The team’s primary colors will now be navy blue, yellow and green, and the team introduced its retro-looking J-note logo. The new J-note will be the primary logo but the team will keep its mountain landscape logo and use it periodically throughout the season, which will incorporate the new color scheme.
Fans will get their first chance to see the Jazz’s new court at the draft-day party on June 24. The team will unveil the new uniforms Aug. 16.
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Nuggets 97 Rockets 92: The Nuggets won for the second straight time without Carmelo Anthony, the NBA’s second-leading scorer, who sat out with a sprained left ankle. The Rockets lost for the eighth time in 12 games, despite yet another dominating start. Chauncey Billups and J.R. Smith were enough to beat the sputtering Rockets who have lost a bit of the intensity they had early in the season. Not to point the finger but Trevor Ariza is shooting 13-45 over the three game skid.
Hawks 90 Spurs 105: An old dog never loses its tricks and the Spurs used everyone of those tricks on display in a trouncing of Atlanta. Tim Duncan grabbed a career-high 27 rebounds and scored 21 points, and the San Antonio Spurs ended their three-game slide with a 105-90 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. It was the first 20-20 game since 2005 for Duncan, who bested his previous career rebounding high of 25, set against Miami in 2003. Jamal Crawford earned his 23rd career 4-point play. Now just one behind Reggie Miller’s NBA record. Whwn the Hawks win and lose BIG!
Lakers 118 Pacers 96: Bynum scored 22 points in the first half. Kobe Bryant took over in the second half and finished with a game-high 29 points to go with nine rebounds and seven assists. Bynum finished with 27 points and 12 rebounds. Indiana decided to go small and it failed. Times have been rough in Indiana, for basketball at least. The Indianapolis Colts are playing in the Super Bowl next Sunday! Los Angeles doesn’t even have a football team, so…small victories.
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Bulls 96 Thunder 86: Derrick Rose scored 26 points, Noah added 13 points and 11 rebounds and the Bulls held the Oklahoma City without a field goal for the first eight minutes of the fourth quarter on their way to a 96-86 victory on Wednesday night. The Truth Sports knew the Del Negro ship would stay afloat. It was Chicago’s fourth straight win — all on the road — after starting the season 4-15 away from the United Center. The Bulls — fresh off wins at Phoenix, Houston and San Antonio — improved to 22-22, returning to .500 for the first time since they were 6-6 on Nov. 21. A disappointing 3 game losing streak that gets tested Friday against the Nuggets….good luck
Heat 103 Raptors 111: Chris Bosh had 24 points and a season-high 18 rebounds,Andrea Bargnani scored 27 points and Raptors played another solid game after beating the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
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“We put (the Lakers game) behind us,” Bosh said. “One thing about a big win, you don’t want to beat a good team and then come back and have a poor performance. You always want to keep the momentum going and I think we’re building some good resistance at home.” Dwyane Wade had 35 points and 10 assists and former Raptors center Jermaine O’Neal scored 22 for Miami, which lost Michael Beasley to a right knee injury. The injury may keep him out of Heats next game against Detroit. Bosh is the onlyRaptors player to start all 46 games this season, and even more appealing to the Heat, and the Rockets, and the…….
Timberwolves 95 Cavaliers 109: Cavs are 9-0 at home against Western Conference teams, if you consider the Timberwolves a team. Just kidding, but this one was a no-brainer. LeBron is dancing in the highlights, and thats never a good sign.
Grizzlies 99 Pistons 93: The Pistons 11-19 (57.9%) free-throw shooting was the only negative output of the game, unfortunately the Grizzlies shot 26-28 (92.9%) from the stripe. The Grizzlies have passed all the wins they had all last season(24). Ben Gordon (groin) missed his 19th game of the season, and Will Bynum (ankle) also sat out for Detroit.
76ers 88 Bucks 91: This game was not watched, yet it was played. Brandon Jennings scored 18 points, hitting a 12-footer with 22 seconds left, and the Bucks held on for a 91-88 win on Wednesday night after the Sixers missed three shots to tie in the final 11 seconds. Iverson finished with six points, all in the first half.
Jazz 106 Trailblazers 95: Here are some mismatch numbers. The Jazz had 19 turnovers the Blazers had 9. Utah shot 60.3 percent from the field, hitting 38 of 63 shots. Portland shot 36.3 percent (33 of 91). Utah led by as many as 26 points during the first half. The Jazz won for the eighth time in nine games and took over second place in the Northwest Division. Carlos Boozer, who scored 14 points, left the game early in the third quarter with a right calf strain and did not return. Can you hear the money slipping through Boozers fingers. It sounds like when Sonic loses his rings.
Hornets 123 Warriors 110: Did you know Stephen Curry is 5th in steals per game, crazy right? Chris Paul scored 38 points to lead five New Orleans starters in double figures. Paul shot 14 for 19 from the field, made all nine of his free-throw tries, dished out nine assists and grabbed six rebounds. Paul is a lock for All-Star reserve. Monta Ellis returned for Golden State after missing the past two games with a sprained right ankle and had 19 points, nine assists and six rebounds. He had been averaging 30.7 points over his previous 16 outings. Hope this doesn’t hurt Monta’s chances of making it to the All-Star Game as a reserve. The roster is to be announced tomorrow.
NETS WIN!!! NOW THE STRIVE FOR 5!
The movie is entitled
The Story of Sundiata Gaines
It begins like this:
V.O.(voiceover)
It was the first career 3-pointer for Gaines, a rookie who was just signed last week to a 10-day contract and was playing only his fifth NBA game. Gaines, known as “Yata” by his new teammates, scored all nine of his points in the fourth, against “Duke” LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers who Utah hasn’t beaten since Nov. 7, 2007.
Fade to Black
There are four games on the NBA schedule tonight, and starting off is the Denver Nuggets at Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers are on a 9 game losing streak, and “The Answer” is back in the starting lineup as if we all are experiencing some “twilight zone” experience. The 76ers also play the next 5 at home, which coupled with numerous ticket packages should get the Sixers out of the attendance basement. To the benefit of all NBA fans the game is on NBATV.
In the second game, the Portland Trailblazers travel to New York without Greg Oden for the first time this season. Sad as the injury to Oden is, it now allows the Blazers to fly in and out of the lane without Oden’s post presence. The Blazers next 4 are on the road, and they should benefit from the adversity on the road re-learning how to play without Oden. They did well last season without him, and Andre Miller wasn’t there.
Golden St. and Oklahoma City, face off for the first time of the year, in the battle of “Future Playoff Teams” The Warriors have played solid following the trade of Stephen Jackson. This game will feature less defense then the Pittsburgh Steelers without Troy Polamalu. Frist team to 100 wins this one. *SideNote=The Ravens-Packers Monday Night Football games starts 30 minutes into this one, so if you are anti-offense flipping over to MNF should fulfill you with the defense you were looking for.
The last night pits to old foes the San Antonio Spurs and the Utah Jazz. Carlos Boozer has been playing as if his “eyebrows” are less heavy. The Spurs have lost the last two, and winning in Utah is about as difficult as solving a rubik’s cube blindfolded.
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