Let's get ready to see the result of the race of the Westerns by photofinish. GO MEMO, GO JAZZZZZ

I like the "can-do" attitude but the games at New Orleans and especially at San Antonio are going to be tough ones. The Jazz do have the best NBA record in calendar-year 2008 so maybe they can get-er done. Go Jazz!

Winning the next ten games would be a huge boost of confidence going into the playoffs, not to mention it would likely give us home court advantage for the first round. In order for that to happen, though, Boozer, Williams, and AT LEAST ONE OTHER PLAYER need to really show up and play well.

GO JAZZ

I can easily see how Jazz fans can sometimes feel "snubbed" - when one looks at the prospective playoff teams in the west. Denver is missing from this look-see group of 8 teams and, they have two legitimate all-stars. Did anyone notice how Denver handled the Nowitski-less Maveriks last night? Just hit those free throws ("easiest shot in basketball") Jazz players and you will be fine (toward the end of the 4th quarter)!

Lets take it a game at a time. Thats how teams go on winning streaks. They just take it one game at a time. A major problem of the Jazz has been to look ahead. Seems they keep making the same mistakes.

ESPN has pegged Chris Paul as the league MVP.

I've got a Utah Jazz jersey in my closet with Chris Pauls name on it. I take it out every now and again and cry

If AK continues to play lackluster, I hope C.J. takes his place.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 lets go all the way jazz and win this and do better than last season WILL WHIP AND STUFF ALL OF YOU WHO IS NOT ON THE JAZZ TEAM........................ GO JAZZ

If Ak plays lackuster? If anything its Harpring. Last few weeks i been watching him closely and he is getting bad. He still is tough and hustles a lot and ill give him that, but lately hes fumbling balls, missing lay ups, picking up stuping offensive fouls. Keep on eye on him tonight and see how many he fumbles tonight.

I love Memo - but my 8-year old son calls him "sleepy head" because his hair style and basic look appears to my son as if he "just got out of bed." Luckily, he general plays like he has been awake for a while! Go Jazz.

You'd better get one with Peja and Bonzi Wells on it, too, not to mention Morris Peterson.

That said, Let's see if CP3 can win a playoff game or series or even stay healthy.

Boston wins tonight by 20.

Lola.. I will take D will anyday over Chris Paul. Their numbers are very similar, but cp3 shoots the ball more then D will. If they shot the same, D will would average the 21 that cp3 does. D will is bigger, and a better shooter. Go jazz

Ah,If the jazz could win at San Antonio......

Lola

Interesting, I saw that exact same post on yahoo somewhere except it was a bobcats fan.

I think Chris Paul is the most deserving of an MVP. It has come down to either him or kobe. But the most important question that must be asked is: If you take a player away from their team what happens?

Without Paul the hornets are not even a playoff team.

On the other hand If kobe from the lakers and especially now with a healthy gasol and bynum they are still a contending for western conference title. Lakers are deep and hence kobe can not be MVP. The only way could have possibly deserved iit is if the lakers were head and shoulders above the rest in the west, and they are not.

Furthermore, I think kobe should be number 3 in the race behind Lebron. You take away Lebron and the Cavs are literally memphis. And it shows without Lebron this season, Cavs 0-5.

To put it simply,
Paul helps his team greatly.
Lebron helps his team less than Paul.
Kobe helps his team the least.

Go be a Hornets fan then. D Will all the way.

Someone just watches the games instead of seeing what really is going on in games.AK is just fine and so is Memo both are making the plays when needed.Jazz are looking good, they just need to keep getting better. Hustle and more hustle, effort and more effort.Wish for all to do well because it takes a team to win it all.

GO JAZZ! looks like they're all physically healthy so as ususal it's the attitude that makes the difference so lets support the JAZZ!
anythings possible -I agree with Sloans comment about not thinking we're ok if we loose some--right now IS the beginning of the playoffs as far as the JAZZ are concerned because THEY are the only ones who can control how they play and if they even make the playoffs!
with dirk gone--I wouldn't be surprised to see dallas as the great team from the west who missed the playoffs!
time to change things when the west is so superior. how about any sub .500 team in either conference has to give up it's playoff spot to the other conference team with the highest % above 500 that missed the playoffs?
sounds fair to me! It's a total joke that a .600 team from the west could miss the playoffs altogether when it's very possible that 1 or two teams in the eastwho cannot even win 50% in a much weaker conference will still play post season!
GO JAZZ!!!

The Jazz are dreaming if they think they can win their last 10 games. That is not going to happen, the last six games are against very tough teams. The best they will do is go 8-2, worse case scenario they will split the ten games. These next four games are very important to win before the tough final stretch. Look for the Jazz to finish with 52 to 55 victories, it should be enough to get em in the playoffs as long as they stay ahead of Denver.

and Deron Williams argument is getting old. They are both great players and both teams will be in the playoffs where anything can happen.

D-Will is much better than CP3. I don't see why everyone in the sporting world worships the ground CP3 walks on and never mentions D-Will. He owns Chris Paul and will continue to do so. Cant wait until the playoffs! GO JAZZ!!!!!!!!!

I like Deron's game and his potential longevity better than Chris Paul. No need to cry. We drafted a great one in Williams.

Anyone who says DWill is better than Paul, or that the jazz made the right decision taking Williams over Paul is just trying to be a loyal fan to the jazz and sloan. It is obvious to anyone outside of this state that Paul is the best point guard in the league and 1 of the top 3 players in the league.

DWill is a very good player and is probably around the 4th or 5th best point guard in the league. I guarentee that if the jazz could do it all over again they would take Paul in a landslide over Williams. Its not that Willimas isn't a very good player, but Paul is GREAT without question.

