Utah Jazz (23-23) @ Memphis Grizzlies (25-19) When: Friday 30th January, 8:00 pm (ET) Local TV: FSO, FSN National TV: NBALP Standings Grizzlies 7th Western Conference (.568) Jazz 9th Western Conference (.511) Key Stats Jazz road record: 4-16 Grizzlies home reocrd: 16-6 Probable Starting Lineups Jazz / Grizzlies PG: Carlos Arroyo / Jason Williams SG: Deshawn Stevenson / Mike Miller SF: Andrei Kirilenko / James Posey PF: Michael Ruffin / Pau Gasol C: Greg Ostertag / Lorenzen Wright 6th man: Raul Lopez / Bonzi Wells Coach: Jerry Sloan / Hubie Brown Key Bench Players Jazz: Raul Lopez, Raja Bell, Jarron Collins Grizzlies: Bonzi Wells, Shane Battier, Stromile Swift Keys to the game Jazz 1. Continue to dominate the boards. They beat Dallas on the boards, if they can outrebound the Grizzlies they will have a good shot at winning this. 2. Deshawn Stevenson. Has been quiet of late, but he must step up his scoring when Harpring is gone. Must go for 15+ for Jazz to have a chance of winning. Grizzlies 1. Stop Andrei Kirilenko. The Grizzlies did it well in a recent game against Utah, and they won it convincingly. 2. Bench Play. The Grizzlies have a far deeper bench than Utah, so their bench should look to score. They can cause matchup problems with their bench aswell. Prediction Grizzlies by 8. Utah can't play on the road, and the Grizzlies and playing well despite the loss to Portland.
Jazz win 79-85. They dominated the boards againt getting 44 to Memphis's 26. Bell and Arroyo got 18 points, Kirilenko 21. Kirilenko got 9 boards aswell. After a 5 game losing streak, Utah are on a 3 game winning streak, I don't want to jinx them but I think they're back. They get back on track as soon as Kirilenko comes back, he is just so vital to Utah's chances of winning.
