All-NBA team. The Lakers star was voted to the first team for the third straight season and fifth time in his career. Thu, 8 May 2008 13:36:44 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225013,00.html The Utah Jazz had plenty of chances to crumble and nearly did. They let a 12-point slip away in the last four minutes and faced overtime against league MVP Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. Sun, 11 May 2008 21:39:25 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276874,00.html He smiled. Laughed. Darn near cried. With the first anniversary of a young child's cancer surgery and his own playoff heroics for the Jazz fast-approaching, Derek Fisher stood at the Los Angeles Lakers' practice facility and relived a gamut of gut-wrenching emotion. Tue, 6 May 2008 00:19:20 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277093,00.html Even after spending just one season in Utah, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Derek Fisher knows how Jazz coach Jerry Sloan thinks. Knows how he'd react. Knows what he'll say. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:16:54 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224325,00.html Some players avoid saying this particular word kind of like how they'd shy away from dropping a four-letter bomb in front of their mom or preacher. Fri, 9 May 2008 00:20:07 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224323,00.html The story is a special one. One year ago today, Derek Fisher's still-recovering daughter Tatum underwent surgery in a New York hospital to battle her rare childhood eye cancer. Fri, 9 May 2008 00:20:07 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224720,00.html It was during a miserable first half Wednesday, but something clicked inside of Deron Williams in the Utah Jazz's Game 2 loss. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:47 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224841,00.html It wasn't just that Carlos Boozer grabbed nearly every available rebound Friday night and didn't leave many for center Mehmet Okur. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:28 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225007,00.html Lakers forward Ronny Turiaf was ejected early in the second quarter of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Jazz on Sunday for a flagrant foul. Sun, 11 May 2008 14:38:50 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225164,00.html Kobe Bryant has a bad back but says it should be fine for Game 5. Larry H. Miller has another payday and at least one more chance to do what he did not on Sunday: watch the team he owns play at home. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:04:29 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277590,00.html Kobe Bryant took his trophy, grabbed a microphone and for all practical purposes declared the Jazz dead. Thu, 8 May 2008 00:24:52 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277661,00.html Last year, the Utah Jazz started two of their three playoff series with a pair of losses. From those 0-2 holes, they managed to fight back and win one round but then managed to pick up just one victory in the vacation-preceding match-up. Thu, 8 May 2008 13:10:02 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277589,00.html When Kobe Bryant formally accepted his first NBA MVP trophy from league commissioner David Stern on Wednesday night, the Staples Center venue awash in Hollywood glitz and glamor, the Los Angeles Lakers' superstar did so as a changed, perhaps even humbled, man. Thu, 8 May 2008 00:24:52 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225163,00.html Kobe Bryant had to carry the Lakers on his back in their Game 3 loss to the Jazz on Friday night. An early injury to that same back in Los Angeles' 123-115 overtime loss to Utah in Game 4 on Sunday afternoon prevented him from doing so again. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:04:29 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276513,00.html The Jazz knew Kobe Bryant would be a handful. Mon, 5 May 2008 00:04:05 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276530,00.html Deron Williams drove to the basket for a layup he's made thousands, maybe even millions, of times. Mon, 5 May 2008 00:04:05 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277633,00.html Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller says he won't attend Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals because it's being played on Sunday. Miller, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, says he won't attend because of religious reasons. Thu, 8 May 2008 10:49:21 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224722,00.html There were no Hollywood-style stars in the crowd, unless you count a certain 17-year-old Idol who sure can belt out an anthem. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:47 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224791,00.html Down 0-2 to the West's No. 1 seed, and the team many favor to win it all, they rally to win Game 3 and make it a series. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:28 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277671,00.html Former Utah Jazz player personnel director Troy Weaver is the new assistant general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics. Thu, 8 May 2008 13:51:07 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277692,00.html To promote Friday's opening of his "What Happens in Vegas" movie, actor Ashton Kutcher who has an uncanny resemblance to Utah Jazz guard Kyle Korver did a commercial interview that aired on Wednesday night's Jazz-Lakers broadcast on TNT. Thu, 8 May 2008 15:24:38 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225148,00.html A few seconds remained in regulation of Game 4 the score tied after a furious Los Angeles Lakers' comeback and Deron Williams had the ball in his hands with a chance to be the hero for the Utah Jazz. