Ugh, another San Antonio stinker

The Jazz, at some point, will have to figure out how to go to San Antonio and compete.

I have to admit, I didn't watch the game with the most intense interest. It started when we got to the anointed restaurant and the game was not available. (I later found out that Comcast, the local cable company, had technical difficulties.) By the time I got back to the car after dinner it was halftime and the Jazz were down 15. The announcer said something about Tony Parker having his way with the Jazz' backcourt.

It only got worse in the second half.

• It seemed the Spurs were able to rebound on the offensive end at will. One of the first trips down the floor in the third quarter San Antonio got four offensive rebounds.
  
• Tony Parker WAS allowed to run free. The Jazz allowed him to turn a 3-on-3 break into an uncontested layup in the early fourth quarter on a play that pretty much summed up the effort.
  
• Garbage time stats made the game look closer on the stat sheet than it was on the court. San Antonio ended the game shooting .500; After three quarters the Spurs were at 57 percent from the floor.
• If the Jazz can't mob the boards for a rebounding advantage they are in trouble, and Thursday night they got outboarded by 8.

Hopefully Saturday night at the DC against Portland will bring a better effort from the home squad.