European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 29 spurs playoff savvy paying off jazz san Antonio dominating Utah team with Little postseason experience by Jaime Aron the associated press san Antonio Back when the Utah jazz had Karl John Stockton and other play of tested they had a simple Way of dealing with Post season newcomers let the other team make a mis that what you do when you have Guys who know How to play and How to play with each coach Jerry Sloan the other team will screw it two games into the Western conference Sloan is seeing it happen again Only this its his club lacking the and the Champion ship savvy san Antonio spurs Tak ing Tim Tony Parker and the spurs easily won the first two games of the taking Over both on second Quarter melt Downs by the jazz that smacked of exactly what Sloan was talking about badly missed shots that  have been Sloppy blown defensive assignments and silly things like failing to Box out on free Utah has trailed since there Aba scoreboard playoffs conference finals Besto seven Eastern conference Detroit Cleveland May 21 Detroit Cleveland Detroit leads series 10 May 24 Cleveland at Detroit May 27 Detroit at Cleveland May 29 Detroit at Cleveland May 31 Cleveland at june 2 Detroit at june 4 Cleveland at Western conference san Antonio Utah May 20 san Antonio Utah 100 May 22 san Antonio Utah san Antonio leads series 20 May 26 san Antonio at Utah May 28 san Antonio at Utah May 30 Utah at san june 1 san Antonio at june 3 Utah at san necessary playoff scoring leaders through May 22 Lal 5 60 34 4 49 21 5 47 31 10 91 70 7 63 42 11 98 57 7 55 66 Utah 14 138 70 11 86 85 13 126 63 pts avg 164 128 134 253 177 278 176 346 269 315 was left in the first Quarter of the a Span of 90 43 seconds that about As lopsided As the difference in playoff experience Between these the jazz have eight players in their first while san Antonio has six Guys left from its 2005 title we Are going to play the game and take the shots that Are there and make the plays that Are Duncan said following a 10596 Victory tuesday those Are the times we have made our it is not by it is not by anything else other than we Are playing Possession to both teams were off wednes Day As the series began a mid week the scene shifts to Salt Lake City for the next two but not until saturday Utah is 60 at Home in the play offs and beat san Antonio in both regular season Home giving the jazz Hope of making it a series or at least regaining some we proved we can score against this we Haven proved we can Stop them Allstar Forward Carlos Boozer we know if we tighten up our defense a Little bit More in Salt we should have a much better As Utah reviews whats happened so coaches and players May be frustrated to discover that san Antonio has dominated with out doing anything even in game when the spurs set a franchise playoff record with 13 three pointers and Parker had a career playoff Best 14 As those were simply byproducts of what the defense gave with guards Deron Williams and Derek Fisher unable to stay in front of the speedy the jazz overcompensated by pack ing the Lane once he got that left shooters wide open on the perimeter and Parker had no trouble finding they then had no problem finding the Bot Tom of the Brent Barry went 3for3 on threes in the breakout second Quarter and Bruce Bowen 3for3 in the fourth Eric san Antonio spurs guard Tony Parker front dished out 14 assists on tuesday night As the spurs Defeated the Utah jazz 10596 to take a 20 Lead in the Western conference finals game 3 is How to get it when the spurs pushed away utahs final Sloan can Deal with a strategy that what Hes tired of seeing is How his team responds to saying they have a tendency to hang their Heads and take bad they i Haven touched the Ball in a Little bit and i will fire one up and it Doest go he id rather the Guy drive the Ball to the Basket and come up with something there rather than pulling up on some of those shots we even when the jazz they  come All the Way we would shoot ourselves in the Sloan we would give them an easy a Layup or a wide open they just took advantage of our inability to be Able to see whats going its Worth noting that Utah has done an admirable Job just get Ting this the jazz overcame a Home court disadvantage de spite having a higher seed to beat Houston in the first winning game 7 on the Road after getting in the same 02 Hole there in Good including the Aba not reseeding be tween rounds like the nil earned a second round matchup with Botto seeded Golden state instead of to seeded Dallas and Utah took care of the warriors in five now the jazz Are facing a san Antonio team that More experienced and More Boozer and Williams admit they Hope to one Day be As Good As Duncan and with Sloan calling Duncan probably the Best player that Ever played the the Way he plays Manu Ginobile has been a Domi Nant Force off the Bench and the spurs role players have filled their roles besides the game 2 Success of the outside starting Center Fabricio Oberto has gone 12fpr15 this be scoring 14 Points in each those Guys Are going to get their Points Williams Treyve shown they can do that All they know senators prepare for unfamiliar ducks Stanley cup finals opponents Anaheim didst face each other during regular season the associated press Ottawa Daniel Alfredson and the Ottawa senators have some cramming to do before fac ing the Anaheim ducks in the Stanley cup the set to open the finals monday night in didst face each other this season and Haven met in Ana Heim since when senators goalie Patrick Lalime made 30 saves in a 30 they have played Only once since with Anaheim Chris Kunitz beating Dominik hasek for the shootout Winner in Ottawa on i Haven seen them a period Here and there during the said the senators i think it will be the most physical series so there a bigger team and they have some skilled Guys As Ottawa Center Mike Fisher has Confidence that the current level of the senators game will ensure a competitive series even if they have much less experience to draw on in facing Anaheim com pared to their familiarity with new Jersey and Buffalo the Eastern conference champions opponents on their Way to the Canadian capitals first Stanley cup finals since Well obviously get a look at video to see their but weve got to keep doing the same things were Fisher we feel Good where our game is were in Tough but we think its a Good senators coach Bryan Murray is Well acquainted with a number of the ducks notably goalie Jea Sebastien the 2003 Conn smythe Winner when Anaheim lost in seven games to new you have to be on with a shot because you dont get very Many soft goals on said who was the ducks pm at the Martin Ottawa Back up backed up Giguere with Anaheim in he Doest play fancy or Gerber Hes Proba Bly the hardest working Guy in the the Way he works in nil scoreboard playoffs conference finals Besto seven Eastern conference Buffalo Ottawa May 10 Ottawa Buffalo 2 May 12 Ottawa Buffalo May m Ottawa Buffalo 0 May 16 Buffalo Ottawa 2 May 19 Ottawa Buffalo Ottawa wins series 41 Western conference Detroit Anaheim May 11 Detroit Anaheim 1 May 13 Anaheim Detroit of tuesday May is Detroit Anaheim 0 May 17 Anaheim Detroit 3 May 20 Anaheim Detroit of May 22 Anaheim Detroit Anaheim wins series 42 finals May 28 Ottawa at Anaheim May 30 Ottawa at Anaheim june 2 Anaheim at Ottawa june 4 Anaheim at Ottawa june 6 Ottawa at june 9 Anaheim at june id Ottawa at necessary