Show B6 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday April 22 2004 weeks into last season when the team won 2X games — then a franchise record This season the (irilics 2 went and are playing the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs Brown said he will always remember his team for the way it played this season "You've got to want ti come to work That’s why I love these guys because wlxtn I come to work They give me t!x:ir jicurts and that's what coaching's all about'' he said "I'm hoping things w ill change in this series but nobody's ever going to hike aw ay (Ik playoffs and the 50 wins” Center lorenen Wright forward James Posey and guard Jason Williams were among the Grilies on hand to watch Brow n receive the award They clapped loudly and cheered "lluhie! Iluhic!'' Coach ( onlimii'ri from HI Hum n siki sliunl ilh v Snub Continued from SO-4- ik' awaixl must he Michik'l Heis-l- e iiikl especially iiwint Ilk ( iivlk's West W liusc Cllll cailX" UlIlT Hmwii w as ilcmotal h television executives wlHUluHight he wis iiMMikl in connect w ith tlx' Ringer viewers Ins l'u the t!U holding ilk' iliHU erne me tlie opimrtu-- 1 is in haw i little moiv bounce in m step" Brown siiiil NBA's I sin in gut 424 points with 56 ites Milwaukee's Terry ami Miami's Stan Van Is i huili iiHikie head coach( k es lied lki iliiikl with 4 1'Hiints and one lii si place sole each tup I'iitci 1 Brown hadn't coached in the Mi since 1987 and was winking in I V when he took oei as Memphis' 'coach two As for Utah the list of proven NBA players was much shorter back in October of last year Haipring Greg Ostcitag (when he feels like it) Andivi Kirilenko and Raja Bell at least on the defensive end had made an impact in the league but who else? And Harpring arguably Utah's top playa er behind the two future year ago was limited to 3 games this sea- son Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me B1 With Brown at the helm Memphis upped its win total from 28 in 2(X)2-0- 3 to 50 and made the playoffs for the first time in club history Not bad considering up until this year the franchise has been an absolute joke However all things considered with the Grizzlies I don't understand how the panel could thumb its nose at Sloan and the Jazz Even Brown agreed "If I were voting as a TNT employee I would vote Jerry Sloan for Coach 6f the Year” Brown said in an article written by Espncom writer Marc Stein “I hope he rs 1 teconlof917-56- Sloan has And yet the never been selected as the NBA Coach of the Year NEVER I thought that would change Sloan proved his style could work with a bunch unproven NBA players Many this year coaching of young ed people questioned whether his brand of teaching the game would work with it new generation of players but it did At least sonie prominent NBA folk recognized this - "To say this is Sloan's best coaching job is redundant every season since he look over in Salt Lake City has been like this" said ESPN commentator David Aldridge in a quote posted on the Utah Jazz Web site ‘‘His team gets the absolute maximum out of its ability and if it loses there Yno whining about the In his 18 years as a head coach in the officiating or lamenting things not done” Skxin — he is the If only those who divvy out Coach of league the the Year honors can get this through their kmgest tenured head couch in professional thick skulls spoils with the same franchise — has a career wasn't Under the tutelage of the McLeans-bor- o III native the Jazz said the heck with low expectations and finished the1 wins is ordinarseason 0 Fourty-tw- o ily no reason to do back flips but for this team it might have been Ironically enough 42 wins arc the has posted in his fewest the 6 year-old tenure with Utah Sloan has coached much more talented Utah squads to gaudy records of 64-- 1 8 and 0 in the NBA Finals campaigns It 42-4- 1 -- wins it” No disrespect to Brown but Memphis did return a slew of young talent for the 2(X)3-(- 4 campaign Although they are not superstars yet Pau Gasol James Posey Bonzi Wells Mike Miller Shane Battier and Jason Williams had all proved their worth in the NBA before this season 62-2- back-to-ba- ck ultra-loy- ' al - j NBA Continued from Sloan who has coached l tlx Jazz for 16 seasons lias the sixth highest winning percentage in NBA history (620) f- s - - ' V ' i v''' v H2 Kckld then made two free lliimvs in seal llie win against a team mans picked to advance totlie NBA Finals "Iinnoi buying into the fact lhal we're going to lay down and give (his series away" Redd siid "We definitely want to w in it We're a tough team" Game 3 in the first round besi ol' seveii series is Sal'ur- dav in Milwaukee Redd! the Bucks' leading scorer was held lo points - - about half his in ( iaiiie average He also made seven ol Milwaukec's25 turnovers in iG (IS S2 loss Sunday Redd scored his 2th point mi the opening possession of the second half Wednesday I le made his first three shots two oi them and laid nine points by the end ol the first quarter "I just anted to come out and be aggressive at the offensive end no matter what they ' llnevv at me" Redd said ‘ ( dacli ran'sonie plays and Ibrtunulcl) I hit some shots It was huge because I think it helped our team getin the flow n the game" Chaunccv Billups led IX'troit vyitii 2(1 points before fouling out Richaul Hamilton had IX k lints he ore fouling out and I vihg ejected w ilh a second technical foul with 4:58 left Pistons coach Larry Brown haled the way his team played "We look 25 3s arid played like strangers" Brown said "( )u'r giinds Ibrgql We have big people"' ' Kishecd Wallace had 16 2 ichounds and five points assi'iK Ben Wallace had seven points II rebounds and three blocks The Bucks’ KHIlhpiayoff ' vvin was also their first on the road against (he Pistons in three play off meetings Heat 93 Hornets 63 Miami had no need for another last second hero' Wednesday higlii— not the J vv av New Orleans missed ' shots at a late ' 'f New )rL'aii shot percent to lie bn the second-loweplavoll i lint total since tlx: shm el'x wa- - introduced in I 'ys l uni the Heat won for a ' lead in theii f asivrnX'onfcr- eiice play o( series at Miami I lie kiplc'ss Hornets fin- 1 urn v! 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