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The multi Language XM Sirius Super Bowl Broadcast line Up Sunday Feb 5th 2012
When It's Time to Play the Game
SiriusXM airs an expanded lineup of play-by-play broadcasts of Super Bowl XLVI live. The multiple language calls are available to Sirius subscribers and XM subscribers with the XM Premier programming package.Super Bowl Broadcasts 6:20 pm ET:
• New England Patriots: Sirius 86 / XM 226 / Internet 879
• New York Giants: Sirius 92 / XM 225 / Internet 881
• National broadcast: Sirius 88 / XM 88 / Internet 88
• Spanish: Sirius 149 / XM 234 / SXM 550 / Internet 870, 950
• BBC Radio: Sirius 93 / XM 227 / Internet 861
• Chinese: Sirius 139 / XM 231 / Internet 866
• Japanese: Sirius 94 / XM 228 / Internet 862
• German: Sirius 138 / XM 233 / Internet 865
• Hungarian: Sirius 113 / XM 235 / Internet 869
• Portuguese: Sirius 137 / XM 230 / Internet 864
• Russian: Sirius 117 / XM 236 / Internet 868
• Dutch: Sirius 134 / XM 229 / Internet 863
• French: Sirius 136 / XM 232 / Internet 867
Green Bay trained in Santa Barbara CA prior to Super Bowl 1
In a retro Super Bowl moment from 1967 the Local Santa Barbara Ca ABC affiliate
finds old footage and has the first of 2 reports on the Superbowl 1 in Los Angeles thought you would enjoy this Mark Janisch WWS founder
http://www.keyt.com/news/local/Film-at-6--11-KEYT-Projects-Local-Super-Bowl-History-138617634.html
finds old footage and has the first of 2 reports on the Superbowl 1 in Los Angeles thought you would enjoy this Mark Janisch WWS founder
http://www.keyt.com/news/local/Film-at-6--11-KEYT-Projects-Local-Super-Bowl-History-138617634.html
Friends Of Locke Podcast is Up
Jazz PXP Man David Locke has his latest Podcast
http://www.nba.com/jazz/features/locked_on_jazz.html
http://www.nba.com/jazz/features/locked_on_jazz.html
First Take Podcast 2/3/2012
Stephen A Smith Skip Bayless John Ritchiehttp://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=7537227
Thursday, February 2, 2012
David Locke Jazz PXP Man Clippers
· The Clippers game wore both the Jazz and the Clippers out. Both teams fell by 20 tonight and both were on empty by the 2nd half.
· The key portion of the game was late in the 3rd quarter when the Jazz went to the bench late in the 3rd quarter and the Warriors went on a 11-2 run. I said at the time on the broadcast that the game would be decided by how long the young crew could keep the Jazz in the game and if they could give Millsap and Jefferson enough rest to get the game to the final 5 minutes. They weren’t able to get it done.
· The Jazz bigs looked like their legs were dead tonight. The defensive rebounding was abysmal. They lacked bounce. The amount of reaching plays rather than foot moving and rebounds hoping the ball would come to them rather than going to get the ball were the obvious sign of fatigue
· The concern is the Jazz haven’t started the exhausting part of the season yet. However, you can see fatigue setting in. The Jazz don’t have generally regarded in the top 20 or maybe even top 30 in the NBA so they have to battle and give every ounce of energy to win games, stay in games and battle to the end. This means they could fatigue worse than some other teams. One point that has been made by numerous people to me this year is that the for guys like LeBron or Durant or other stars 35 minutes for them is not as tiring as 35 minutes for Millsap, Hayward or Jefferson. The stars aren’t being pushed as hard in those minutes.
· Fatigue is going to be the #1 storyline for the next 60 days. I believe the Jazz play 9 home games in the next 60 days.
· Gordon Hayward’s game plan on Monta Ellis was to stay in front of him, play him into a jump shooter and keep him off the foul line. For the most part he did that but Monta who had been slumping for the last three games got it going. He hit jumper after jumper and he was simply too good. The only change Gordon will make the next time is to show him some different looks as the night goes on so he can’t get into a rhythm.
