麦迪说：“盐湖城？每次去，大部分时间我都会在酒店里待着，幸亏那有个还不错的酒店，不然在盐湖城的生活不可想象。”那酒店叫做 Grand America Hotel，是盐湖城唯一的三A五星级酒店，也是所有NBA球队下榻的地方，为了迎接盐湖城冬奥会而修建，在雪山环绕下，显得如此巍峨漂亮。在没有这个前，球队都住在距离球馆走路三分钟，一家名叫拉迪森的酒店，德雷克斯勒说过：幸亏拉迪森一楼有家牛排馆，让我在盐湖城待着的时间没那么难以煎熬。
Boozer 双20 （22分20篮板）Matthew 23分 Millsap 21分11篮板 William 14分10助攻
下一仗，就是卫冕冠军湖人队
Jazz keep composure, Nuggets melt late as Utah advances
By Andrew Aragon, for NBA.com
Posted Saturday May 1, 2010 2:45AM
SALT LAKE CITY (NBA.com exclusive) -- It was only Game 6 of their first-round series, but the Utah Jazz knew they had to play with a Game 7 type of urgency.
The last thing the Jazz wanted to do was travel back to Denver and play the Nuggets with all their first-round series' marbles on the line. They avoided that scenario by playing as if their playoff lives were at stake on Friday night.
The Jazz eliminated the Nuggets from the playoffs by beating them 112-104 in Game 6 and winning the first-round series, 4-2. In addition to playing with a greater sense of urgency, Utah also executed better and did a better job of keeping its composure during crunch time against Denver.
Utah advances to play the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals. Game 1 is Sunday afternoon.
"We definitely did," Boozer said of the Jazz needing to close out the series at home. "We didn't want to go back to Denver. We wanted it here for our fans, for us, to move on to the next round. And we were able to do that because we worked our butts off. We got better and better as the series went along."
The Jazz somehow found a way to improve their play despite not having starters Mehmet Okur and Andrei Kirilenko in their lineup. They also found a way to dispose of the Nuggets, despite the Northwest Division champions not going quietly.
In a game that featured 70 fouls, four technicals, 91 attempted free throws, 12 lead changes and 15 ties, Utah simply outlasted Denver. The Jazz led by as many as 15 points in the first half, only to see it all evaporate shortly after halftime.
The Nuggets put together their best stretch of play in three playoff games in Utah late in the second quarter and early in the third. They built an eight-point lead, but it went away once Jazz forward Paul Millsap got going.
Millsap scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half to help spark the Jazz. He tied the game at 67-67 with an up-and-under reverse layup. He had two three-point plays in the fourth quarter, the second of which gave Utah a 98-95 lead, and one it wouldn't relinquish.
"We had some momentum going our way," said Denver forward Carmelo Anthony. "Then Millsap came into the game. I think he got two or three and-ones and that just opened the game up. He got a couple offensive rebounds, post play and some hustle points. I think what he did by coming back in the game made a big difference."
The Nuggets' lack of composure was also a big difference.
The game was tied 95-95 midway through the fourth quarter, and that's precisely when the Nuggets fell apart. Kenyon Martin and Chauncey Billups picked up technical fouls in a span of 65 seconds. During that time, the Jazz built a 102-95 lead.
Millsap got the spurt started by converting the second of his two three-point plays in the fourth quarter. Martin then got a technical for pushing Williams while fouling him. Billups got a technical after arguing a call that went against Anthony. Utah built a 106-95 lead with all of the points in the 11-0 run except for Millsap's layup coming from the free-throw line.
"We had the momentum of the game," Boozer said. "We were making good enough stops. We were making 'Melo work again, like we had been doing. Our mindset was just to come in and keep playing hard."
The Jazz got contributions from several sources to oust the Nuggets.
Boozer led the way with 22 points and 20 rebounds. Millsap had 11 rebounds to go along with his 21 points. Rookie Wesley Matthews had 23 points, five rebounds and four assists. Deron Williams dealt with some foul trouble, but still finished with 14 points and 10 assists.
Ronnie Price filled in nicely for Williams when he sat, and had 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting.
"Everybody played great," Boozer said. "That's the mark of our team. We've had guys step up like that all season when we've had guys out. Paul came in and had a monster game. Ronnie made a huge difference out there and we had a great contribution from Wesley again. He's been playing great the whole series."
Matthews and C.J. Miles also made Anthony work when he had the ball. The two players combined to force Anthony to shoot just 6-for-22 and finish with 20 points.
"I wanted that opportunity," Matthews said. "You live for moments like that. You know, growing up as a kid you always want to go against the best."
Matthews and the rest of the Jazz will get their wish in the next round, facing the defending champion Lakers.
