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Found April 26, 2012 on Fox Sports:
PLAYERS: Alec Burks,  Jeremy Evans,  J.J. Hickson,  Jonny Flynn,  Tyrone Corbin
TEAMS: Portland Trail Blazers,  Utah Jazz
Rookie Alec Burks scored 18 points and NBA Slam Dunk champ Jeremy Evans led a 10-0 fourth-quarter run as the playoff-bound Utah Jazz beat the Portland Trail Blazers 96-94 Thursday night. Utah finished the season on a five-game winning streak and will face top-seeded San Antonio in a first-round Western Conference matchup starting Sunday. J.J. Hickson scored 20 points and Jonny Flynn added 18 to lead the injury-depleted Blazers, who didn't qualify for the postseason for the first time since the 2007-08 season. Evans rarely plays but saw extensive action as Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin played his starters sparingly. Evans finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. Wesley Matthews had a chance to win it for Portland but his 3-pointer missed with 2.4 seconds left.
Original Story: http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/Ja...
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Via The Utah Jazz Blog  |  April 25, 2012
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Enes Kanter speech ends with a MIC DROP!

Via The NBA Mistress  |  April 27, 2012
I have watched an average amount of Enes Kanter this season, but I may just watch a heck of a lot more of the player after he gave this end of the year speech to the Utah Jazz fans. It was multiplied X amount of times because he did an ACTUAL mic drop. You don’t understand, [...]

Video: Enes Kanter pumps up Jazz fans and drops mic

Via The Victory Formation  |  April 27, 2012
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Via AP on Fox  |  April 27, 2012
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Via AP on Fox  |  April 25, 2012
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