· Alec Burks played some point guard tonight. He faired ok in the first half but the game got away in the 2nd half. He has to learn what he can and can’t do in the NBA because he is wasting too many possessions. However, all the talent is there. Everything I loved about him on draft night is still evident.
· The jazz bench did not have an assist tonight
· Jamaal Tinsley is a great luxury to have as your third point guard. He had the game in control and set a Jazz season high for assists in a game. He was kept the tempo and kept the game in the Jazz fashion for the first half.
· CJ Miles just can’t buy a three point shot. He is in a considerable slump from three and he is still all over the spectrum night to night. He has a tougher role when Howard is playing because he gets a little less time but tonight with Howard starting the hope would be he could have found a rhythm.
· Watson and Bell are the leaders of this team when it comes to attitude and setting the tone that was missed tonight’
· Missing two players at the same position is always incredibly difficult to overcome.
Last note - to start the year I had the Jazz in the quest to 33 wins splitting the two games at Golden State - that is what they did and tonight helps the chances of the Jazz getting the Warriors draft pick.
· The key portion of the game was late in the 3rd quarter when the Jazz went to the bench late in the 3rd quarter and the Warriors went on a 11-2 run. I said at the time on the broadcast that the game would be decided by how long the young crew could keep the Jazz in the game and if they could give Millsap and Jefferson enough rest to get the game to the final 5 minutes. They weren’t able to get it done.
· The Jazz bigs looked like their legs were dead tonight. The defensive rebounding was abysmal. They lacked bounce. The amount of reaching plays rather than foot moving and rebounds hoping the ball would come to them rather than going to get the ball were the obvious sign of fatigue
· The concern is the Jazz haven’t started the exhausting part of the season yet. However, you can see fatigue setting in. The Jazz don’t have generally regarded in the top 20 or maybe even top 30 in the NBA so they have to battle and give every ounce of energy to win games, stay in games and battle to the end. This means they could fatigue worse than some other teams. One point that has been made by numerous people to me this year is that the for guys like LeBron or Durant or other stars 35 minutes for them is not as tiring as 35 minutes for Millsap, Hayward or Jefferson. The stars aren’t being pushed as hard in those minutes.
· Fatigue is going to be the #1 storyline for the next 60 days. I believe the Jazz play 9 home games in the next 60 days.
· Gordon Hayward’s game plan on Monta Ellis was to stay in front of him, play him into a jump shooter and keep him off the foul line. For the most part he did that but Monta who had been slumping for the last three games got it going. He hit jumper after jumper and he was simply too good. The only change Gordon will make the next time is to show him some different looks as the night goes on so he can’t get into a rhythm.
· Alec Burks played some point guard tonight. He faired ok in the first half but the game got away in the 2nd half. He has to learn what he can and can’t do in the NBA because he is wasting too many possessions. However, all the talent is there. Everything I loved about him on draft night is still evident.
· The jazz bench did not have an assist tonight
· Jamaal Tinsley is a great luxury to have as your third point guard. He had the game in control and set a Jazz season high for assists in a game. He was kept the tempo and kept the game in the Jazz fashion for the first half.
· CJ Miles just can’t buy a three point shot. He is in a considerable slump from three and he is still all over the spectrum night to night. He has a tougher role when Howard is playing because he gets a little less time but tonight with Howard starting the hope would be he could have found a rhythm.
· Watson and Bell are the leaders of this team when it comes to attitude and setting the tone that was missed tonight’
· Missing two players at the same position is always incredibly difficult to overcome.
Last note - to start the year I had the Jazz in the quest to 33 wins splitting the two games at Golden State - that is what they did and tonight helps the chances of the Jazz getting the Warriors draft pick.
