- Since Feb. 1, the Jazz are 7-19, one of the worst teams in the NBA. Al Jefferson came from Minnesota only to see his new team become just as dysfunctional as his old team.
- John Wall got whatever he wanted in the first half and it didn't matter who guarded him. 24 points in the first half. Jazz played mostly zone in the second half and Wall went scoreless.
- As wounded as the Jazz are, the Wizards are equally injured. They didn't have Blatche or Nick Young or Rashard Lewis and yet they still won. The Jazz have annually been one of the best home-courts in the NBA and they lost to the worst road team in the NBA.
- I was there in the upper bowl cheering my team on, but it wasn't really until the fourth quarter with the line-up of Ronnie Price, CJ Miles, Gordon Hayward, Jeremy Evans and Derrick Favors that the crowd came alive and were on their feet. For the first three quarters we watched a lot of stagnant offense and lapsing defense.
- As much as I appreciate coach Ty Corbin sticking with the youngsters in the fourth, I really wish he'd recognized that after a while Ronnie Price was doing more harm than good. I'm pretty confident that if he'd put Earl Watson back in with five minutes to go in regulation, the Jazz would've won that game.
- They were five seconds away from winning it anyway, but alas, Jordan Crawford's step-back jumper went in.
- CJ Miles is 12% from 3-point land over the past five games.
- I'm convinced the Jazz need to draft a point guard and a wing. They're solid with big men (Jefferson, Favors, Millsap, Okur, and maybe Ante Tomic) but Raja Bell is a black hole of production. He's good enough to be on the court but bad enough to kill your chances of winning. He's at an 8.2 PER right now, one of the least productive starters in the league. They should trade him or buy him out this summer.
- Despite all the woes, the ESA was pretty fully. I'd bet at least 85% of seats sold.
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