Top 5 reasons you should have watched the game today OR Top 5 reasons you loved the game today:
5. Sunday Night Whites
4. Pau Gasol fouls out for the first time all year (talk about defense with a purpose)
3. Joey Crawford v. Jerry Sloan
2. Shannon Brown (have my babies please??)
1. Series lead 1-0 for the Lakeshow
Showing posts with label Utah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Utah. Show all posts
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
1 (Lakers vs. Jazz)
Oh snap! We're back. Well, we didn't technically go anywhere to begin with but whatever... we're back! Last game of the regular season. There are so many words we could say but we're just going to summarize it and say... LET'S DO THIS!
A word before the game
No words actually (these don't count) just this video link because it's brilliant. YOU'D BETTER CLICK ON THAT!
Starting Lineup
Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Trevor Ariza (a lot has changed since we last blogged), Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol
1st Quarter
Andrew pretty much owns the tip. So amazing to see him back and to not be holding our breath watching him play against the Grizzlies.
10:24 Our official opinion is that Trevor belongs with the second unit but that doesn't stop him from looking pretty spinning around in traffic.
9:09 What exactly is Deron Williams' haircut? It's like the Dr. Spock for black men.
Jesus (probably literally), we're just realizing how old some of the head coaches in this league are.
8:40 Andrew blocks it and it gets footballed across the court. Gotta love watching Trev catch the ball and take a drink of water before making the basket and still wondering WHERE ARE THE JAZZ ON D?
7:20 Are we just going to watch turnovers for the rest of the game?
6:37 Yes apparently we are. Welcome back Andrew Bynum!
Admittedly we act out our own "where amazing happens" commercials daily. Because the NBA is ridiculous. Today it was the grocery store, where amazing happens.
5:07 You can't defend Kobe Bryant unless he lets you.
If the Jazz lose can we please get D.Will a haircut? Can we get him one if they win? If the Lakers have to play them in a best of 7, it's gonna be real hard to look at him like that.
4:39 Every time Fish lets his shot go, it is almost impossible to believe it's not going down. It always looks so good, but then...
4:10 Shannon Brown (aka FBD) is in!
Before anybody gets all crazy about FBD vs. D.Will... it can't be any worse than Jordan.
Wow, the Jazzercisers have had a rough year. :(
2:00 Is it just us or does Luke remind you of Linus? Kinda homeless looking, with a dirt cloud over his head. Only when he's in uniform though, it's kinda like "one of these things is not like the other". Luuuuuuuuuuuuuke.
1:01 Er'body is on the floor tonight, can we get a mop?
Is that a UTAH SUCKS chant?
0.32 Shannon!!!!!!!
Wow. The replay makes it look even better. Damn son!
27-25 The Dr. Spocks
2nd Quarter
Is there somebody out there who thinks the Burger King square butts commercial is a good idea? I mean, funny maybe, but good?
11:31 While they are discussing the disgusting state of Farmar's play (which isn't all that disgusting, but we'll get to that later) and on the subject of haircuts needed... Jordan???
10:38 Get a mop for Milsap.
Are Fesenko and Kirilenko related?
Somebody is gonna have to start shotgunning beers on turnovers from here on out. 1 2 3 NOT IT!
8:11 Kyle Korver is not pretty. No comment on his free throws.
Inquiring minds want to know, does Drew shave his legs?
7:32 Apparently we're gonna spend the whole night talking about Jordan, so now is probably as good a time as any - since he just threw away the ball - it seems like he just isn't really comfortable being told what to do.
5:55 If you think the people on the court are confused by what just happened here, how do you think we feel?
COMMERCIAL BREAK (does Turner really have that many bills to pay?)
Crowd Shot: Kareem!
3:28 TNT cameras just went into Blair Witch mode. Ouch.
2:57 Shannon Brown, more points than minutes. Just sayin'.
Linus Walton just forced someone to drink. Awesome pass! /sarcasm
Crowd Shot: Kupcake!