If anyone out there is going to say that Chris Paul doesn't fit the "Jazz system" is crazy. Look what Paul has done for chandler and west, imagine what he could do with boozer and Korver ect...

You think Lebron helps his team less than CP3? That could be the funniest thing I have ever heard...

Lebron almost averages a triple double, and can take over the game at any time...Without him, the Cavs would be nothing...the only thing they would have going for them is that they play in the East...

CP3 is awesome (I also like D Will better), but I think his team would destroy the Cavs if both he and Lebron sat out...

CP3 might get the MVP because of what his team is doing out West, but if we all really asked who is more important to their team, I believe there isn't a more important player in the whole league than Lebron...

We are better off with D-Will than if we drafted Paul. He fits the Jazz system better. If there is any margin of talent between them it is very small. D-Will plays like a man possessed. His days of MVP talk will come...

I watch the Jazz frequently, I seldom go to games. I went to the Charlotte game here on Tuesday night (?). It is clear that the Jazz can "turn it on" and "let it get turned off" . They "toyed" with Charlotte. If the game had been a playoff game, with the Jazz facing elimination, they would have won by 40 points...they are that good. Instead the Bobcats came all the way back to close within 3 points in the fourth quarter. The Jazz "turned it on" and won by over 20. The only weakness on this team is consistency of effort. I don't even buy into the "they are weak defensively" idea. They CAN play defense, if they have to. The problem is "flicking the switch" and leaving it on. I guess with 82 games you have to "turn it on" and "turn it off" to be able to make it through an excessively long season. Now is crunch time...I think now we will really see what our team is capable of. Up to this point, you could never be sure if they were really trying or not.

Do you have any idea as to what you are saying when you say that Williams "fits the system" better. Its like you heard someone on TV say that about someone one time so you are trying to use it.

Saying Williams fits the jazz system better than Paul is like saying Jeff Hornecek fit the jazz system better than Michael Jordan. I know you are trying to be a loyal fan, but this is just crazy talk.

Think of this, Chris Paul plays in NO, a team who gets publicity just for being in the city it is. Say Chris Paul and Deron Williams were to swap teams, then all this MVP talk would go to Deron and we would all be talking up Paul. The fact that the allstar game was in NO was what started all of this anyways. Yeah Paul was talked about before, but after that game where he was setup to be the hero, all the MVP talk shifted to him.
I personally think Deron is much better then paul, the head to head stats should be a sign of that in and of themselves.
When paul has a good night, its all over ESPN, when DWill does, its all in our papers, thats it.
Remember the at Boston and at Phoenix games, that was grounds to but Deron in MVP talk for me, it just didnt get as publicized as when Paul was at Clevland and stuff.
I love DWill, stick by the idea we got the better player. He has proven he can win in the post season also, big factor! Paul has not at all

Lets all be honest with ourselves i know everyone here would take Lebron James over either of the two i dont care what team you are Lebron is just a more dominent player

100% agree!!!! If they did swap teams, than it would be exactly opposite as what it is now. The Jazz just don't get enough national recognition. Then are a great team but the rest of the country just doesn't know.

re.hughghater,ak is great i think you are lackluster....and can,t play b- ball at all

Anyone who thinks Paul is WAY better than williams is delusional. You need to quit watching sportcenter. I thought it was funny the other night on TV. They showed a statistic about Paul. Something like the number of games in a season in which a player had 15+pts and 20+ assists. Paul has had 2 this season. well guess who else was on the list with 2 games this season? Yet they did not even mention his name. I think it is weird that of the best two pg's in the league. One of them gets all of the media/analyst attention and the other gets zero.

Guys, get a grip. Arguing who is better, William vs. Paul is like arguing who was better, Magic or Bird. Anyone who knows basketball can see they are both great and play great within their system. Both teams are very good because of them, and would suffer a significant drop off without them. Both are great, and neither is much better than the other. This is an argument better reserved for 10 to 15 years in the future.

Jist another reason deron won't stay in utah.

Not enough attention = not enough endorsments.

The last ten games don't matter this is what matters:

Stat 1:
The jazz have been in the playoffs 27 of the last 30 years and didn't win a chamionship.

Stat 2:
They had two of the supposedly 50 greatest players of all time for like 17 years and did not win a championship. How many teams with two of the 50 greatest players of all time did not win championship? Perhaps they were the wtong players?

Stat 3 And most important stat is:
The road record.

Teams with best road records are in the east: detroit, boston, closely followed by orlando.

Teams in the west: Lakers by far are the best. Followed by new orleans, houston, phoenix, san antonio, golden state. Then the jazz are way back in 8th place.

The best road teams are almost always tthe ones to go the farthest in the playoffs. unless another gets lucky like the jazz last year and play GS.

Which means it will be the lakers vs detroit or boston. Others may get healthy or lucky like an orlando or san antonio or houston.

This is how the playoffs will playout.

Yeah, "Sleepy Head" - just watch tonight and see if the Clippers will pull that "fast break" stuff again with, of course, the Jazz players running down the court with their backs to the ball - it drives me crazy to observe that. Recently, Memo was doing that and the driving-towards-the-basket player used him as a screen running right behind him and literally pushed Memo ahead of him. Also, give this CP3 vs. D-Will thing a rest - they are on two different teams - wait til the playoffs are over - there are some great times ahead for both of 'em. And don't worry if the Jazz are under the radar (with the national media) - we have beaten every team in the NBA at least once this year; lay low and surprise the "experts" ! AK47, Matt, Paul, KK, etc. are all great players and they will demonstrate that in a team effort.