Gauchos Push Winning Streak to Three With 85-70 Win at Northridge - UC Santa Barbara
Gauchos Push Winning Streak to Three With 85-70 Win at Northridge - UC Santa Barbara
The Local Mid Major stays 1 Game ahead of CSU Fullerton with tonights win
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Former Ali Trainer Angelo Dundee dies @ 90
Angelo Dundee, the brilliant motivator who worked the corner for Muhammad Ali in his greatest fights and willed Sugar Ray Leonard to victory in his biggest bout, died Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. He was 90.
The genial Dundee was best known for being in Ali's corner for almost his entire career, but those in boxing also knew him as an ambassador for boxing and a figure of integrity in a sport that often lacked it.
Angelo Dundee in 1962 with an up-and-coming Cassius Clay. (AP Photo)
He died with his family surrounding him, said son, Jimmy Dundee, but not before being able to attend Ali's 70th birthday bash in Louisville, Ky., last month.
"It was the way he wanted to go," Jimmy Dundee said. "He did everything he wanted to do."
Promoter Bob Arum said he had been planning to bring Dundee to Las Vegas for a Feb. 18 charity gala headlined by Ali. He called Dundee a legend in the sport, someone who worked the corner for some of the greatest fights of the times.
"He was wonderful, he was the whole package," Arum said. "Angelo was the greatest motivator of all time. No matter how bad things were, Angelo always put a positive spin on them. That's what Ali loved so much about him."
Arum credited Dundee with persuading Ali to continue in his third fight against Joe Frazier when Frazier was coming on strong in the "Thrilla in Manilla." Without Dundee, Arum said, Ali may not have had the strength to come back and stop Frazier after the 14th round in what became an iconic fight.
Dundee also worked the corner for Leonard, famously shouting "You're blowing it son. You're blowing it" when Leonard fell behind in his 1981 fight with Tommy Hearns — a fight he would rally to win by knockout.
A master motivator and clever corner man, Dundee was regarded as one of the sport's great ambassadors. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994 after a career that spanned six decades, training 15 world champions, including Leonard, George Foreman, Carmen Basilio and Jose Napoles.
But he will always be linked to Ali as one of the most successful fighter-trainer relationships in boxing history, helping Ali become the first to win the heavyweight title three times. The pair would travel around the world for fights to such obscure places as Ali's October 1974 bout in Zaire against Foreman dubbed "The Rumble in the Jungle," and Ali's third fight against Frazier in the Philippines.
"I just put the reflexes in the proper direction," Dundee said in a 2005 interview with The Associated Press.
Their partnership began in Louisville, Ali's hometown, in 1959. Dundee was there with light heavyweight Willie Pastrano when the young Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, called their room from a hotel phone to ask if he could have five minutes. Clay, a local Golden Gloves champion, kept asking the men boxing questions in a conversation that lasted 3 1/2 hours, according to Dundee's autobiography, "My View From the Corner: A Life in Boxing."
After Ali returned from Rome with a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics, Dundee ran into him in Louisville and invited him to come to Miami Beach to train. Ali declined. But that December, Dundee got a call from one of Ali's handlers, seeking to hire Dundee. After Ali won his first pro fight, Dundee accepted.
He helped Ali claim the heavyweight title for the first time on Feb. 25, 1964, when Sonny Liston quit on his stool after the sixth round during their fight in Miami Beach.
In an age of boxing when fighter-manager relationships rarely last, Dundee and Ali would never split.
When Cassius Clay angered white America by joining the Black Muslims and become Muhammad Ali, Dundee never wavered. When Ali defied the draft at the height of the Vietnam war, losing 3 1/2 years from the prime of his career, Dundee was there waiting for the heavyweight's return. And when Ali would make bold projections, spewing poetry that made headlines across the world and gave him the nickname "The Louisville Lip," Dundee never asked him to keep quiet.
"Through all those days of controversy, and the many that followed, Angelo never got involved," Ali wrote in the foreword to Dundee's book. "He let me be exactly who I wanted to be, and he was loyal. That is the reason I love Angelo."
