Chicago Bulls (13-36) @ Utah Jazz (24-24) When: Wednesday 4th February 9:00PM (ET) Where: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah TV: FSCHI, NBALP Standings Jazz 9th Western Conference (.500) Bulls 14th Eastern Conference (.265) Key Stats Jazz home record: 19-7 Bulls road record: 5-20 Probable Starting Lineups Jazz / Bulls PG: Carlos Arroyo / Kirk Hinrich SG: Deshawn Stevenson / Jamal Crawford SF: Andrei " The All Star " Kirilenko / Scottie Pippen PF: Michael Ruffin / Antonio Davis C: Greg Ostertag / Eddy Curry Key Bench Palyers Jazz: Raul Lopez, Raja Bell, Jarron Collins Bulls: Tyson Chandler, Eddie Robinson, Ronald Dupree Keys to the game Jazz 1.Score. 65 points wont win you an NBA Basketball game, doesn't matter who your playing. Utah have to score in any way shape or form and can't rely on AK47 to do all of it. 2. Others stepping up. Arroyo, Stevenson and Ruffin have been having average games recently, someone other than AK47 has to help significantly. Bulls. 1. Defense. Utah just couldn't score in their last game when AK47 wasn't playing well, so if they can stop AK47 Utah should be not scoring. 2. Rebounding. Utah rely on rebounding to win them games, so if they can keep the rebounding even, it will increase their chances of winning a lot. Key Matchup: C- Greg Ostertag vs. Eddy Curry Prediction: Important game for Utah to keep in the playoff picture and they come through to win it easily by 93-77.
Jazz by 11 Kirilenko had one of his absolute best games against the Bulls last timet they played. I look for him to put up similar numbers
I guess reality has finally caught up with Utah, down 68-45 with 3:56 left in the 3rd. I didn't know reality was that harsh though.