只要能在Game 2赢一场就够了。。。 整个局势就改变过来。就好像 VS 金块那样，都是先输一场再反败为胜。等着瞧吧
Kobe rallies Lakers past Jazz in 2nd-round opener
By GREG BEACHAM
Posted May 02 2010 6:37PM
LOS ANGELES(AP) Just in case the Utah Jazz forgot how Kobe Bryant finishes games, he provided another painful playoff reminder.
Bryant scored 11 of his 31 points in the final four minutes, and the Los Angeles Lakers blew a fourth-quarter lead before rallying for a 104-99 victory over the Jazz in their second-round series opener Sunday.
Pau Gasol had 25 points and 12 rebounds for the top-seeded Lakers, who played a dismal final period before Bryant seized control. Last season's NBA finals MVP coolly scored seven consecutive points to erase Utah's four-point lead, followed by a dynamic slice through the lane for a layup with 22.6 seconds left.
The clubs are meeting in the postseason for the third consecutive year after the Lakers ended Utah's last two seasons, including a first-round victory in 2009. In each of the teams' previous five playoff meetings, the winner went on to the NBA finals.
Deron Williams scored 24 points for fifth-seeded Utah, which managed just one more field goal after taking a 93-89 lead with 4:10 to play. Utah has lost 15 straight to the Lakers at Staples Center, including seven playoff games.
Los Angeles will host Game 2 of the best-of-seven series on Tuesday night.
Carlos Boozer had 18 points and 12 rebounds for Utah. Paul Millsap and C.J. Miles contributed 16 points apiece, including several difficult baskets in the fourth quarter while the Jazz surged ahead with a 12-1 run.
It wasn't enough to stop Bryant, who took over right when Utah's excited bench seemed certain it was headed to an upset win.
Both teams finished their first-round series roughly 36 hours earlier, with the Lakers winning at Oklahoma City on Gasol's last-second tip-in shortly before Utah held off Denver.
Lakers center Andrew Bynum started and played 24 minutes after discovering a small tear in the meniscus of his right knee Saturday. The 7-footer wore a large brace on his knee, but didn't appear limited while collecting eight points and 10 rebounds.
Utah also has pronounced injury problems. With Andrei Kirilenko still sidelined with a strained left calf and center Mehmet Okur out for the postseason, the Jazz struggled to guard the Lakers inside when Los Angeles forced the ball down low.
But the Lakers sometimes seemed disinterested, a mood matched by the home crowd. After the Lakers' consecutive losses to Oklahoma City inspired a crackling atmosphere for their blowout victory in Game 5 last week, Staples Center was back to its usual relaxed state.
Los Angeles gave out thousands of white T-shirts in an apparent attempt at a whiteout crowd to go with the Lakers' Sunday white uniforms, but the majority of fans didn't bother to put on the shirts. Lakers fans get excited about titles, not T-shirts - and despite an inconsistent regular season, their team appears capable of contending for its 16th crown.
Williams injured his elbow late in Utah's series-clinching win over Denver, putting his availability for Game 1 in doubt. He forced the Jazz to call a full timeout just 20 seconds in after hurting his arm on their first possession. Yet he showed no obvious favor toward the injury while scoring 17 points in the first half.
Los Angeles opened with 15-for-19 shooting in the first quarter, including five shots without a miss by Bryant. The Lakers led by 14 in the first half, but Utah sliced the lead to three in the third quarter before heading into the final period trailing 81-73.
With both teams using four reserves apiece to open the fourth quarter, Utah trimmed the Lakers' lead to 82-81 on Millsap's layup with 7:43 left. Miles' free throws gave Utah its first lead since the first quarter moments later - but then Bryant got started.
NOTES: Lakers coach Phil Jackson's teams are 45-0 in playoff series after winning the first game, including 21-0 with Los Angeles. ... The clubs met in the first round last season and the second round in 2008. Utah beat the Lakers in two playoff series in the late 1990s, and the Lakers won their first postseason meeting in 1988. ...
Bynum does it all in Lakers' Game 2 win over Jazz
By Bryan Chu, for NBA.com
Posted Wednesday May 5, 2010 3:32AM
LOS ANGELES (NBA.com exclusive) -- With a quick head and shoulder shake, Deron Williams found himself open for what was a wide-open teardrop. But lying in wait was 7-foot center Andrew Bynum, who rejected the shot.
The play epitomized the type of game Bynum had.
He was active. He was spry. He was confident.
Though he played through a tear in the meniscus of his right knee, Bynum had arguably his best postseason game, leading the Lakers to a 111-103 win in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Tuesday at Staples Center.
"I was pretty comfortable," Bynum said. "especially in the first half, I was very aggressive."
After laboring through the first contest, Bynum cobbled 17 points, 14 rebounds (a playoff-career high) and four blocks in 29 minutes.
"This is the best I've felt coming into the playoffs," said Bynum, who missed the entire 2008 playoffs and limited in the 2009 postseason.
Now holding a 2-0 series advantage, the Lakers have history on their side, sporting a 40-1 record when winning the first two games in a best-of-seven series.