0.0 OOOOOOOOOOH, how long is a ball allowed to hang onto the rim without going in before it's considered a miss?
56-55 Lakeshow.
Halftime
Random thought about the fervor with which people discuss time clocks in the NBA. Are we being serious? Of course accuracy is good, but when people are spending hours debating the relevacy of 0.2 of a second you have to ask yourself... aren't we just talking about a basketball game? We're huge sports fans as well, but there's no need to name call.
3rd Quarter
Switch sides
10:42 AND FOR SOME REASON WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT KOBE BRYANT'S CELLPHONE GATE. GIVE IT A FUCKING REST PLZZZZZZ.
8:29 That's what we're talking about. See how brilliant Fish's shot looked right there? It could have just as easily been a complete miss.
7:31 Sausage party under the basket.
7:00 Well it's good to see that Drew hasn't lost his penchant for screaming profanities after every foul he gets.
5:48 Did Trevor just stand wide open in the corner for a good 20 seconds jumping up and down with his hands up while everyone else played with the ball? Yes. Yes he did.
5:12 OH SHIT Y'ALL. D.Will, Drew, Kobe - it'sa bout to be a slapfest. Or at least a T fest. Did Deron just poke the sleeping lion with a hard yet short stick?
3:36 Lamar came to play tonight!
2:19 Phil Jackson smiled =)
1:01 Shannon missed but we still love him. And then Andrew left nothing to chance with a slam!
24.4 Here is where Shannon makes up for it. Oh, it's good!!
0.8 ::shakes head:: Kobe gotta make that freethrow babe.
91-83 Lakers!
4th Quarter
11:48 Hey there's the old Jordan we knew and loved.
11:16 Pau just gave somebody (anybody, everybody) the "you can't fuck with this" look.
10:17 Might as well JUMP! Go ahead and JUMP!
Laker Ball
9:14 ON replay The Machine's catch and shoot is gorgeous looking.
8:36 Boozer for a nice block on Odom but J.Sloane has that look on his face like he can't fucking believe his life has come to this and how'd he get stuck with such tenure in fucking UTAH?
7:34 Bahahaha. Did they just call Craig Sager a vampire?
You know what's awesome... watching the last game of the seaon, going down on the homecourt, and having the whole team there to play it. Yeah, it's pretty awesome. And since we're not there to be emotional about it this year, we'll just imagine the team applauding the fans after the game is over with. And then piling into SUV's with tinted windows to head over to LO7's end of the season party with free champagne for everbody. Yep, we're pretending.
5:37 LO7 taking no prisoners. We likey.
2:00 Two minutes. Two minutes remain in your regular season ball games. Awwww.
And it's totally official. Lakers vs. Jazz Playoffs '09 Round 1. Who's bringing the clippers for D.Will?
125-112 making it 65-17. Collective YAY.
Final Comments
Kobe, Derek, and Trevor get 82 games trophies tonight!
Player of the Night: Shannon Brown - because we said so.
NOW ON TO THE PLAYOFFS!
A word before the game
No words actually (these don't count) just this video link because it's brilliant. YOU'D BETTER CLICK ON THAT!
Starting Lineup
Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Trevor Ariza (a lot has changed since we last blogged), Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol
1st Quarter
Andrew pretty much owns the tip. So amazing to see him back and to not be holding our breath watching him play against the Grizzlies.
10:24 Our official opinion is that Trevor belongs with the second unit but that doesn't stop him from looking pretty spinning around in traffic.
9:09 What exactly is Deron Williams' haircut? It's like the Dr. Spock for black men.
Jesus (probably literally), we're just realizing how old some of the head coaches in this league are.
8:40 Andrew blocks it and it gets footballed across the court. Gotta love watching Trev catch the ball and take a drink of water before making the basket and still wondering WHERE ARE THE JAZZ ON D?
7:20 Are we just going to watch turnovers for the rest of the game?
6:37 Yes apparently we are. Welcome back Andrew Bynum!
Admittedly we act out our own "where amazing happens" commercials daily. Because the NBA is ridiculous. Today it was the grocery store, where amazing happens.