Born Angelo Mirena on Aug. 30, 1921, in south Philadelphia, Dundee's boxing career was propelled largely by his older brother, Chris, a promoter. After returning from World War II — "We won, but not because of anything I did" — he joined Chris in the boxing game in New York, serving as his "go-fer" and getting the tag "Chris' kid brother." Angelo and Chris followed another brother Joe, who was a fighter, in changing their surname to Dundee so their parents wouldn't know they worked in boxing.
He learned to tape hands and handle cuts as a corner man in the late 1940s, building his knowledge by watching and learning as a "bucket boy" in New York for trainers like Chickie Ferrara, Charlie Goldman and Ray Arcel among others. Word of Dundee's expertise spread, and seasoned fighters lined up to have him in their corner.
He worked major boxing scenes with Chris, with stops at the famed Stillman's Gym in New York and Miami Beach's 5th Street Gym. Dundee's fun-loving attitude combined with his powerful Philly accent made him a joy to be around. His lifelong love and respect for the sport earned him praise from those across the boxing world.
"He is the only man in boxing to whom I would entrust my own son," the late sportscaster Howard Cosell once said of Dundee.
In the late 1970s, with Ali nearing retirement, Dundee quickly jumped into the corner for an emerging star named Sugar Ray Leonard, who Dundee called "a smaller Ali." Dundee trained Leonard for many of his biggest fights — including bouts against Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran and Thomas Hearns — and helped him become one of the most recognized welterweight champions in history.
Dundee later teamed up with Foreman in 1994 to help him become the oldest heavyweight champion at age 45 when he beat Michael Moorer. In one last attempt to help a big fighter win a big fight, Dundee helped train Oscar De La Hoya for his Dec. 6, 2008, fight with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao. Dundee did not work the corner on fight night, and perhaps the 35-year-old "Golden Boy" could have used Dundee. De La Hoya declined to answer the bell for the ninth round.
Always a slick strategist and fierce competitor, Dundee developed countless tricks to help his fighters win.
If he thought a referee might stop a fight because of a gash on his fighter, Dundee would stretch his butt so the referee couldn't peek into the corner, allowing him to conceal the wound before the bell. If a fighter was tired, Dundee would do anything he could to buy time, once untying a boxer's shoes after every round only to slowly retie the laces each time.
Dundee also went well beyond the usual tricks of smelling salts to revive fighters.
If his man was dazed, Dundee would often drop ice down the fighter's shorts to take their attention off injuries. During Ali's 1963 fight against Henry Cooper, Dundee pulled off a stunt that took him decades to publicly acknowledge.
After Cooper dropped Ali and left him dizzy at the end of the fourth round, Dundee alerted the referee to a small rip on Ali's gloves — a split Dundee would later admit he noticed before the fight — and the search for replacement gloves that never came gave Ali a few extra seconds to recover. Ali pounded Cooper's cuts in the fifth and the fight was stopped, keeping Ali's title shot alive. Many boxing commissions would soon require extra gloves to be kept at every fight.
Dundee never held back the one-liners in the corner, either, saying anything he could to get his fighters charged.
Dundee also loved to tell the story of the night he was in the corner for a little-known heavyweight named Johnny Holman. Remembering that Holman's dream was to buy a house, Dundee tried to motivate Holman when he said, "This guy's taking away your house from you. He's taking away those shutters from you. He's taking away that television set from you." Holman would come back to win — and get that house.
After living in the Miami area for decades, Angelo Dundee moved to the Tampa suburb of Oldsmar in 2007 to be closer to his two children after his wife of more than 50 years, Helen, died.
CommentsThe genial Dundee was best known for being in Ali's corner for almost his entire career, but those in boxing also knew him as an ambassador for boxing and a figure of integrity in a sport that often lacked it.
Angelo Dundee in 1962 with an up-and-coming Cassius Clay. (AP Photo)"It was the way he wanted to go," Jimmy Dundee said. "He did everything he wanted to do."
