Tyronn Tutu Training Time
Robert Skrnjug decided to assign Tyonn Tutu to train
Deron Williams for 2 weeks. They will work on Offensive skills and Athleticism.
1/11/2005
The NBA Season begins
3 Games were played today, Monday the 1st of November.
GAME OF THE DAY
Dallas vs.
Phoenix - It was time for Phoenix to prove how good of a team they are, even without Joe Johnson.
Unfortunately, The Dallas Mavericks prevailed, winning 101 to 96. The Mavericks led the whole game but a 4th quarter comeback by the Suns wasn't enough.
Jason Terry won player of the game with 22 points, 11 assists and 3 rebounds.
Other games
Milwaukee vs.
Philadelphia - Finally, the wait was over. Andrew Bogut's debut was finally here.
Philadelphia took this game, 89-84. Allen Iverson was player of the game with 28 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
San Antonio vs.
Denver - The reigning champions first game of the season was against the young Denver Nuggets team. San Antiono won this game, 109-91. Player of the game was Tim Duncan with 33 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks. Honourable mentions are Tony Parker with 26 points, 12 assists and 3 steals. And Michael Finley with only 4 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
2/11/2005
Jazz' First Game Recap
Deron Williams, in his debut game, and his Utah Jazz will host Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks in the Utah Jazz' much anticipated opening game.
Starting Line-Ups
Jerry Sloan decided to start Kirilenko at Power Forward and Matt Harpring at Small Forward and Carlos Boozer on the bench.
Key Match-Up
Andrei Kirilenko vs. Dirk Nowitzki
Will Andrei Kirilenko's superstar ability to defend, defeat Dirk Nowizki superstar ability to score? We'll find out.
1st Quarter
Andrei Kirilenko came out firing, scoring Utah's first 7 points of the match. Then he got an arm injury.

After the injury, it got quite difficult for the Jazz to score as they weren't into the game quite yet. Jason Terry continued his great form from his last match as the Utah Jazz just managed to hold on despite Dallas trying hard to increase their lead. The quarter ended with Dallas up 29 to 27.
2nd Quarter
It took Utah Jazz only 1 minute and a half to take a 3 point lead as it looked like the Mavericks were struggling. Then the game turned around again as the Mavericks regained their lead. The Jazz had a nice 3 point lead then Deron Williams got into foul trouble. Jason Terry scored 6 points in a row to give Dallas a 3 point lead. Both teams began exchanging leads then a Milt Palacio buzzer beating lay-up gave the Jazz a 58 to 57 points lead.
Key Players at the Half
Mehmet Okur and Jason Terry
3rd Quarter
Jerry Sloan decided to put Andrei Kirilenko back on the court as he recovered from his Arm injury and the first thing he did was score a basket. Andrei Kirilenko continued his run as Deron Williams picked up his 4th personal foul. The Jazz had the lead but then it became a lead swapping game. Andrei Kirilenko dominated this quarter but the scores were still close. Doug Christie received an injury when he went up for a lay-up. The Jazz ended this quarter up 90-88. Andrei Kirilenko scored 22 points in this quarter and 7 other of his teammates scored 2 points each.
4th quarter
This quarter started awfully as Andrei Kirilenko got injured again and won't return to the match. After the injury, the Jazz got fired up and began to play more aggresive, began driving to the basket and after 1 minute and a half, the Mavericks were already on 4 team fouls. With 5 minutes left to go, the Jazz had a nice 11 point lead. Devin Brown went up for a lay-up and got an arm injury, 3rd one tonight. The Jazz continued to hold onto their lead as the Mavericks began intentionally fouling them. The Utah Jazz took this game 126 to 116.
Player Of The Game
Andrei Kirilenko
Despite only playing 2 quarters, he scored 29 points.
Boxscores
Utah Jazz
Dallas Mavericks
Picture Of The Game
Andrei Kirilenko was the reason the Jazz won, because of his scoring and his injury, which fired up the whole team.
Game Pictures
When Kirilenko was injured, Deron Williams was the main focus of the Mavericks defense.
Kirilenko showed who was boss early in the game
CJ Miles throwing a lob shot over Bradley
Milt "Milf" Palacio scoring over Dampier
This one is for Fitzy, Jarron Collins
Robert Skrnjug said in the post game press conference that he was pleased with the way everybody played tonight. He also announced that Devin Brown will be out for 5 days with a sprained elbow.
That's the game, please read, Doodle.
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Jugs on Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.