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Utah Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets Game 3, Skunked!

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We ran ten photos from last night’s game in today’s paper.
None were mine.

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Jazz v Lakers: Game Two, Director's Cut

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Jazz Practice

I’m obviously a few days behind on my Jazz posts. But then again, as my wife often reminds me, I don’t get paid for blogging. So we’re going on my schedule…

Rule 2- comedy is black and white.

In these media situations, which are very short, reporters just go from player to player for quick interviews. This is the crowd around Deron Williams:

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So if you’re late to the mob you can go over the top:

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Or you can crawl in low:

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That shot captures the mood after game one’s thrashing at the hands of the Lakers. This next shot is a complete failure but it caught my eye for some reason. It reminds me of a movie still:

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Not much of a crowd around Carlos Boozer:

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Andrei Kirilenko’s hair:

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My 11-year-old son was next to me while I was editing my photos. Not that he finds my job at all interesting (he says it’s completely boring), he did love this shot of coach Jerry Sloan:

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And here’s what Sloan’s reaction might be if when he reads this post:

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If you didn’t see it, scroll back up to see Sloan with Andrei’s hair. Oh man, he’s going to kill me…

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Jazz v Lakers: Game Three – Boozer's Killer Dunk

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Damn, what a game. Jazz win in the final seconds. Here’s my floor remote of Carlos Boozer’s dunk, a key play in the final seconds that gave the Jazz a two point lead. The color is tweaked, but so am I. I’ll tone it later. Bed time now.

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Jazz v Lakers: Game One Director's Cut

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Jazz v Lakers: Game One, Flash Zero

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Even with good ambient lighting and kick-ass cutting-edge digital cameras, the top outlets (like Sports Illustrated and the NBA) are still using strobes to photograph the NBA playoffs. They’re settling for one shot every 4-5 seconds when they could have ten frames every second. It makes me wonder. But I gotta say, after looking at the photos in my take that their strobes ruined, these shooters have exceptional timing. See you tonight.

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Lakers 119, Jazz 109

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So I think I found the image the sums up the Jazz-Lakers series. Kobe Bryant steals the ball from Carlos Boozer.

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Jazz 100, Lakers 113

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Jazz vs. Lakers, Game Six, Season's Over

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Look at all the cameras around Kobe Bryant after the game ended. I guess still photography isn’t quite dead yet. I wasn’t as interested in Kobe as in the Jazz players, namely Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams, so I left the pack focused on Kobe and moved left.

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Lucked into Boozer hugging former teammate Derek Fisher. For the rest of these photos I was on the opposite side of each situation from the other photographers, and that’s where I’m most comfortable.

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Kobe came over and I just happened to be in place. I followed Boozer and he walked off the court with Williams.

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That (above) seemed to be the perfect photo to mark the end of the season. The two best players on the team walking off together with some fans giving them a somewhat standing ovation. A good moment that tells the story.

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They’ll be back next year. Season opener in November.

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Jazz vs. Lakers, Game Six, Emotion

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You want to look for the emotions when you’re shooting a big game. And this one was easy, with the Jazz losing badly throughout the entire game. Plenty of painful moments for fans to re-live.

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