by Basketball John

Ronnie Price played a motivated game 5 against the Lakers in last year's playoffs almost bringing the Jazz back in the game. When he re-signed with the Jazz, they asked him about his motivation for that game and his response was,

I hate the Lakers and I wanted to...it was more about that. It had nothing to do with trying to prove a point to Coach or anything like that. I just like getting my name called and like being on the court and having a chance to compete, especially against a team I can't stand

I know we don't play the Lakers until tomorrow night, but maybe it's just LA overall that Ronnie P doesn't like. He turned the game around tonight when it looked like the Jazz were going to drop one on the road to the Clips. He came into the game with about :40 left in the third quarter and the Jazz down four. When he left the game, he handed a 100-91 lead back to Deron Williams.

Ronnie made the first 8 points of the fourth quarter including two three-pointers. Both of them gave the Jazz the lead and following the second one, the Jazz wouldn't trail again.

In addition to his offense, he had two big steals in the fourth that helped change the tide of the game. With just under 8 minutes in the game, Chris Kaman clanked two free-throws, the second of which went into the hands of Al Thornton. Price snuck up from behind and poked the ball away which resulted in a Boozer three-point play on the next possession. At the time, the Jazz held just a three-point lead, 92-89. That was a potential five-point swing.

On the the next possession for the Clippers, Price picked Baron Davis' pocket and that resulted in another three-point play on the other end for Wesley Matthews. When the dust settled from those the plays, the Jazz found themselves up 98-89. Great game by Price and Deron was able to get a long rest after aggravating his wrist.

Link has the rest of the article.

Link: http://www.slcdunk.com/2010/2/10/130378 ... akers-jazz

I would say for him to kiss my a$$, but I have a nice a$$