Spurs With the Sweep

Get out your brooms. The San Anotnio Spurs have swept the Utah Jazz in a very uncompetitive series. Now that we are going to start the second round, things should get interesting. San Antonio, LA, LA, and Oklahoma City is a quality four team playoff. I guess it could still shake out differently though.

Manu Ginobili led the way with 17 points as the Spurs cruised to victory last night. This was the closest game, a 6 point victory, and the Jazz actually had a chance here. All of the other games were double digits victories, including the 31 point blowout in game 2. Tony Parker and Tim Duncan both had 11 points and played their worst games of the postseason so far. The three other starters (Diaw, Leonard, and Green) had a combined 8 points. This was the worst night for the starting five perhaps all season so it was good that Manu stepped up. The fact that the starters only had 29 of the 87 points, shows the depth of this Spurs lineup.

Paul Millsap had an incredible effort in the loss for Utah. He had 19 rebounds. What an amazing effort by Millsap as he dominated the boards. San Antonio did not have a single player in double figures on rebounds. Unfortunately for Millsap he was only 4-17 from the field.

Gary Neal also had 11 points for the Spurs. He was one of the key players off the bench. Neal played just 18 minutes, but he made his impact known. The Utah Jazz sure know who Gary Neal is now. Perhaps the best performance was turned in by Dejuan Blair who had 6 points and 3 rebounds in only 7 minutes of playing time. The Spurs got great efforts from every member of that bench. San Antonio will likely face that LA Clippers next, LA went up 3-1 last night. Looks like Chris Paul stands in the way of San Antonio's 5th NBA title.

-Noland