5:07 You can't defend Kobe Bryant unless he lets you.
If the Jazz lose can we please get D.Will a haircut? Can we get him one if they win? If the Lakers have to play them in a best of 7, it's gonna be real hard to look at him like that.
4:39 Every time Fish lets his shot go, it is almost impossible to believe it's not going down. It always looks so good, but then...
4:10 Shannon Brown (aka FBD) is in!
Before anybody gets all crazy about FBD vs. D.Will... it can't be any worse than Jordan.
Wow, the Jazzercisers have had a rough year. :(
2:00 Is it just us or does Luke remind you of Linus? Kinda homeless looking, with a dirt cloud over his head. Only when he's in uniform though, it's kinda like "one of these things is not like the other". Luuuuuuuuuuuuuke.
1:01 Er'body is on the floor tonight, can we get a mop?
Is that a UTAH SUCKS chant?
0.32 Shannon!!!!!!!
Wow. The replay makes it look even better. Damn son!
27-25 The Dr. Spocks
2nd Quarter
Is there somebody out there who thinks the Burger King square butts commercial is a good idea? I mean, funny maybe, but good?
11:31 While they are discussing the disgusting state of Farmar's play (which isn't all that disgusting, but we'll get to that later) and on the subject of haircuts needed... Jordan???
10:38 Get a mop for Milsap.
Are Fesenko and Kirilenko related?
Somebody is gonna have to start shotgunning beers on turnovers from here on out. 1 2 3 NOT IT!
8:11 Kyle Korver is not pretty. No comment on his free throws.
Inquiring minds want to know, does Drew shave his legs?
7:32 Apparently we're gonna spend the whole night talking about Jordan, so now is probably as good a time as any - since he just threw away the ball - it seems like he just isn't really comfortable being told what to do.
5:55 If you think the people on the court are confused by what just happened here, how do you think we feel?
COMMERCIAL BREAK (does Turner really have that many bills to pay?)
Crowd Shot: Kareem!
3:28 TNT cameras just went into Blair Witch mode. Ouch.
2:57 Shannon Brown, more points than minutes. Just sayin'.
Linus Walton just forced someone to drink. Awesome pass! /sarcasm
Crowd Shot: Kupcake!
0.0 OOOOOOOOOOH, how long is a ball allowed to hang onto the rim without going in before it's considered a miss?
56-55 Lakeshow.
Halftime
Random thought about the fervor with which people discuss time clocks in the NBA. Are we being serious? Of course accuracy is good, but when people are spending hours debating the relevacy of 0.2 of a second you have to ask yourself... aren't we just talking about a basketball game? We're huge sports fans as well, but there's no need to name call.
3rd Quarter
Switch sides
10:42 AND FOR SOME REASON WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT KOBE BRYANT'S CELLPHONE GATE. GIVE IT A FUCKING REST PLZZZZZZ.
8:29 That's what we're talking about. See how brilliant Fish's shot looked right there? It could have just as easily been a complete miss.
7:31 Sausage party under the basket.
7:00 Well it's good to see that Drew hasn't lost his penchant for screaming profanities after every foul he gets.
5:48 Did Trevor just stand wide open in the corner for a good 20 seconds jumping up and down with his hands up while everyone else played with the ball? Yes. Yes he did.
5:12 OH SHIT Y'ALL. D.Will, Drew, Kobe - it'sa bout to be a slapfest. Or at least a T fest. Did Deron just poke the sleeping lion with a hard yet short stick?
3:36 Lamar came to play tonight!
2:19 Phil Jackson smiled =)
1:01 Shannon missed but we still love him. And then Andrew left nothing to chance with a slam!
24.4 Here is where Shannon makes up for it. Oh, it's good!!
0.8 ::shakes head:: Kobe gotta make that freethrow babe.
91-83 Lakers!
4th Quarter
11:48 Hey there's the old Jordan we knew and loved.
11:16 Pau just gave somebody (anybody, everybody) the "you can't fuck with this" look.
