Utah Jazz: A thorn in the Pistons side

For those of you who have followed the Pistons the last few years you might think to yourself "hmm...it seems like we lose to the Jazz a lot." That intuition of yours is right. After doing a little research I have come up with some interesting numbers. Since the 2003-2004 championship season the Pistons have played the Jazz 9 times and it has resulted in a 2-7 record. There last win against the team from Utah was back on March 13, 2005. Yes, you read that correctly. It has been almost 3 years since the Pistons have been the victors over the Jazz. The score of that game ended at an exciting 64-62. I can't say that I remember that regular season game back in March of '05, but that must have been one hell of a defensive battle.

Anyway, The other win came during the 2004 championship run and the final score was 96-75. The average scoring margin in the losses the Pistons have suffered is 7.7 points. A couple of the games were decided by 2 points or less. So it is not like the Pistons have been horrible against Utah, they just can't win. This proved true on Sunday afternoon when a Rasheedless Pistons team lost by 10 at the Palace.

So, what does this all mean? Well, nothing. It is more of a joke at this point than something that means something as The Pharcyde song would say. (Great song, check it out) It just seems as if the Jazz have the Pistons number, and it is up to Detroit to simply take a game from them. One possible explanation could be the curse of Mehmet Okur for the Pistons are now 1-7 after losing Memo to the Jazz after the 2004 championship. (I miss that Office Space clip everytime he scored) Unfortunately, they will have to wait until February 27th to travel to Salt Lake City and prove the people who say it can't be done wrong. It could be tough though. The Jazz are playing music to the tune of 10-4 and first place in the Northwest division. We could be waiting a 4th year for that coveted win over the team from the city of Salt Lake.

Oh, and by the way, for those of you who haven't noticed the Milwaukee Bucks are leading the Central division. I can't take that for much longer. Let step it up Pistons!