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:04:29 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225081,00.html The Jazz staged an MVP party of their own design Sunday afternoon, and things got a bit loud and unruly. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:04:29 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276501,00.html He was just a kid back then. Proud, eager, nearly invulnerable or so it seemed to him. Mon, 5 May 2008 00:04:05 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276790,00.html Loooook into my eyes. You are getting sleepy. Verrrrrrry sleepy. OK, maybe that's a little heavy on the hypnotic hocus-pocus. Still, that's kind of how it is in a series involving Lakers' coach Phil Jackson. Tue, 6 May 2008 00:19:20 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277075,00.html Now he's a good teammate. Now he's happy. Now he talks nice about his teammates and shares the ball with them. Now he wants to be a Laker for life. Now he's an MVP. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:16:54 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277098,00.html It was only a couple of hours before they handed out the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award on Tuesday, but there he was, all by his lonesome at the Lakers' practice gym. Not another reporter even close. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:16:54 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224324,00.html Now that the Jazz-Lakers playoff series has moved to Utah where the deer, antelope and D-Will play it promises a different tenor. Fri, 9 May 2008 00:20:07 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224687,00.html So maybe Carlos Boozer hasn't left the building after all. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:47 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224817,00.html Suppose you're at today's playoff game, and a few rows ahead, there's this guy rising and sitting, rising and sitting, gesturing and shouting at the refs. He looks familiar tall, earnest and wearing a really nice suit. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:28 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276394,00.html Mon, 5 May 2008 00:04:05 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276466,00.html Mon, 5 May 2008 00:04:05 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276523,00.html Spider-Man (actor Tobey Maguire) and Iron Man (actor Robert Downey Jr.) were sitting courtside Sunday at Staples Center. Mon, 5 May 2008 00:04:05 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276552,00.html Deron Williams readily accepted personal responsibility for his 5-of-18 field shooting Sunday in the Jazz's Game 1 NBA Western Conference semifinal series to the Los Angeles Lakers. Mon, 5 May 2008 00:04:05 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276778,00.html In Sunday's game at Los Angeles, the Utah Jazz turned the ball over 13 times to the Lakers' 12. Tue, 6 May 2008 00:19:20 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276783,00.html Deron Williams' initial reaction was to place the blame on himself for the Jazz's 109-98 loss to the Lakers in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday afternoon. Tue, 6 May 2008 00:19:20 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277069,00.html For the last several months before or after Jazz practices, assistant coach Tyrone Corbin has spent time working with center Mehmet Okur, sometimes bodying up on him but often charging at him on the perimeter, as defenders have come to do against Utah's outside-shooting big man. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:16:54 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277074,00.html Not too long ago, Hollywood produced a movie about wedding crashers. Tonight, the Utah Jazz hope to help inspire a sequel of sorts. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:16:54 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277091,00.html Game 2 of the Jazz-Los Angeles Lakers NBA Western Conference semifinal series hasn't even been played yet it comes tonight and already Lakers coach Phil Jackson is dreading the atmosphere for Friday's Game 3 in Utah. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:16:54 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277527,00.html With Kobe Bryant being awarded the NBA MVP trophy (for a second straight day) Wednesday, Jazz point guard Deron Williams was asked if that is something he thinks he might some day win. Thu, 8 May 2008 00:24:52 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277583,00.html Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum might undergo exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his injured left knee if there is no significant improvement in the next three to four weeks. Thu, 8 May 2008 00:24:52 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277588,00.html On the morning of Game 2 of the Jazz-Lakers series, a Deseret News reader left a plaintive comment on the paper's Website. Thu, 8 May 2008 00:24:52 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224311,00.html Utah Jazz owner Larry H. Miller says he won't attend Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals because it's being played on a Sunday. Miller, who's LDS, says he won't attend because of religious reasons. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints encourages members to avoid non-religious activities on Sundays.<!