10:17 Might as well JUMP! Go ahead and JUMP!
Laker Ball
9:14 ON replay The Machine's catch and shoot is gorgeous looking.
8:36 Boozer for a nice block on Odom but J.Sloane has that look on his face like he can't fucking believe his life has come to this and how'd he get stuck with such tenure in fucking UTAH?
7:34 Bahahaha. Did they just call Craig Sager a vampire?
You know what's awesome... watching the last game of the seaon, going down on the homecourt, and having the whole team there to play it. Yeah, it's pretty awesome. And since we're not there to be emotional about it this year, we'll just imagine the team applauding the fans after the game is over with. And then piling into SUV's with tinted windows to head over to LO7's end of the season party with free champagne for everbody. Yep, we're pretending.
5:37 LO7 taking no prisoners. We likey.
2:00 Two minutes. Two minutes remain in your regular season ball games. Awwww.
And it's totally official. Lakers vs. Jazz Playoffs '09 Round 1. Who's bringing the clippers for D.Will?
125-112 making it 65-17. Collective YAY.
Final Comments
Kobe, Derek, and Trevor get 82 games trophies tonight!
Player of the Night: Shannon Brown - because we said so.
NOW ON TO THE PLAYOFFS!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Game 5 and beyond, Round 2 Lakers - Jazz
As expected, the boys took care of things at home. We know that it's the playoffs and we understand why, but what the hell happened to Ira Newble, DJ Mbenga, Coby Karl, and Chris Mihm? We're just sayin'.
A few notes:
We're glad Jordan is getting back to himself, he's got a ways to go, but he's getting there.
Kobe's back is like the 6th member of the team at all times, it gets a lot of press, more press than Kobe's fingers got, there might be some jealousy soon. In fact if any reporter out there sees this and would do us the favor of asking Kobe if his finger is jealous of the attention his back is getting, we would love you FOREVER!
How long do Upper Respiratory Infections last?
Sasha did not name himself The Machine, please, for the love of Godot, TNT and ESPN, stop saying he named himself that. Where does this folklore come from? What are you talking about? Please check with your buddies at KCAL/FSN, Joel Meyers & Stu Lantz.
Instead of talking about relevant things that may or may not have happened in game 5, how about we just give you some of the best quotes around the internet pertaining to this series?
There are 9 white guys on the court right now. Kinda rare.
&
(and I'm counting Farmar/Deron as one)
Comment by carter blanchard — May 14, 2008 on Forum Blue & Gold
Referring of course to the following line up in game 5: Pau Gasol, Jordan Farmar, Luke Walton, Vladimir Radmanovic, and Sasha Vujacic for the Lakers. Deron Williams, Andrei Kirilenko, Mehmet Okur, Kyle Korver, and Matt Harpring for the Jazz.
i love going to the game
i love the freaks at the game
i love the hippies the yuppies the gangbangers the lawyers the
corporate suits the trendy teenagers
the flaunters the humble fans the true fans the band wagoneers the
thugs the thoughtful
the fathers and mothers and kids the intelligent observers of the
game the drunken yelling morons
the hot silicone chicks with painted fingernails who parade around and
dont pay attention to the game
the black the white the brown the red the yellow
i love em all at the game
when everyone is rooting together
when we all come together
when we are all one for a little while but like it should always be
thats cool
From Flea's blog on NBA.com
and finally:
Luke Walton: Mitch Kupchak finished second in NBA Executive of the Year voting, and it was well-deserved. For the most part. But the six-year, $30 million contract he gave to Walton was as good a reason as any that Kups didn't come in first. The Son of Bill must have been channeling the spirit of his daddy's feet, because he played a pretty worthless 13 minutes: 1 point, 0-for-1, 2 rebounds, zero assists, 1 turnover, 1 steal and 2 personal fouls. And just think: The Lakers can look forward to five more years of this!
from Basketbawful
Let's go ahead and take care of things in Utah tonight shall we? If the guy with the "Not room service again" doll wasn't enough to make it a we're-gonna-win-so-you-can-shut-the-hell-up game, then surely the guy covering up his eye and screaming at D.Fish was. Maybe he got tuned out, as he should have been, by everyone on the floor and maybe that's why it didn't become personal, but it needs to be this time around. That guy is the reason so many people across the nation HATE the Jazz fans. Hate. We were going to write about how classless that was but we don't even have the energy to waste on such ridiculousness so just let it be said that some guy in Utah might be ball less soon, and we're not talking about anyone on the Jazz team.
