Video: Anonymous fan and whistle help Jazz hold off Warriors

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This is pretty wild. Just before halftime of Monday's Warriors-Jazz game, a ballsy fan sitting behind Golden State's basket blows a loud whistle right as Mehmet Okur strips the ball from Ronny Turiaf. Thinking a ref has just called a foul, nearly everyone on the court stops playing. Psyche!

The public address announcer warned the crowd against unauthorized whistles but Kyle Korver's uncontested dunk stood.

Can you imagine if this had happened late in the fourth quarter of a close game?

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1. Posted by aRChPoPoY Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:57 pm EDT
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hahaha awesome!
2. Posted by AllThatJazz Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:34 pm EDT
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best homecourt in the NBA i sees . . .
3. Posted by gaborik10m Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:05 pm EDT
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Utah proving once again they are the worst, most classless fans in the world.
(see Derek Fisher's return to Utah as a member of the Lakers)
4. Posted by Mark E Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:09 pm EDT
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That sucks for GSW, but that is kind of funny.
5. Posted by agr Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:54 pm EDT
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like the warriors play defense anyway....
6. Posted by AllThatJazz Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:34 pm EDT
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gaborik? guess your team's fans never boo guys who used to play for the team, but now no longer do?
7. Posted by Anejy Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:42 pm EDT
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Thats not cool. This is not the first time Jazz's fans showed their stupidity.. bunch of losers...
Jazz's fans are the worst fans in history of any sports. Period.
8. Posted by JustWinBaby Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:47 pm EDT
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In Utah some years back. Some Yahoo had a tenor sax under his seat. A few seconds before the halftime buzzer he played the same note on his horn to signal a false end to the quarter.
9. Posted by s v e n Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:28 pm EDT
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Just cause it was in Utah it was a Utah fan? Watch the video again. The whistle is blown when the warriors are driving to the hoop. Why would the Jazz fan want the Warriors to get a chance at a 3 pt play? Just saying I think it was a warriors fan. Makes more sense that way. Also, take away those 2 pts. the Jazz still win. I love that Utah has been classified as the worst fans ever, even though it's for the smallest things. Maybe I'll understand it better when one of our fans throws a cup of beer on Artest sparking a huge fan/player/mascot brawl.
10. Posted by G Blair Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:10 pm EDT
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gaborik10m - I couldn't agree more.
The fans at the Jazz games are classless and this is just another example. What is soooo cool about this. Play fair and win with dignity.
11. Posted by Chris W Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:02 pm EDT
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The Jazz won. Shut Up
12. Posted by Pete Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:06 pm EDT
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Why in the world would a Utah fan blow a whistle when Golden State has the ball...simulating a foul on the Jazz. Thats just ridiculous logic.
13. Posted by s v e n Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:28 pm EDT
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g Blair.
Give me 3 things they have done to be listed as classless? I'm just curious.
14. Posted by michael Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:20 pm EDT
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to you dingleberries that think it was a G.S. fan because they had the ball. What do you think that the ref's are going to give G.S. two fouls shots becasue a whistle was blown? think about it
15. Posted by G Blair Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:10 pm EDT
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Chris W - That's not the point.
16. Posted by Ray Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:02 pm EDT
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Utah fans rock! You guys just can't contain your thinly veiled bigotry! They are no different then any fans anywhere else you pea brains.
17. Posted by s v e n Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:28 pm EDT
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Slim-
Of course the Refs weren't going to give them a foul shot . But why would the "utah" fan blow it when Warriors are driving to the basket? It's clearly not a Jazz fan. And before you said it was a drunk Utah fan. It's Utah. Drunk Utah fan = oxymoron.
18. Posted by Philip S Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:55 pm EDT
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They just gotta call a technical foul on the home team in those incidents. Sure an opposing team fan could sneak in a whistle, but they'd be risking an EPIC beat down from the home team fans.
19. Posted by planeman Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:27 pm EDT
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ths is stupid-that whistle whoever blew it didn't cost the warriors the game...and I have been around the league some and Utah fans are no different than any other fans
20. Posted by G Blair Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:10 pm EDT
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SVEN -
Basically, besides the whistle incident, I have noticed the last few years that Jazz fans are overly rowdy. They are practically coming out of their seats and on the court yelling, screaming, and name calling opposing players and coaches more so than NBA fans. There just seems to be an attitude with their fans that goes too far.
I probably shouldn't have used the word "classless" because it is too stong because other NBA fans get worked up too. Overall, after watching some Jazz home games, I found myself rooting against the Jazz because I was annoyed by their fans.
No disrespect to anyone.
Respectfully
21. Posted by -v- Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:51 pm EDT
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the salt palace is a snake pit... those fans used to cheer when malone would knock out guys like david robinson... classeless fan base --- a shame because the city is absolutely beautiful.
22. Posted by Patriot08 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:34 pm EDT
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That was so stupid
23. Posted by Fai Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:01 pm EDT
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Jazz Fans were also the ones that were yelling racial slurs at the Golden State Warriors in round 2 of the 06-07 playoffs. And also, remember game 5 against the Spurs? They got so mad, they started throwing things at the Spurs bench causing Papovich to have to pull his players into the locker room without any post game interviews for fear of their safety. Jazz fans are the worst fans in the league. Now warriors fans, those are some REAL fans, where else can a unbelieveably bad team still sell more tickets than some winning teams? Only in the Bay where their love of basketball blinds them from how bad the franchise is being run by Rowell and Cohan. GO DUBS!
24. Posted by Jonjon Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:40 pm EDT
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I watched the game and heard a whistle and it was close but not the same as a ref's whistle. The whistle came just when Utah secured the rebound and No Ref had his hand up. I'm a Warrior Fan and yes this was weird and I thought was funny, but every Arena has one goof ball that ruins it for everyone. I don't think this one dunk cost the Warriors the Game. I love the Warriors, but Utah took a hold of the game in the 4th quarter and thats it. Utah is the better Team and was that night. To call all Utah fans loosers or classless, I wouldn't say that, again its those one of a few that think, being a fan, gives you a right to say anything to a pro player cause 1. he can't talk back without getting fined. 2. He can't hear you anyway and 3. I'd like to see any fan "one on one" in the street w/a pro player and then talk your smack and see what happens! lol
25. Posted by hova Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:32 pm EDT
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you peple talkin about fisher are MORONS!!! when the fans booed it was even worst than the artest incident. Fisher NEVER said he was done get the facts right. His 4 year old daughter had a rare form of Cancer in her eye and he asked out of a lucrative contract so he could play in one of 3 cities where his daughter would be able to get the care she needed.(Mia,NY, or LA) He chose the lakers based on familiarity with the system and his relationship with phil and kobe. This is a guy that came back after being with his daugheter to hit one of the biggest shots in Recent Utah playoff memory. Then you Boo Him??? For caring about his daughter??? the guy walked away from Millions and took 1/3 the contract.
Jazz = ClassLess