So last night as I sat in the library staring at the different scores in sports i realized something. I don't have an exam tomorrow. Let's go watch the late games. I must say while San Jose laid an egg in periods two and three the Utah, L.A. game was phenomenal. Here are a few things that got me thinking.

"Choke" Thornton?

I know a lot has been said recently about Big Joe not showing up in the playoffs but I have always been a defender of the big man. He's a stand up guy, who in my opinion is always playing hard and you can't blame one person for the team underperforming. However, last night i was praying to god that he had at least 17 broken bones because he looked downright awful. He was -3 and looked genuinely scared to touch the puck. I mean seriously, if you got a chance to watch his third period giveaway to Ryan Getzlaf, he looks like an atom age player playing in his first game of hitting. He was absolutely terrified to have control of the puck. Here's hoping he can turn it around and make one of the best match-ups in this play-offs competitive once again.

A Shooter HAS to shoot!

I behooves me every time I watch a shooter in the NBA pass up an open shot. I mean seriously, you don't defend well, you don't rebound well, you can't even handle the ball very well and yet you defer open shots. Do they not understand that their job is to shoot a basketball. Nothing else. I go on this rant in reference to Kyle Korver yesterday doing his best Jason Kapono impression for the first three quarters. He missed a couple of open jump shots so he started passing. Now thank god for the Jazz that Jerry Sloan is a patient man and left him in to start the fourth as he was a key in their run. However, the man must've had an ulcer in the process. Just shoot the basketball. If Jerry wanted anything else from that position he would play Andrei Kirilenko. Kyle finally got the message in the fourth sparking the Jazz to an upset win.



Order Restored.

Now I don't know who it is wearing Trevor Ariza's jersey, but for the first two games and three quarters it was not Trevor Ariza. Trevor is a nice player with decent ballhandling skills who can jump out of the gym. However, his career three point percentage shot hovers just under 30% but he still feels inclined to take it. Sound familiar Toronto fans. Yes in case you were wondering he is the rich man's Jamario Moon. However, in the first two games and three quarters of the third it was raining threes for this guy. That is not a joke he was 8 of 9 from the land beyond at that point. 8 of 9 that is absurd. Finally in the fourth quarter order returned. As Kyle Korver was taking and making his jumpshot, so was Trevor Ariza throwing up bricks. All was right again.

And that folks, was last nights view from the couch.

- POB