Touché.
Utah Jazz guard Deron Williams said Wednesday afternoon he feels he is the best point guard in the NBA — and on Friday night, he'll have another opportunity to prove it.
The fact that the opening-round series is going back to Utah after the Nuggets came away with a 116-102 Game 5 victory at the Pepsi Center certainly can't be blamed on Williams. As has been the case throughout the best-of-seven set, the fifth-year player from Illinois was spectacular. For the fifth straight contest, Williams finished with a double-double, 34 points, including five 3-pointers, and 10 assists — in the process becoming the first player in league history to accomplish the feat.
That's why teammate Carlos Boozer said Williams was the best point guard in the league — "hands down." When asked his thoughts, Williams didn't disagree — and his performances throughout the series has observers not talking about contemporaries such as Chris Paul of New Orleans and Steve Nash of Phoenix, but rather some of the game's all-time greats.
Of course, Utah, and its coach, Jerry Sloan, have been blessed with some of the finest point-guard play in the history of the game. Not long before Williams came onto the scene five seasons ago, the Jazz was led by John Stockton, now a member of the basketball Hall of Fame.
Before the game, Sloan was asked to compare the two players. Not surprisingly, he declined.
"It's not fair," Sloan said. "John Stockton played for 19 years; in 17 of those years he didn't miss a game. He was an unusual player. Deron is an unusual player too. He's been terrific, but it's unfair to try to compare the two of them."
At times Wednesday, it appeared that Williams was toying with the Nuggets, seemingly able to do whatever he wanted on the floor. That was most apparent during the latter stages of the third quarter, when the all-star hit a 3-pointer on one possession, then fed Carlos Boozer for a dunk that brought the visitors perilously close to overcoming an eight-point deficit.
However, on this night, the Nuggets' depth — the winners had six players in double-figure scoring — proved to be greater than Utah's record-setting star, who fouled out in the final minute of the game.
ChiefWiggum:
Deron, Nash and Paul are also three very different PG's. Nash is more of a slow tempo guy, always looking to set someone up or if all else fails, shoot the jumper. CP3 is the classic finnese, flashy PG. Deron is a very strong PG. Other NBA players have been quoted saying how impressed they were with his speed and power. DWill is the perfect fit or Utah's offense.
This should be the last time these two words are used in the same sentence. The Suns organization has no idea if their shot clock goes lower than 15.
2- Rose...... 3-Paul ?
reachin @#+, you need to retire.
