A successful road trip

One might look at the road trip the Jazz just wrapped up and see the 2-2 record and the blowout loss to the Celtics and think it wasn't a very good trip. I would disagree strongly. Here are some reasons why:

-Jazz finally win in Madison Square Garden. The victory over the Knicks was +2 for us because it kept the Knicks in the bottom 3 teams in the NBA. I'm really liking our lottery chances with the Knicks pick this year.

-Jazz win in Philadelphia was the best overall game of the season so far. The team really played well together, even without Deron Williams. There was no selfishness.

-Jazz almost come back and beat the Cavs. If AK hadn't shot a boneheaded 3 pointer, they might have pulled it off.

-The last two games showed us that Eric Maynor and Wes Matthews are for real and belong in the Jazz rotation.

-Eric Maynor was just fantastic, I can't get over how good he was. LeBron even came up and game him some compliments after the game was over.

-Boozer seems to have regained his old form. He's making fans wonder why they wanted to get rid of him.

-When Korver and Miles come back, the Jazz bench will be very deep with Millsap, Korver, Kirilenko, Maynor, Matthews, Price, and Fesenko. The Jazz will have 12 guys who can contribute, and I'm sure Koufos will be a solid center as he matures.

Overall the Jazz regained a lot of confidence and learned new things about themselves this trip. Boston's dominant victory over the Jazz caused the players to want to play more like the Celtics do - as a team, with nobody caring who gets all the credit. With the Jazz poor record on the road as of late, we can't complain too much about a .500 trip. They have restored my faith that they will have a successful season. They just need to finish ironing out the bumps. They don't need to make a trade, they will be fine especially when Korver and Miles return.