<div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><font color="Purple">Sacramento Kings</font> (17-9) @ <font color="Navy">Utah Jazz</font> (11-18) </div> When: Friday 31st December, 8:00 PM (EST) Where: Delta Center Local TV: KJZZ / News10 National TV: NBALP <div align="center">Likely Starters <font color="Purple">Kings</font> <font size="1">Mike Bibby, Doug Christie, Peja Stojakovic, Chris Webber, Brad Miller</font></div> <div align="center"><font color="Navy">Jazz</font> </div> <div align="center"><font size="1">Keith McLeod, Raja Bell*, Matt Harpring, Carlos Boozer, Aleksandar Radojevic</font></div> <font size="1">*Questionable</font> Injured List <font color="Purple">Kings:</font> Courtney Alexander <font color="Navy">Jazz:</font> Andrei Kirilenko, Jarron Collins, Howard Eisley Key Matchup Carlos Boozer vs. Chris Webber. After just having a physical encounter with Elton Brand, Boozer goes up against the Kings' Chris Webber. Webber is a big man who can score, rebound and pass well. Boozer has to really step up when Kirilenko is out, and guarding Webber wont make it any easier. Prediction The Return of Tag!!! Hopefully he gets on court. After losing to the slumping Clippers, the Jazz don't have much chance of beating the Kings. Everyone has to play well if Utah are to win this one, and I just don't see it happening. Kings 103 Jazz 91
Tag is gonna try to have a big game, just to show off, heh. Anyways, if we can't beat the Clippers, we can't beat the Kings. Kings- 96 Jazz- 82
Sacramento 109, Utah 102. Utah played well in the first half, they were shooting well but let Sacramento keep close. It turned out to be their downfall, as Sacramento got on a run and were never caught. Peja got 26 points, I can only help but think what would've happened had Utah had AK47. Webber got 25 points, but Boozer more than competed with him, getting 25 points of his own with 10 rebounds compared to Webber's 5. Harping had a double double also, McLeod played well 14 points, 11 assists and 5 rebounds. Lopez got fouls to quickly to make an impact. Arroyo is really in the doghouse now, 1 minute played.
The Jazz played awesome the 1st half..... Kings are a hard team to beat though. Whenever Jazz start good, they can never seem to make it last for 4 quarters. And in the 3rd Webber got HOT making anything he put up. Then Peja was putting up shots only a defender like AK47 could contend. We need to step up our D..... can't wait for Kirilenko. 10 more days I think the commentator said. And it looks like Sunday Jazz are gonna have just as much trouble against the Rockets.
