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Deron Williams Is Never Too Hurt For The Chicken Dance

The Utah Jazz continued their decades-long desecration of the city of New Orleans tonight with a 106-86 whipping that wasn’t even as close as the score would indicate.

↵How bad was the beating? Utah led by as many as 35 points, and never led by fewer than 20 points in the second half.

↵No no no. How bad was the beating? The only Utah starter who logged more than 32 minutes was Kyrylo Fesenko, who you are now Googling because who the hell is Kyrylo Fesenko.

↵No no no. How bad was the beating? They actually let someone dance within Utah state lines. And that someone, courtesy of our Utah Jazz blog (the exquisitely named SLC Dunk), was Deron Williams:

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↵Of course, it was only the chicken dance; Utah may allow dancing, but it’s strictly limited to moves that are acceptable at dry wedding receptions. It was either this or the Macarena, really.

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