Promoter Bob Arum said he had been planning to bring Dundee to Las Vegas for a Feb. 18 charity gala headlined by Ali. He called Dundee a legend in the sport, someone who worked the corner for some of the greatest fights of the times.
"He was wonderful, he was the whole package," Arum said. "Angelo was the greatest motivator of all time. No matter how bad things were, Angelo always put a positive spin on them. That's what Ali loved so much about him."
Arum credited Dundee with persuading Ali to continue in his third fight against Joe Frazier when Frazier was coming on strong in the "Thrilla in Manilla." Without Dundee, Arum said, Ali may not have had the strength to come back and stop Frazier after the 14th round in what became an iconic fight.
Dundee also worked the corner for Leonard, famously shouting "You're blowing it son. You're blowing it" when Leonard fell behind in his 1981 fight with Tommy Hearns — a fight he would rally to win by knockout.
A master motivator and clever corner man, Dundee was regarded as one of the sport's great ambassadors. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994 after a career that spanned six decades, training 15 world champions, including Leonard, George Foreman, Carmen Basilio and Jose Napoles.
But he will always be linked to Ali as one of the most successful fighter-trainer relationships in boxing history, helping Ali become the first to win the heavyweight title three times. The pair would travel around the world for fights to such obscure places as Ali's October 1974 bout in Zaire against Foreman dubbed "The Rumble in the Jungle," and Ali's third fight against Frazier in the Philippines.
"I just put the reflexes in the proper direction," Dundee said in a 2005 interview with The Associated Press.
Their partnership began in Louisville, Ali's hometown, in 1959. Dundee was there with light heavyweight Willie Pastrano when the young Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, called their room from a hotel phone to ask if he could have five minutes. Clay, a local Golden Gloves champion, kept asking the men boxing questions in a conversation that lasted 3 1/2 hours, according to Dundee's autobiography, "My View From the Corner: A Life in Boxing."
After Ali returned from Rome with a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics, Dundee ran into him in Louisville and invited him to come to Miami Beach to train. Ali declined. But that December, Dundee got a call from one of Ali's handlers, seeking to hire Dundee. After Ali won his first pro fight, Dundee accepted.
He helped Ali claim the heavyweight title for the first time on Feb. 25, 1964, when Sonny Liston quit on his stool after the sixth round during their fight in Miami Beach.
In an age of boxing when fighter-manager relationships rarely last, Dundee and Ali would never split.
When Cassius Clay angered white America by joining the Black Muslims and become Muhammad Ali, Dundee never wavered. When Ali defied the draft at the height of the Vietnam war, losing 3 1/2 years from the prime of his career, Dundee was there waiting for the heavyweight's return. And when Ali would make bold projections, spewing poetry that made headlines across the world and gave him the nickname "The Louisville Lip," Dundee never asked him to keep quiet.
"Through all those days of controversy, and the many that followed, Angelo never got involved," Ali wrote in the foreword to Dundee's book. "He let me be exactly who I wanted to be, and he was loyal. That is the reason I love Angelo."
Born Angelo Mirena on Aug. 30, 1921, in south Philadelphia, Dundee's boxing career was propelled largely by his older brother, Chris, a promoter. After returning from World War II — "We won, but not because of anything I did" — he joined Chris in the boxing game in New York, serving as his "go-fer" and getting the tag "Chris' kid brother." Angelo and Chris followed another brother Joe, who was a fighter, in changing their surname to Dundee so their parents wouldn't know they worked in boxing.
He learned to tape hands and handle cuts as a corner man in the late 1940s, building his knowledge by watching and learning as a "bucket boy" in New York for trainers like Chickie Ferrara, Charlie Goldman and Ray Arcel among others. Word of Dundee's expertise spread, and seasoned fighters lined up to have him in their corner.
He worked major boxing scenes with Chris, with stops at the famed Stillman's Gym in New York and Miami Beach's 5th Street Gym. Dundee's fun-loving attitude combined with his powerful Philly accent made him a joy to be around. His lifelong love and respect for the sport earned him praise from those across the boxing world.
