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Jazz Postseason Should End in a Hurry

There's always a danger in reading too much into one pro basketball game. Then again, sometimes one game can be so telling that it's tough not to read something into it.Warriors 118, Jazz 108.Let's start reading ...One of the conclusions you can draw from Saturday night's game -- and the six previous Jazz games -- is that...

Andrei Kirilenko Continues Utah's Streak of Bad Luck

The Jazz learned this weekend that Andrei Kirilenko could be sidelined for two weeks with the injured left thumb he suffered in Friday's game. That would take him through the final six games of the regular season and perhaps into the playoffs. Without him, the Jazz lost their third in a row on Saturday, dropping a winnable...

Is Kirilenko Holding Back the Jazz?

Utah Jazz Blog makes a pretty startling claim this morning: that Andrei Kirilenko is the new Jordan. No, not that AK-47 is set to dominate the game for a decade. Instead, he's thinking that it's Kirilenko who will spoil this new Jazz golden age by keeping them from the Finals: Let me give you a short list of guys this...

Not All NBA Players Are Degenerate Gamblers

We've talked at length about the rampant gambling that goes on among NBA players -- it's gotten so bad that some players are apparently leading fans sitting courtside astray -- but David Stern should be happy to know that not every player in his league is traveling down that sinful path. Jazz guard Dee Brown made a...

The Jazz Take in Miami's Nightlife

After reading out Salt Lake Tribune beat writer Phil Miller's recent travel nightmare, I was feeling kind of sorry for the Jazz, who recently lost at every stop of a "four games in five nights" road trip. Traveling through the night hopping from one city to the next can be tough, no matter if you're flying coach or a...