Recap 3/7/2007 - Pacers @ Jazz

Now's a good as time as any to start up a blog on the Jazz. Look for more things coming...

In the midst of one of their easiest stretches, the Jazz pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Indiana Pacers. They did it again with a different leading scorer, Deron Williams.

Williams had 17 points & 6 assists while Carlos Boozer contributed 14 points and 16 boards. Their efforts helped offset Mehmet Okur's off night of 1-8 shooting.

Complete Boxscore

The Pacers closed out the third with 7 straight points to cut the Jazz lead to 5, which is closer than it should have ever gotten. All of this occurred while William was on the bench. The last two losses the Jazz have suffered has been when Williams didn't play. What is now the Nash rule for MVP, shouldn't this put Williams up with Nowitski and Nash? I'm sure Dirk will win, but I can't believe Deron doesn't get much mention. He should contend as early as next year I would think. And as long as a championship comes this year, it won't matter.

Next game:
NOOCH @ Utah, 10 March, 2007 @ 7:00 p.m.