"He is the only man in boxing to whom I would entrust my own son," the late sportscaster Howard Cosell once said of Dundee.
In the late 1970s, with Ali nearing retirement, Dundee quickly jumped into the corner for an emerging star named Sugar Ray Leonard, who Dundee called "a smaller Ali." Dundee trained Leonard for many of his biggest fights — including bouts against Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran and Thomas Hearns — and helped him become one of the most recognized welterweight champions in history.
Dundee later teamed up with Foreman in 1994 to help him become the oldest heavyweight champion at age 45 when he beat Michael Moorer. In one last attempt to help a big fighter win a big fight, Dundee helped train Oscar De La Hoya for his Dec. 6, 2008, fight with pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao. Dundee did not work the corner on fight night, and perhaps the 35-year-old "Golden Boy" could have used Dundee. De La Hoya declined to answer the bell for the ninth round.
Always a slick strategist and fierce competitor, Dundee developed countless tricks to help his fighters win.
If he thought a referee might stop a fight because of a gash on his fighter, Dundee would stretch his butt so the referee couldn't peek into the corner, allowing him to conceal the wound before the bell. If a fighter was tired, Dundee would do anything he could to buy time, once untying a boxer's shoes after every round only to slowly retie the laces each time.
Dundee also went well beyond the usual tricks of smelling salts to revive fighters.
If his man was dazed, Dundee would often drop ice down the fighter's shorts to take their attention off injuries. During Ali's 1963 fight against Henry Cooper, Dundee pulled off a stunt that took him decades to publicly acknowledge.
After Cooper dropped Ali and left him dizzy at the end of the fourth round, Dundee alerted the referee to a small rip on Ali's gloves — a split Dundee would later admit he noticed before the fight — and the search for replacement gloves that never came gave Ali a few extra seconds to recover. Ali pounded Cooper's cuts in the fifth and the fight was stopped, keeping Ali's title shot alive. Many boxing commissions would soon require extra gloves to be kept at every fight.
Dundee never held back the one-liners in the corner, either, saying anything he could to get his fighters charged.
Dundee also loved to tell the story of the night he was in the corner for a little-known heavyweight named Johnny Holman. Remembering that Holman's dream was to buy a house, Dundee tried to motivate Holman when he said, "This guy's taking away your house from you. He's taking away those shutters from you. He's taking away that television set from you." Holman would come back to win — and get that house.
After living in the Miami area for decades, Angelo Dundee moved to the Tampa suburb of Oldsmar in 2007 to be closer to his two children after his wife of more than 50 years, Helen, died.
Read more: http://aol.sportingnews.com/sport/story/2012-02-01/angelo-dundee-trainer-for-muhammed-ali-dies-at-90#ixzz1lCLsem8J
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Utah Jazz PXP man David Locke
Lamarcus Aldridge and his effect on Last nights Game
http://www.nba.com/jazz/features/locked_on_jazz.html
http://www.nba.com/jazz/features/locked_on_jazz.html
Official Podcast - Episode 26
Official Podcast - Episode 26
The official Barclay,s Premiere Leauge podcast a regular feature here on WWS
Than you Mark Alan Janisch founder
The official Barclay,s Premiere Leauge podcast a regular feature here on WWS
Than you Mark Alan Janisch founder
Game time Cleveland Podcast 1/31/2012
Mike and Tom Kresic bring you a weekly feature of the wws site
All things Cleveland Sports
http://www.same3guys.com/2012/01/31/gametime-cleveland-105-browns-get-an-oc/
All things Cleveland Sports
http://www.same3guys.com/2012/01/31/gametime-cleveland-105-browns-get-an-oc/
Monday, January 30, 2012
Utah Jazz PXP man David Locke on tonights win
EMPTYING THE NOGGIN
• YEAH !!!!! THAT IS A GREAT WIN. FIGHT, EFFORT, GRIT, DETERMINATION. AWESOME. LOVE IT !!!!!!
