Game 3: Quarter 1

This better not suck. Jazz win the tip; that's a good start! Booz with a nice power move down low . . . bring it on. Duncan answers with a banked jumper. Banked jumper? What the?

Tater's right. "Only Utah could think light blue is intimidating."

Fish with an MLA! "He continues to struggle, now 2-17 from the field in the series." And this is noteworthy news?

I loved that article in one of the Salt Lake newspapers today. Something like, "Fisher hasn't been shooting well in the series, 2-16, though Memo hasn't been much better, 7-28." That's TWICE as good, peoples. Classic reporting.

Tater: Jazz team strategy: "GET THE BALL TO FISHER!" Foolproof, Tater. Foolproof.

Sloan sticking with his guns and not calling a timeout to stop the run. Genius.

Nice yellow tie by UncleOfIze, picked out by yours truly a few months ago. No wonder I like it so much.

Ginobili just hit a three. If I cussed, I'd cuss right now.

Kicky: "that was a perfect Utah Jazz offensive possession." Referring to the Spurs, fascinatingly enough.

Collins with a bucket?! I'm trying to overcome the shock. His second field goal of the playoffs? Am I dead? Have I gone to heaven? And now a foul against Collins. Things are back to normal.

I love the graphic they just showed for Bowen: 1-1 FG, 3 PTs. Info boxes like that this early in the game just don't seem all that informative, for some reason. Just me?

Oh goody! Another Tranformers preview. I guess if I want to stop seeing the preview, I need to stop going to movies and watching TV. Check. And hey, now there's a Coors Light pregnancy test commercial--Lady Kicky is probably ready to scratch someone's eyes out right about now.

Now both Fisher and Harp are in; finally this live-blog can attempt to be funny. Harp waves both of his hands. He knows just how to entertain us! And then some stellar D. He really wants those at HarpringSucks.com to be enjoying this viewing experience. Selfless move, man.

"I really like this unit that Jerry Sloan has in the game right now." You just can't make this stuff up. This lineup, however, IS great for entertainment purposes. Right, boys? I fully expect Tater and Kicky to come up with "Zing!" moments in the following quarters.

"I'm so tired of all the flopping going on." Seriously, you can't make this up. This is coming from Mark Jackson? Or Jeff Van Gundy?

Notice how Harp is always "defending" three-point shooters? It's good comedy; it's good fun.