Let's go Lakers!
A few notes:
We're glad Jordan is getting back to himself, he's got a ways to go, but he's getting there.
Kobe's back is like the 6th member of the team at all times, it gets a lot of press, more press than Kobe's fingers got, there might be some jealousy soon. In fact if any reporter out there sees this and would do us the favor of asking Kobe if his finger is jealous of the attention his back is getting, we would love you FOREVER!
How long do Upper Respiratory Infections last?
Sasha did not name himself The Machine, please, for the love of Godot, TNT and ESPN, stop saying he named himself that. Where does this folklore come from? What are you talking about? Please check with your buddies at KCAL/FSN, Joel Meyers & Stu Lantz.
Instead of talking about relevant things that may or may not have happened in game 5, how about we just give you some of the best quotes around the internet pertaining to this series?
There are 9 white guys on the court right now. Kinda rare.
&
(and I'm counting Farmar/Deron as one)
Comment by carter blanchard — May 14, 2008 on Forum Blue & Gold
Referring of course to the following line up in game 5: Pau Gasol, Jordan Farmar, Luke Walton, Vladimir Radmanovic, and Sasha Vujacic for the Lakers. Deron Williams, Andrei Kirilenko, Mehmet Okur, Kyle Korver, and Matt Harpring for the Jazz.
i love going to the game
i love the freaks at the game
i love the hippies the yuppies the gangbangers the lawyers the
corporate suits the trendy teenagers
the flaunters the humble fans the true fans the band wagoneers the
thugs the thoughtful
the fathers and mothers and kids the intelligent observers of the
game the drunken yelling morons
the hot silicone chicks with painted fingernails who parade around and
dont pay attention to the game
the black the white the brown the red the yellow
i love em all at the game
when everyone is rooting together
when we all come together
when we are all one for a little while but like it should always be
thats cool
From Flea's blog on NBA.com
and finally:
Luke Walton: Mitch Kupchak finished second in NBA Executive of the Year voting, and it was well-deserved. For the most part. But the six-year, $30 million contract he gave to Walton was as good a reason as any that Kups didn't come in first. The Son of Bill must have been channeling the spirit of his daddy's feet, because he played a pretty worthless 13 minutes: 1 point, 0-for-1, 2 rebounds, zero assists, 1 turnover, 1 steal and 2 personal fouls. And just think: The Lakers can look forward to five more years of this!
from Basketbawful
Let's go ahead and take care of things in Utah tonight shall we? If the guy with the "Not room service again" doll wasn't enough to make it a we're-gonna-win-so-you-can-shut-the-hell-up game, then surely the guy covering up his eye and screaming at D.Fish was. Maybe he got tuned out, as he should have been, by everyone on the floor and maybe that's why it didn't become personal, but it needs to be this time around. That guy is the reason so many people across the nation HATE the Jazz fans. Hate. We were going to write about how classless that was but we don't even have the energy to waste on such ridiculousness so just let it be said that some guy in Utah might be ball less soon, and we're not talking about anyone on the Jazz team.
Let's go Lakers!
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Reasons we'd be ashamed if we were from Utah
Anybody who saw the game last night knows that Utah won, in fact, Utah pretty much bent us over their collective knee and spanked us. Naturally any pre-established Utah Jazz fan should be rejoicing. And in turn, I offer a round of applause and a blessing from The Tabernacle Choir to the men of the Jazz for a job well done, without two of their star players in rotation.
