But when he does, like he did on Saturday night, minutes following Utah's 86-82 win over the Houston Rockets in Game 4, he makes it worth listening to. For proof, just check out the following sentence.

"You better box me out," Okur said. "If you don't box me out, I'm going to get the rebound."

Okur, simply put, made the biggest play of the game on Saturday night, grabbing an offensive rebound with five seconds remaining, getting fouled and hitting the two clutch free throws that provided the Jazz with the final margin of victory.

It was a play that saved Utah in many ways. Deron Williams had missed two free throws, and had Houston been able to rebound the ball, the Rockets would've had a chance to send the game to overtime, and the possibility of Houston winning and tying the series would've been very real.

Instead, Okur calmly banged home two foul shots, his only two free throw attempts of the game, and the Jazz now hold a commanding 3-1 series advantage with Game 5 coming on Tuesday night. They were two free throws that ended a two-game long futility from the stripe for the Jazz in clutch situations.

"It was a huge play," Utah forward Carlos Boozer said. "Huge. We didn't expect Williams to miss two free throws, but Memo stepped up and made a great play."

And that play was a team effort. Boozer, who was being boxed out by Tracy McGrady, was strong enough to push T-Mac under the basket and out of the way.

When Williams missed, the ball bounced twice on the rim, causing hesitation in some of the players. Okur was then quick enough to be the first man to the ball, plus he had a three-inch height advantage on Houston forward Carl Landry, who was attempting to box him out.

Okur wasn't only a beast on that play, he was a beast all game. He snared a game-high 18 rebounds to go along with his 14 points. He corralled 15 of those boards on the defensive end. But the biggest one he grabbed was on offense.

"I was just trying to stay active for the entire game," Okur said. "I wanted to be active on the glass and I wanted to get myself in position to grab every available rebound."

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"It was a huge play.

We didn't expect Williams to miss two free throws, but Memo stepped up and made a great play."

CARLOS BOOZER, Jazz forward