-- Fri, 9 May 2008 00:20:07 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224322,00.html He might feel differently if he coached Kobe Bryant, but Jerry Sloan has seen about enough of Utah Jazz players trying to make things happen on their own during this second-round series. Fri, 9 May 2008 00:20:07 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224363,00.html Kobe Bryant added another honor Thursday to go with his MVP award, becoming the only unanimous selection to the All-NBA team. Fri, 9 May 2008 00:20:07 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224371,00.html Paul Millsap doesn't blame it on that, "but I've been real sick these past playoffs. I felt real good (Wednesday) and had a good practice the day before that, so that always helps out." Fri, 9 May 2008 00:20:07 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224394,00.html Plenty of things have gone wrong for the Utah Jazz in their Western Conference semifinal series with the Lakers. Fri, 9 May 2008 00:20:07 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224666,00.html Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:47 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224667,00.html Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:47 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224693,00.html For the first time since June 14, 1998 when the Chicago Bulls won the NBA Finals with a Game 6 victory over the Utah Jazz Jerry Sloan and Phil Jackson faced off in a playoff game in Salt Lake City. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:47 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224694,00.html Offensively, the Los Angeles Lakers picked up in Game 3 where they left off in the first two games of their Western Conference semifinal series with the Jazz. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:47 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224716,00.html Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:47 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224718,00.html Not since April 19 in the first postseason game at Houston has Carlos Boozer been himself. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:47 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224792,00.html Having the Jazz play their first Sunday home game since the 2001 NBA playoffs, as they will this afternoon, may be a big deal to some in Utah. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:28 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224804,00.html Carlos Boozer had a sleepless night after the Utah Jazz's Game 2 loss to Los Angeles last Wednesday. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:28 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224805,00.html Who ever said TV types don't have something beneficial to offer? Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:28 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225168,00.html Credit Utah's bench with an assist and a big one at that in Sunday's 123-115 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:04:29 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225176,00.html Derek Fisher, thanks in large part to early foul trouble, was pretty much a non-factor for the first three-plus quarters of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday afternoon at EnergySolutions Arena. Then the Los Angeles Lakers' point guard came up huge down the stretch in the fourth quarter as his team rallied to force his old team into overtime. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:04:29 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700225178,00.html After crashing to the floor on a hard second-quarter foul by the Lakers' Ronny Turiaf Sunday, Jazz backup point guard Ronnie Price, eight inches shorter and 60 pounds lighter, jumped up off the floor and started toward Turiaf and had a few words for him. Then he cooled quickly and went in a different direction, his brow bleeding from contact with the floor. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:04:29 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695276966,00.html Kobe Bryant, the Lakers' star who will be awarded the NBA's MVP trophy by commissioner David Stern Wednesday night at Game 2 of the second-round playoff game against the Utah Jazz at Staples Center, is known for his remarkable offense. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:16:54 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277101,00.html Wed, 7 May 2008 00:16:54 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277573,00.html Thu, 8 May 2008 00:19:02 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277582,00.html Utah Jazz guard Paul Milsap drives to the basket Wednesday, but Utah lost for the second time against the Lakers in their playoff series, 120-110. Game 3 will be Friday in Salt Lake. Thu, 8 May 2008 00:24:52 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277594,00.html Thu, 8 May 2008 00:24:52 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695277607,00.html By the numbers Thu, 8 May 2008 08:50:22 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224341,00.html Fri, 9 May 2008 00:20:07 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224987,00.html ENERGYSOLUTIONS ARENA Sun, 11 May 2008 10:26:51 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224697,00.html A year ago to the day, Derek Fisher was the object of adulation from the EnergySolutions Arena crowd when he made a dramatic appearance late in the third quarter of an eventual overtime win over Golden State, after flying in from New York. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:47 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224642,00.html WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED Lakers lead series, 2-1 Sat, 10 May 2008 00:40:47 MST http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700224842,00.html Sun, 11 May 2008 00:46:28 MST