The Gambler: @ Utah

Opponent: Utah
Line: +7.5

Gambler's Record: 17-18-1

"They keep pushing me and pushing me and pushing me, now I'll have no choice but to go down there... and talk to them."
- Kramer, Seinfeld

Is there anything worse than Utah? Lakers fans are cocky, Celtics fans are arrogant, but Utah fans are smug. In fact, if there is one word that I would use to describe the Utah Jazz franchise as a whole, it would be smug. I hate smug.

With Deron Williams at the controls and Boozer/Okur/Millsap taking care of business down low, the Jazz are a very good team. They are a match up nightmare with a deep bench, which makes them difficult to beat. Oh, and they can blow you out on any given night, especially when they're at home.

Jazz fans know this, which is why they're so smug.

What does this have to do with gambling and Seinfeld? Well, when Kramer keeps getting waves of catalogs in his mail he is pushed to his breaking point. Over time the steady wave of catalogs had eaten at him and eroded his patience to the point of anger, but even in a fit of rage his only recourse was to go down there and talk to them.

Much like Kramer and the catalogs, the Blazers tonight will be helpless against the Jazz. Utah will keep coming in unrelenting waves and Portland's response will be ineffectual.

I guess smugness has nothing to do with the outcome of tonight's game, I just hate Jazz fans.

Take Utah.