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Utah Jazz – Randy Foye is Next to Keep Playoff Hopes Alive
All of a sudden, the Utah Jazz have guards, some would even call them point guards, that can score points and make a difference. Randy Foye had his best game of the season with a rare shooting night, while Mo Williams continued his late-season heroics, as the two are suddenly pushing a team that looked on the verge of an embarrassing collapse back into the NBA postseason picture.
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Utah Jazz – Mo Williams Might Get Them to the NBA Playoffs After All
Never count out anyone in the NBA. Not a player, not a team. The Utah Jazz looked on their way towards a lottery pick thanks to a late-season collapse and having no reliable point guard. So Mo Williams comes out of nowhere in a very inconsistent season from him, aided by finally a big game from both Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson, inching the Jazz towards what might look like another playoff season.
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Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks & Portland Trail Blazers Fighting For Last Playoff Spot
Four left in the race, only one of them comes out. While things are set and done in the East except for a few positions, the final eighth spot for the postseason in the Western Conference is up for grabs, as the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz and even the Portland Trail Blazers (yes, still) are fighting for the final playoff ticket left to hand out.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Backcourt Keeps Getting Better
Letting the fact that the Houston Rockets were embarrassed in their previous game against a playoff rival, the Jeremy Lin project is improving nicely in recent weeks, taking his scoring and general playing ability up a notch or two, match James Harden, almost shot for shot, as the two steered the team back in the right direction.
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Utah Jazz – The Unknown Future at Point Guard
Still in the hunt for the postseason but more realistically in the middle of an embarrassing late season collapse, the Utah Jazz might be already looking towards the summer, in which their decision to keep either Paul Millsap or Al Jefferson, along with their need to find a starting point guard to steer the team in the right direction, trumps everything else.
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New York Knicks – Don’t Need Carmelo, Amare & Chandler to Stop Losing
Who knew that the combination of Kenyon Martin, Kurt Thomas, Marcus Camby and Jason Kidd might be enough to stop the losing streak the New York Knicks were on, doing just about enough at their advanced age to put the absence of Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and Amare Stoudemire off the headlines, just for once?
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Utah Jazz – Gordon Hayward Rises Above Suffocating Physicality
The Utah Jazz want to physical and tough each and every night, just like the Memphis Grizzlies usually have been over the last three seasons. Still, someone needs to rise above all the brutishness and score some points, and Gordon Hayward, part of the future the Jazz are hoping will be a bright one, became the one that rises.
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Marc Gasol Knocks Ball Away From Derrick Favors With Shoe
Being the premier Gasol brother these days means Marc Gasol needs to do some original stuff to justify that statement, and using his shoe to stop and foul Derrick Favors is certainly one of the more imaginative ways to get yourself noticed.
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Los Angeles Lakers – Winning Without Even Playing
One day, no game scheduled and the Los Angeles Lakers come out like they won three games at once. That’s what happens when all three rivals for the final playoff spot lose, as the Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors and Utah Jazz lost on the same day.
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Monta Ellis With Amazing 360 Reverse Layup
Sometimes, when you overlook the terrible shooting stats, you remember Monta Ellis is an exceptional scorer, pulling off one of the shots of the season with a 360 reverse layup in a huge night for him and the Milwaukee Bucks, beating the Utah Jazz.