Warriors v. Jazz liveblog 2nd Quarter

8:21 Pretty entertaining 1st quarter. 37-35 Jazz. Baron hasn't scored yet. That will change. -wck

8:23 - Even though the Warriors are down by 2, this pace favors the Warriors -wck

8:25 AK-47 is an awesome defender. 5 blocks already. Good thing he can't score to save his life. -wck

8:26 - that's a bad sign. did you catch why Fischer isn't playing?? -dm

8:28 - I think we need to get Mrs. Kirilenko involved here - someone needs to tell her that Andrei slept with 2 women this year besides her instead of his annual allotment of 1 other woman! -dm

8:32 - they said family issues of some kind for Fisher, i'll stay classy and not mention potential things like, uh, you know...

8:33 - I love Reggie defending the 3-point shooter foul call. Did he ever think he didn't get fouled on a 3-pointer?? -dm

8:34 - that's crazy about Fischer. Man, if Jim Gray were there he'd have a spotlight on Fisher's grandmother to get some answers! -dm

8:34 - Seems clear to me that S-Jax is going to have a much tougher time in this series with AK-47 on him. I totally expected this move by the Jazz. This means J-Rich needs to be a big time player. -wck

8:36 - good point. I'm surprised JRich hasn't been more aggressive so far here. -dm

8:36 - so true, J-Rich is being guarded by the Accountant. He should just kill him this whole series. A total mismatch. Nellie will make this clear to J-Rich.-wck

8:38 - Warriors finally up in this game! Giricek does look like he's playing in some over 35 Intramural league for Deloitte or something... -dm

8:39 - one good thing about this game for the Warriors is that it really is a must-win game for the Jazz. We know how well the Warriors play at the Arena and if the Jazz lose game 1 at home they are in big big trouble... -dm

8:42 - man i am going to kill the people at TNT, no HD for the 1st quarter and then it's been locking up all second quarter. -wck

8:45 Okur is clearly starting to suck wind. Plus he's missing his 5 o'clock shadow. That's like Samson cutting his hair. -wck

8:45 - that sucks. Warriors up 2, hell yeah. Btw, what do you bet that the Jazz have about 20% of the entire tattoos in all of Utah?? Sick dunk by Davis!! -dm

8:50 - Warriors strangely aren't getting to a lot of loose basketballs here. Strange that the Jazz are pushing as well in this game. I don't think they can sustain that for 4 quarters. Okur looks like he's going to die at halftime -wck

8:50 - I like the fact that the Warriors are this close here... Jazz have to start getting tired after the long last series, I'll bet the Warriors start pulling away from here in. -dm

8:53 - Deron Williams is REALLY good. This playoffs seems like his coming out party - granted that will end in this series but he's definitely putting himself on the map... should be an all-star next year for sure -dm

8:55 - Gotta love this 1st half. BDizzle looks good and the Jazz can't play this style for 4 quarters. This isn't the way the Jazz normally play. That favors the Warriors. -wck

8:55 - up 3 at half baby! Warriors have them RIGHT where they want them... playing their type of ball, getting good looks -dm

8:57 - has Barkley had a single good analysis this ENTIRE playoffs??? He's impressed with Okur, said they can't stop Boozer and are getting better looks? Is he watching the same game? -dm

9:00 - Barkley's an idiot. Utah may have a deeper bench in terms of actual players, but Dee Brown? Ronnie Brewer? You really think they'll win this game for Utah Chuck? No. -wck

Halftime and then onto the 3rd quarter.