Game 4

Life is good when the Jazz win playoff games...very good.

Game 4 was the game Utah has been waiting for all series long. D-Will found his shot (he had 25 points on 10-14 shooting), Memo seems to be settling into a rhythm, and Boozer took it to the basket more often.

For the first time this series and in over a month the Utah Jazz looked damn good.

We have improved in each game so far which is the best news I've heard all season. We came into the playoffs cold and out of sync. I'm not sure exactly what the problem was but the team just seemed frazzled, confused, and hectic. Now we have a few "high intensity" games under our belt and we look more comfortable and a hell of a lot more confident. With such limited playoff experience on the roster confidence needs to be the biggest psychological asset the Jazz have if there is any hope in defeating a hungy Rockets team.

After winning a few big games it is too easy to feel a sense of invincibility. Confidence is good, but overconfidence can be a death sentence. Sure the Utah blew Houston out in game 4, but tonight the Jazz are going into an incredibly hostile environment and we have to face the fact that we struggle on the road.

If we are going to win this series we have to win tonight. I just don't see us going into Houston for a game 7 and getting the win. There will be way too much emotion in that building and it will be very easy for our young squad to fall into the intimidation trap. No, we have to get it done tonight. If we don't you can kiss our season goodbye.

I am so excited and nervous that I can't get my thoughts straight. Since I am having such a hard time focusing and because this could be my worse piece of writing ever I'm going to cut this short. All I'm going to say is in order for us to win tonight D-Will needs to take over like he did in game 4. If he struggles he'll be breaking out his golf clubs soon.

GO JAZZ!!!!!!!!