Jazz looking okay
 

I thought the Jazz had a good chance to beat San Antonio at home last night, but I certainly didn't see a 30-point beatdown coming. Of course, Popovich essentially raised a white flag with 15 minutes left in the game, so I'm unsure how much we can learn.

Another concern is that I'm not sold that Utah's defense had a lot to do with the Spurs' 64-point total. San Antonio missed an awful lot of layups and wide-open looks. And Ginobili certainly isn't at 100%.

I still think the Jazz are a solid defensive center away from winning it all. Can Fesenko be that guy? I'd be willing to move Okur, as great as he's been playing, for a seven-footer who can blocks shots and intimidate opposing players around the basket.

Oh, and good win, L.A. Typical collapse by Dallas, but still, every win counts at this point. I think the seeding will go down to the last day.

The Spurs players said that Popovich sat the starters according to his standard rotation pattern at the end of the third quarter. When it was time to put them back in a few minutes later, the game was out of hand, so he didn't bother.

Honestly, I don't think it would have mattered. The Jazz were on an amazing roll.

The refs let a lot of physical play go. Which was to our advantage.

Speaking of missed layups, Harpring missed about three in the second half.

We were at the ESA for this one. Sold out arena, playoff atmosphere. Our ears were ringing for hours afterward. An awesome game.

Had the Jazz lost last night, we could have taken one positive thing away from it - the Warriors would have been eliminated from the playoff picture.

Here's to you and your silly team, NorCal. You may think they're fun to watch, but it all ends before post season starts. That must feel good.

how would the warriors been eliminated?

Something about the Warriors having 30 losses would make it impossible for them. I read it in the report of the game in the SA Express.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/s...r.385e7aa.html

It would have clinched a spot for the spurs, not eliminated the warriors. Meaning, there would have been no way that the Warriors make the playoffs and the Spurs don't.

FWIW, the Jazz are 1 win or 1 Warriors loss away from this scenario being applicable to them.

The warriors are 1/2 game down from Denver. If they go ahead of Denver, they are in.

What the article says is that with a SA win, the Warriors would not have been able to pass SA.

I thought the Jazz clinched last night with their win?

The Lakers clinched last night. It marks 55 out of 60 years in the playoffs. Pretty amazing.

My bad. I mis-read it.

Denver is 4 games back of Utah. So that means that Utah has not clinched it's division.

SA and Lakers have an identical record, yet Lakers have clinched while SA has not. It must be because the Lakers win the tiebreaker with SA.