Utah Jazz (26-27) @ Miami Heat (22-32) When: Tuesday 17, 7:30PM (ET) Where: America Airlines Arena TV: FSN, Sunshine NBALP Standings Jazz: 9th Western Conference (.491) Heat: 10th Eastern Conference (.407) Heat home record: 14-10 Jazz road record 7-17 Probable Starting Lineups Jazz / Heat PG: Carlos Arroyo / Rafer Alston SG: Deshawn Stevenson / Dwyane Wade SF: Andrei Kirilenko / Eddie Jones PF: Michael Ruffin / Lamar Odom C: Greg Ostertag / Brian Grant Coach: Jerry Sloan / Stan Van Gundy Key bench players Jazz: Raul Lopez, Raja Bell, Jarron Collins Heat: Rasaul Butler, Udonis Haslem, Malik Allen Injuries Jazz: Curtis Borchardt, Keon Clark, Matt Harpring, Ben Handlogten Heat: Wang Zhizhi, Jerome Beasley, Samaki Walker (lot of questionable's after AS game) Keys to the game Jazz: 1. Be ready. Utah have been ready for the All Star break for a long time, they've had it now and play Orlando one night after the Heat game. They must be rested, especially now. 2. Rebounding. In the Heat's last game, they out rebounded the Magic 24-46. Obviously, the won because of this. Utah can't let the rebound like that and expect to win. Heat: 1. Starters. The Heat's starters have been playing big minutes because of injuries recently, I'm not sure who's bacl or still out. But, they're starters have to produce if they're to win. 2. Shooting. The Heat shoot over 50% from field goals and 3 against the Magic, and got 111 points. If they can shoot like that against the Jazz, they're almost certain to win. Key Matchup: C: Greg Ostertag vs. Brian Grant Prediction: This should be a close game, but I think the Heat will get through by 2. I'd love the Jazz to win though.
Aww, no pictures? ;p Anyway, I think the Heat will take this one. They're at home, and the combo of Wade and Alston has been working quiet well for them as of late. Haslem, Grant and Odom rape people on the boards. Heat by 9.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Crossover:</div><div class="quote_post">Aww, no pictures? ;p Anyway, I think the Heat will take this one. They're at home, and the combo of Wade and Alston has been working quiet well for them as of late. Haslem, Grant and Odom rape people on the boards. Heat by 9.</div> When I first started doing pictures in my previews, they didn't work. That was a long time ago. I haven't tried since, but I might in the next one.
Good to see you've scrapped the pictures and concentrated on filling out a meaningful preview - too many rely on pictures to make their previews, it's good to see. Anyway I will take the Heat by 7 here, in a closely contested game.
This one will be a good game to watch whether your a fan of the two teams or not. Why? Because it'll be a great contested close game that's why.The Jazz can pull this one off though. Jazz by 2
miami - utah preview heat by 16 reasons why wade is on fire... see all rookie game odom is matching up against a 4 his own build, will take AK40 to pieces jazz have no distinct big men heat at home as 14-10, jazz 7-17 away AND... we have our best starting line up lookin forward to the W
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting zebraman2:</div><div class="quote_post">heat by 16 reasons why wade is on fire... see all rookie game odom is matching up against a 4 his own build, will take AK40 to pieces jazz have no distinct big men heat at home as 14-10, jazz 7-17 away AND... we have our best starting line up lookin forward to the W</div> Andrei Kirilenko 31 points, Lamar Odom 6. Dwyane Wade got to the line 17 times, made 14. The Heat got to the line 38 (some were intentional fouls at the the end of the game) times compared to the Jazz's 18. It was a pretty close game statistically, but once again Andrei was carrying the load. Deshawn got 14 points, and was Utah's second leading scorer. Ruffin got 10 boards but they were the only other notable contributions. Andrei was 5-9 from 3 and 8-8 FT's. I'm pretty sure his previous career high was 30, he got 31 today. Worthy Allstar Final Score, Heat 97 - Utah 85.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Accord:</div><div class="quote_post">Heat by 12.</div> As usual, my prediction was dead on .
Horrible officiating, but hey whatever Anyway great scoring game by Andrei, at one point he was 8-8 and 5-5 on 3pters Dwayne Wade was a MONSTER, but got way too many calls