This is the third consecutive postseason Los Angeles, which has won eight straight versus the Jazz at Staples Center, has taken a commanding 2-0 series lead against Utah.
To get back into the series, the Jazz need to take care of home court. In recent memory, Utah has been successful in Game 3's against the Lakers. In 2009, Utah won 88-86, and in 2008, 104-99.
"It's a must win for us," Williams said. "We're a different team at home. A better team. We'll be ready."
The Jazz had their chances down the stretch as the Lakers once again let them get back into the game.
Utah trailed 87-77 heading into the fourth quarter, but it trimmed Los Angeles' deficit to 98-94 with 4:41 left.
"We would've lost this game if we were in Utah and we had that kind of lead," said Bynum, whose team had 20 turnovers, which led to 28 Jazz points. "We have to be much more careful with the basketball."
But in crunch time it was Kobe Bryant who pulled through.
With Williams in his face, Bryant pulled up and sank a long jumper just as the buzzer sounded. For good measure, Bryant threw down a reverse dunk on the next possession to give the Lakers a 107-96 lead.
Bryant finished with a game-high 30 points on 10-for-22 shooting. He was 10-for-11 from the free throw line. This was his third straight 30-plus scoring performance.
"That shot he made, doesn't surprise anybody because he's just that kind of player," Utah coach Jerry Sloan said. "You play against him, you don't like to, but you have to certainly admire everything [he's done]."
In the win, Pau Gasol had 22 points and 15 rebounds while Lamar Odom chipped in with 11 and 15, his first double-double of the postseason. Ron Artest also added 16 points and three steals.
"I'm getting better and better as the playoffs kind of go on," Odom said.
The key to the Lakers victory was outrebounding the Jazz 58-40 and the Jazz missing 34 shots in the paint.
"It was tough," Williams said of their size. "Their length does bother us."
After averaging 25.8 points on 49.4 percent shooting and 11.3 assists in the first series against the Nuggets, Williams has yet to find the stroke against the Lakers.
In Tuesday's loss, he recorded a postseason-low 15 points and missed 12 of 16 shots. He did tally nine assists, however.
Paul Millsap was the one bright spot for the Jazz. Millsap had a team-high 26 points on 10-for-17 from the field to go along with 11 rebounds and three steals. In the second quarter, Millsap muscled in 14 of the team's first 17 points. He single-handedly brought the team to within 45-39 with 5:22 to go. Los Angeles, however, used an 11-3 run at the end of the quarter to go up 58-46 at halftime.
Carlos Boozer and C.J. Miles each chipped in with 20. Wesley Matthews had 14 points and four 3-pointers.
The first half was particularly disheartening for the Jazz. They whittled the deficit down to single digits, but wound up down by 12 at halftime.
"We lost our confidence a little bit," Williams said. "We started fighting ourselves. When you look up and you're down 12 in the first half it is frustrating especially a team like this because it's hard to come back."
The Lakers' frontline was a huge reason the Lakers dictated the tempo early in the game.
Bynum bullied Boozer.
The Lakers center, who had 11 points and 13 rebounds in the first half, either backed down and shot over the 6-foot-9 Boozer or he dropped stepped his way to a dunk. Bynum recorded a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) at the seven-minute mark of the second quarter after recording eight points and 10 rebounds in all of Game 1.
"He was a huge factor," Sloan.
Added Williams: "He's out there playing on one leg and he's doing a great job of it."
While the Lakers' second unit let the Jazz back into the contest in Game 1, Jackson made an adjustment. Instead of giving Bryant his usually four minutes of rest to start the quarter, he started Bryant. Shrewd call. Bryant registered an assist on four of the Lakers' first five possessions of the period, stretching the Lakers' lead from four to 12 points, 39-27.
Despite the loss, Boozer looked at the bright side.
"I felt like we can play better, which is encouraging," he said. "We've had chances to win both games here in LA...This game, we were close. We were right there."
发表于 1-5-2010 02:23 PM
，没Okur也好，Milsap发挥不错，不像这两年，慢半拍的Okur不能够在篮底下有所发围，只能够在外围投射没保证的球。。。希望Milsap能够像打Nuggets 一样够在篮底下。。。无所不能,中距离投射也进步不少！Rookie W.Matthews的机动性相当强..C.J.Miles经过三到四年季候赛经验洗礼后，也脱颖而出成位大将。。。不像当年（我自己在想，他能够打吗？跑不动，没身体优势如何出场，如何防Kobe？）看来AK47快要上场了，增胖体重可以防住Kobe了吧！！！只是Price还不能够替补D.Will位置。。。但是比去年有点进步啦。。。不再乱投乱射球。。。本人觉得Odom最难搞。。。Sloan快想想办法才行了。。。
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先干为敬 呵呵呵
超级替补前锋 Millsap 多点上场时间，他的高效率表现也是有目共睹的。还有好消息是：Kirilenko 可能会在Game 3 盐湖城上阵。
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