• One of the biggest stories of the night is Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter guarding LaMarcus Aldridge for the final 18 minutes of the game and allowing just 1 field goal. Aldridge had hit 6 for 6 in the 3rd quarter when Tyrone switched Millsap off of Aldridge. Aldridge had been amazing up to this moment.
• The Jazz won a game closing with a combo of Harris/Watson, Howard/Hayward, Miles, Millsap and Kanter. Every night it is a different lineup and Tyrone Corbin has the confidence in every one of these guys to finish a game.
• Jazz had 6 shots to take the lead and didn’t break through until the 7th and then they never gave the lead back.
• Gordon Hayward showed a lot tonight, he had a miserable 1st half. At halftime he came out by himself on the floor and shot free throws to collect himself and then had a great 3rd quarter. Another chance for him to fold and this kid just won’t do it.
• Earl Watson was brilliant in the 4th quarter. Nate McMillan told me before the game that the difference in this team is Earl’s influence. That is what he had noticed.
• This game had a ton of moments that changed the game. It will be hard to remember them all but I will do my best.
• The Jazz answered each of Batum’s three’s with a field goal preventing the Blazers from running away
• The final one of those was the Watson to Evans alley opp
• Evans commits a terrible turnover and the Jazz answer with amazing defense that forces Felton a 20% three point shooter this year into a long three.
• With the score 82-79 Kanter denied Aldridge and then slide over to block a Felton layup
• The Watson sequence of genius took place with about 4 minutes left. He drew a charge, hit a jumper, dropped a finger roll layup and had a steal from behind.
• Millsap missed a jumper at 87-84 with 2:17 left and Batum rebounded and Watson knocked it from behind for the steal. That may be the play of the night.
• If that isn’t then the next play Kanter is blocked by Camby and the Blazers are on a faast break when Hayward blocks Jamal Crawford on a layup to hold the three point lead
• Millsap answers that with a unreal 1 on 1 move on Aldridge.
• WHAT A GAME !!!!!!!
• All these plays are about the same thing. Fighting, saying in the game, not quitting, battling, heart and effort. That is what makes this game such a terrific win.
• These guys are learning very important lessons on how to value possessions, Favors hustle off the Hayward misses, so many to be talked about. The lesson is that every possessions matters and when you win games by 3 or 4 points you never know which possession it is going to be.
• Yes our clutch free throw shooting sucks
• The Blazers backcourt of Felton and Wesley is a real problem for them. Wesley was not good tonight and Felton looks like he always has. Wesley’s 1 assists in 25 minutes is not good.
• If Batum is injured that is a huge blow to the Blazers they desperately need him.
• Jazz shot 38% tonight and won – you have to be a very tough team to win that game
• YEAH !!!!! THAT IS A GREAT WIN. FIGHT, EFFORT, GRIT, DETERMINATION. AWESOME. LOVE IT !!!!!!
• One of the biggest stories of the night is Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter guarding LaMarcus Aldridge for the final 18 minutes of the game and allowing just 1 field goal. Aldridge had hit 6 for 6 in the 3rd quarter when Tyrone switched Millsap off of Aldridge. Aldridge had been amazing up to this moment.
• The Jazz won a game closing with a combo of Harris/Watson, Howard/Hayward, Miles, Millsap and Kanter. Every night it is a different lineup and Tyrone Corbin has the confidence in every one of these guys to finish a game.
• Jazz had 6 shots to take the lead and didn’t break through until the 7th and then they never gave the lead back.
• Gordon Hayward showed a lot tonight, he had a miserable 1st half. At halftime he came out by himself on the floor and shot free throws to collect himself and then had a great 3rd quarter. Another chance for him to fold and this kid just won’t do it.
• Earl Watson was brilliant in the 4th quarter. Nate McMillan told me before the game that the difference in this team is Earl’s influence. That is what he had noticed.
• This game had a ton of moments that changed the game. It will be hard to remember them all but I will do my best.
