Posts Tagged ‘Utah Jazz’

TNLP Talks To C.J. Miles

Last fall, we talked to C.J. Miles from the Utah Jazz in the Chronicles of Crotty podcast. He felt that his team had all the pieces to win it all. It was not to be as his team lost to the eventual Western Conference Champions, the Los Angeles Lakers. I caught up with C.J. and [...]

2010 NBA Finals Pick

PETER PICKS: Boston in 7. DAVE PICKS: Boston in 7. JIMMY PICKS: Lakers in 6. NICK PICKS: Lakers in 7. (Somehow, my head (the “analyst”… ha ha, that’s funny) and my heart (the fan in me) are having a battle in this match-up. Of course, I’m also insane. Let’s see what the two parts of [...]

2010 NBA Finals Preview (Los Angeles Lakers)

Guess who’s back? The Lakers are back in the Finals. Third straight year. And guess who’s in the way? Those pesky Boston Celtics. Well, I’m not even going to delay this any further. Let’s talk Lakers with the guys from The Lakers Nation, Jason Riley and Chris Manning. Shoutout to Brian Kamenetzky from ESPN Land [...]

Fresh NBA Gear: Boston Massacre 2010

Well, our friends from Sports Enemy have made shirts for each Laker opponent in the postseason. Oklahoma City Thunder Utah Jazz Phoenix Suns And now, they have a shirt ready to go for the last opponent, the Boston Celtics. Here ya go… It’s the Boston Massacre 2010. I’m sure L.A. Laker fans would love to [...]

B-Ball Video Games Are Cool: NBA Jam T.E.

Welcome to B-Ball Video Games Are Cool… where we review basketball video games of the past. Most of you readers may never play these… so we do and we tell you how good, bad, or ugly these games are. Some of you may even be surprised that these games exist! PAST B-BALL VIDEO GAME REVIEWS [...]

2010 Playoffs: West Finals Preview (Los Angeles Lakers)

It was 2007. The Phoenix Suns eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round for the second year in a row. In the summer, Kobe Bryant infamously demanded a trade. The trade never happened. The Lakers are now appearing in their third consecutive Western Conference Finals. And guess who’s going against them? The last [...]

2010 Playoffs: West Finals Preview (Phoenix Suns)

The Phoenix Suns are knocking at the door of the NBA Finals. The last time they were at the Western Conference Finals? 2006. Remember who they beat in the first round? The Los Angeles Lakers. Still, I don’t think anyone BUT the Phoenix Suns thought they would be back here. I thought they would be [...]

The “Fisher Lied” Girls

Remember these girls in Game 4 of the Lakers/Jazz series? Well, they apparently called into the 1280 The Zone, a sports radio station in Utah. The women kept their names private. The “Fisher Lied” girls are apparently sisters. The younger one called first… and then the elder sister followed up. The elder sister said that [...]

2010 NBA Playoffs (Day 24 Recap)

#2 Orlando Magic 98 @ #3 Atlanta Hawks 84 (Magic win 4-0) The Orlando Magic were supposed to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals to earn the right to lose to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Well, after what they’ve done in rounds one and two, perhaps it should be the other way around. In a do-or-die [...]

Phoenix: Rising From The Ashes

Unless you played for the Phoenix Suns, you would most likely be lying to me if you said before the season that the Suns were going to make it to the Western Conference Finals. This has been one pleasant surprise of a season for the Suns. Their top 4 or 5 guys may not be [...]