Holy Cow!
Sure, I thought that the Golden State Warrior - Utah Jazz matchup would be great, but even I did not think Game 1 would be like that. Deron Williams and Baron Davis lived up to the hype. AK-47 is out of his season-long funk, and Stephen Jackson continued to play well (despite forcing too many shots on AK-47). Unfortunately, as a Stephen Jackson enthusiast (have been ever since he lazily stepped foot on the court in San Antonio) I could see the forced drives coming a mile away.
Al Harrington woke up for the postseason, which did not surprise me at all. He is the perfect player to play against the physical Jazz players. Harrington is a bruiser of a small-forward/power-forward combo player. He’s like Antawn Jamison with a mean streak. This is the perfect series for him, especially with Boozer and Harpring throwing their bodies around in the paint.
If the rest of this series plays out the way Game 1 did, I’m on board for every single second of every game, even if it ruins my soon to be marriage.
