Jazz drop Hornets 114-103
The Hornets kept pace in the first half, but a rough third quarter prevented New Orleans from completing a fourth quarter comeback as the Utah Jazz kept pace in the Playoff race with a 114-103 win over the Hornets. New Orleans drops to 35-45 on the season, with one home game remaining on Sunday against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
I’ll start out with my favorite shot of the night.
Utah Jazz forward Paul Millsap (24) loses possession of the ball as he collides with New Orleans Hornets forward James Posey (41) during the second half at the New Orleans Arena. The Jazz defeated the Hornets 114-103.
The Jazz coming into the game was a team vying for the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs, the Hornets have been eliminated from the playoffs and having covered nearly every game this season I concentrated my coverage on the Jazz since their may be some immediate value to images featuring them.
Utah guard Deron Williams is one of the NBA’s top guards along with New Orleans own Chris Paul, so I made sure to get some full body action shots of Williams as well as some tight action. Below are several action shots of Williams from Friday’s game.
Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams (8) drives past New Orleans Hornets guard Darren Collison (2) during the first half at the New Orleans Arena.
Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams (8) shoots over New Orleans Hornets guard Marcus Thornton (5) during the second half at the New Orleans Arena. The Jazz defeated the Hornets 114-103.
Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams (8) drives with the ball during the second half against the New Orleans Hornets at the New Orleans Arena. The Jazz defeated the Hornets 114-103.
Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams (8) shoots during the second half against the New Orleans Hornets at the New Orleans Arena. The Jazz defeated the Hornets 114-103.
Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams (8) collides with New Orleans Hornets forward James Posey (41) and guard Darren Collison (2) as he passes off the ball during the second half at the New Orleans Arena. The Jazz defeated the Hornets 114-103.
Besides shots of Williams from Utah below are a few select action shots from the game.
Utah Jazz forward C.J. Miles (34) shoots over New Orleans Hornets center Aaron Gray (34) during the first half at the New Orleans Arena.
New Orleans Hornets forward David West (30) grabs a rebound over Utah Jazz forward Paul Millsap (24) during the first half at the New Orleans Arena.
Utah Jazz guard Wesley Matthews (23) shoots over New Orleans Hornets forward James Posey (41) during the second half at the New Orleans Arena. The Jazz defeated the Hornets 114-103.
Of course every game I get at least a few shots of the dance squad, tonight the Honeybees performed a fitness themed routine, unfortunately most of the routine the ladies were not facing me, I did get the shot below of my friend Mary performing during the routine.
Well that is all for tonight’s blog, thanks for checking out my work, a full slideshow of Highlights can be viewed below. Next up the Timberwolves on Sunday as my NBA coverage for the season comes to it’s conclusion.
04-09-2010 Jazz at Hornets – Images by Derick Hingle