• The Jazz answered each of Batum’s three’s with a field goal preventing the Blazers from running away
• The final one of those was the Watson to Evans alley opp
• Evans commits a terrible turnover and the Jazz answer with amazing defense that forces Felton a 20% three point shooter this year into a long three.
• With the score 82-79 Kanter denied Aldridge and then slide over to block a Felton layup
• The Watson sequence of genius took place with about 4 minutes left. He drew a charge, hit a jumper, dropped a finger roll layup and had a steal from behind.
• Millsap missed a jumper at 87-84 with 2:17 left and Batum rebounded and Watson knocked it from behind for the steal. That may be the play of the night.
• If that isn’t then the next play Kanter is blocked by Camby and the Blazers are on a faast break when Hayward blocks Jamal Crawford on a layup to hold the three point lead
• Millsap answers that with a unreal 1 on 1 move on Aldridge.
• WHAT A GAME !!!!!!!
• All these plays are about the same thing. Fighting, saying in the game, not quitting, battling, heart and effort. That is what makes this game such a terrific win.
• These guys are learning very important lessons on how to value possessions, Favors hustle off the Hayward misses, so many to be talked about. The lesson is that every possessions matters and when you win games by 3 or 4 points you never know which possession it is going to be.
• Yes our clutch free throw shooting sucks
• The Blazers backcourt of Felton and Wesley is a real problem for them. Wesley was not good tonight and Felton looks like he always has. Wesley’s 1 assists in 25 minutes is not good.
• If Batum is injured that is a huge blow to the Blazers they desperately need him.
• Jazz shot 38% tonight and won – you have to be a very tough team to win that game
A few thoughts from the Blog room
Hello, It has been awhile since I posted my own written comments but here are a few observations. 1. I am not a big fan of the 2 week Super Bowl Hype. The only thing for those of you viewing Outside the USA is this This is a rematch of the Super Bowl of 4 years ago. The Patriots lost 17-14 after winning 18 straight games. This is the Championship of American football. This event has grown over the years to include over 163 million Viewers and a definite excuse to eat food and drink your favorite beverage and visit with friends.
I will say that I think the points between both teams @ 55 is too much. Take the under as this game may end in the 40,s as far as combined team points. Turning to College basketball for the men. The ESPN Bracket Busters matchups have been announced. Games you might want to view is the WCC St. Marys Gaels face the 21-0 Murray State Racers the only undefeated D-1 team in America right now. The other game you might wish to look @ is The Long Beach St 49ers facing the # 12 Creighton Blue Jays The Big conference West leaders may need this game to increase an RPI rating standing @ 41. The Local Mid major UC Santa Barbara Gauchos travel to former conference rival Utah St in Logan UT all games are between Feb 17-19 You may watch in the U.S on local cable networks on the ESPN family of networks. I will also add that I have added a share button below each post so you may share the content with over 300 social networks.
In closing I wish to thank all my viewrs from around the world and in the U.S.
I am Mark Alan Janisch Writer and founder of WWS I can be found on twitter@wideworldofspor
God Bless
I will say that I think the points between both teams @ 55 is too much. Take the under as this game may end in the 40,s as far as combined team points. Turning to College basketball for the men. The ESPN Bracket Busters matchups have been announced. Games you might want to view is the WCC St. Marys Gaels face the 21-0 Murray State Racers the only undefeated D-1 team in America right now. The other game you might wish to look @ is The Long Beach St 49ers facing the # 12 Creighton Blue Jays The Big conference West leaders may need this game to increase an RPI rating standing @ 41. The Local Mid major UC Santa Barbara Gauchos travel to former conference rival Utah St in Logan UT all games are between Feb 17-19 You may watch in the U.S on local cable networks on the ESPN family of networks. I will also add that I have added a share button below each post so you may share the content with over 300 social networks.
In closing I wish to thank all my viewrs from around the world and in the U.S.
I am Mark Alan Janisch Writer and founder of WWS I can be found on twitter@wideworldofspor
God Bless
Sunday, January 29, 2012
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