Mattie T’s 2nd Round Recap of the Utah Jazz/Golden State Warriors series

Game 1:

116

112

Star Player of the Game: Jazz F Carlos Boozer, who scored 17 points & grabbed 20 rebounds in 41 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Utah outrebounded Golden State 54-36.

Game 2:

127

117 (F/OT)

Star Player of the Game: Jazz C Mehmet Okur, who scored 23 points & grabbed 18 rebounds in 42 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Utah outscored Golden State 14-4 in overtime.

Game 3:

125

105

Star Player of the Game: Warriors G Baron Davis, who scored 32 points & dished out 9 assists in 34 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Golden State shot 52.6% for the game & connected on 15 of their 32 three-point attempts.

Game 4:

115

101

Star Player of the Game: Jazz F Carlos Boozer, who scored 34 points & grabbed 12 rebounds in 44 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Utah outscored Golden State 40-23 in the 4th quarter.

Game 5:

100

87

Star Player of the Game: Jazz F Andrei Kirilenko, who scored 21 points & grabbed 15 rebounds in 33 minutes of action.

Key Stat: Utah outscored Golden State 58-33 during the 2nd half.

Mattie T’s Analysis:

Congratulations to Jerry Sloan & the Utah Jazz, as they advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in 10 years.

Utah did it by mauling Golden State on the boards, outrebounding Golden State 269-171 in the series.

Carlos Boozer had a monster series with 24.2 PPG & 14 RPG.

Deron Williams also had a very good series with 16.8 PPG & 9.6 APG.

Andrei Kirilenko might’ve broken out at the right time for the Jazz.

After averaging just 5.3 PPG & 3.1 RPG in the 1st round against Houston, Kirilenko exploded for 16.2 PPG & 8.8 RPG against Golden State.

Utah will now face either Phoenix (3-1 during regular season) or San Antonio (2-2 during regular season) in the Western Conference Finals.

The Jazz have a 2-4 all-time record during the Conference Finals with their last series win coming in ‘97 when they swept the L.A. Lakers in 4 games.

For Golden State, their deepest playoff run in 16 years comes to an end.

The Warriors have not been to the Conference Finals since 1975, when they lost to Phoenix in 7 games.

I’ll have a possible Cavs/Nets series recap up tonight if Cleveland wins.

Until then,

Mattie T

Sports Writer for BMS Radio Chicago

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