Jazz Vs. Spurs 1st Round WC Playoffs
The top seed San Antonio Spurs will meet up with the eight seed Utah Jazz in the first game of their series on Sunday night.
Spurs’ big three is healthier than in the regular season and will be present in the entire playoffs.
Last year, the Spurs fell down agains the eight seeded Memphis Grizzlies but they will be sure that will not happen again.
“A big part of that is obviously the young guys that have stepped in — guys like Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green, and Tiago Splitter, in his second year, has really come into his own,” said Matt Bonner, the Red Rocket. “And we made some good pickups with Stephen Jackson, Boris Diaw and Patty Mills, which has given us a lot of depth with this condensed schedule, let us manage minutes, and everybody’s contributing.”
On the other had, the Jazz barely made it to the eight seed when Houston dropped down six straight games and beat the Phoenix Suns to ensure their position.
“I don’t ever want to sound like, ‘I told you so.’ But at the beginning of the year, we talked about this not being a rebuilding year,” O’Connor told the Salt Lake Tribune. “I thought Al Jefferson and Devin Harris and Paul Millsap could carry us through. And I thought the young kids could bounce back and play a little bit better than they did a year ago. … We just felt we were better than everyone else thought we were, and it’s nice to come out of that.”
http://www.mirosport.net/2012/basketball/42875/spurs-vs-jazz-first-round-preview/
The top seed San Antonio Spurs will meet up with the eight seed Utah Jazz in the first game of their series on Sunday night.
Spurs’ big three is healthier than in the regular season and will be present in the entire playoffs.
Last year, the Spurs fell down agains the eight seeded Memphis Grizzlies but they will be sure that will not happen again.
“A big part of that is obviously the young guys that have stepped in — guys like Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green, and Tiago Splitter, in his second year, has really come into his own,” said Matt Bonner, the Red Rocket. “And we made some good pickups with Stephen Jackson, Boris Diaw and Patty Mills, which has given us a lot of depth with this condensed schedule, let us manage minutes, and everybody’s contributing.”
On the other had, the Jazz barely made it to the eight seed when Houston dropped down six straight games and beat the Phoenix Suns to ensure their position.
“I don’t ever want to sound like, ‘I told you so.’ But at the beginning of the year, we talked about this not being a rebuilding year,” O’Connor told the Salt Lake Tribune. “I thought Al Jefferson and Devin Harris and Paul Millsap could carry us through. And I thought the young kids could bounce back and play a little bit better than they did a year ago. … We just felt we were better than everyone else thought we were, and it’s nice to come out of that.”
http://www.mirosport.net/2012/basketball/42875/spurs-vs-jazz-first-round-preview/