Who doesn't get a round of applause are the "fans" who attended that game, and anyone else who would have liked nothing more than to be sitting there joining in the antics of the crowd. I'm sure everyone knows the Derek Fisher story by now, but just in case:
He was a Laker long long ago (remember the last handful of back to back championships?), then he went up the coastline for a brief stint with the Warriors. Warrior I'm sure he did, but he kept on going and landed in Utah for a good minute. When his daughter became ill, his nearly newborn daughter, he naturally put his family first and traveled to the best care he could find for her. The most heroic part of this tale comes on the day he was in New York by her side through treatment, immediately after it was over he flew back to Utah, suited up near the end of the playoff game they were in the middle of and threw it down!! winning the game for the Jazz. What a great guy right? Realistically he didn't need to rush back to that game. It's just basketball, and when compared to the life of a child where does it stack up?
At seasons end he respectfully asked out of his contract with the Jazz so that he could go work somewhere that allows him to focus more on his daughter's health, and the well being of his family. The Jazz being the stand up folks that they are, let him go. He landed back in Los Angeles and put his old jersey back on.
Flash forward to the first meet up in Utah since then on Friday, November 30th 2007. A night when you might think that Utah Jazz fans would be overwhelmed to see Derek Fisher, his daughter healthy. Nope. Okay, okay, the man is a great talent and it sucks that he's not there helping out their team anymore, okay fine, we sympathize with that. So it's understandable that they would not cheer for him, because they got their feelings hurt, and might even be a little bit scared that he could help the Lakers beat their home team. Nope. Utah chose instead to show just how caring they really are by booing him all night long. Now, I'm not saying they needed to make "We love you Derek Fisher" posters or anything, but how about the middle ground where they kept their mouths shut? How about sitting quietly in their seat until it's time to cheer for their own team? Hell, we wouldn't have minded if they'd just booed the entire Laker squad. Nope. Lets boo Derek Fisher for putting his family at the top of his priority list.
Not only was the booing obnoxious and distracting (although not for D.Fish - more on that later), but it was downright disrespectful. The fans should have been charged with a collective technical billed to the team for unsportsmanlike conduct. Furthermore, if we had been in the arena, trust and believe there would have been a whole lot less booing (and cowbelling) going on. After that showing we couldn't bring ourselves to support Utah in any venture any longer. Utah needing support for political campaigns? That's nice. Utah being booted from the United States? Oh well. We're not even making sense but at least we're not booing. What's next? Is Utah going to have a natural disaster and then boo FEMA when they come to help? Sounds like a positive experience to me.
Anyone who's already left Utah should be proud of themselves, anyone still there and not by choice (minors, hospice patients) should know we're praying for you, and anyone proud to boo for respectable human beings should walk with their heads hung in shame. Don't call yourself a fan if that's how you intend to act. Seriously. What is wrong with you people?
Stay classy Utah,
Ron & Burgundy
P.S., If PB&J had to apologize for making jokes about movies with homoerotic themes shouldn't these people have to apologize for being douchebags?
Not only was the booing obnoxious and distracting (although not for D.Fish - more on that later), but it was downright disrespectful. The fans should have been charged with a collective technical billed to the team for unsportsmanlike conduct. Furthermore, if we had been in the arena, trust and believe there would have been a whole lot less booing (and cowbelling) going on. After that showing we couldn't bring ourselves to support Utah in any venture any longer. Utah needing support for political campaigns? That's nice. Utah being booted from the United States? Oh well. We're not even making sense but at least we're not booing. What's next? Is Utah going to have a natural disaster and then boo FEMA when they come to help? Sounds like a positive experience to me.
Anyone who's already left Utah should be proud of themselves, anyone still there and not by choice (minors, hospice patients) should know we're praying for you, and anyone proud to boo for respectable human beings should walk with their heads hung in shame. Don't call yourself a fan if that's how you intend to act. Seriously. What is wrong with you people?
Stay classy Utah,
Ron & Burgundy
P.S., If PB&J had to apologize for making jokes about movies with homoerotic themes shouldn't these people have to apologize for being douchebags?
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