<div align="center"><font color="Navy">Utah Jazz</font> (25-54) @ <font color="Red">Portland Trail Blazers</font> (25-54)</div> When: Sunday 17th April, 8:00 PM (EST) Where: Rose Garden Local TV: FSNW / KJZZ National TV: NBALP <div align="center">Likely Starters <font color="Red">Trail Blazers</font> <font size="1">Damon Stoudamire, Travis Outlaw, Ruben Patterson, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Joel Przybilla</font></div> <div align="center"><font color="Navy">Jazz</font> <font size="1">Keith McLeod, Gordan Giricek, Matt Harpring, Mehmet Okur, Jarron Collins</font></div> Injured List <font color="Red">Trail Blazers:</font> Maurice Baker, Zach Randolph, Nick Van Exel <font color="Navy">Jazz:</font> Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko, Raul Lopez Prediction Jazz by 9.
I know that a lot of Jazz fans would like the Jazz to lose this game in order to get a better draft pick. That's not the case for me though... Nothing would help this team out more for next year, than learning to win.
Jazz lose 100 - 82. I'm all for giving the rookies minutes at this stage of the season, but since when did Kirk Snyder become such a big part of Utah's offense? 14 Field Goal Attempts in 28 minutes. He doesn't need to take that many yet. Mehmet Okur and Matt Harpring both got double double's in this game.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Stockton:</div><div class="quote_post">Jazz lose 100 - 82. I'm all for giving the rookies minutes at this stage of the season, but since when did Kirk Snyder become such a big part of Utah's offense? 14 Field Goal Attempts in 28 minutes. He doesn't need to take that many yet. Mehmet Okur and Matt Harpring both got double double's in this game.</div> Snyder's a little ball hog, everyone knows that. I watched that game, the Jazz couldn't buy a bucket. The Jazz's veterans are not playing well, just as well to let the rookies get prepared for next year. I'm enjoying watching the rookies very much though. Kris Humphries can be very good if he becomes more aggresive. Right now, everyone's just beating him up. Kirk needs to work on his game, he's making some really big mistakes on defense and offense.
Snyder is a chucker, and selfish besides. They knew that when they drafted him. No question about him being a volume shooter! They also knew up front that his jumper needed a lot of work. As a side note.............At 2 for 12 from the floor, I don't know how much bragging I'd do on Harpring's double-double. Tank
Matt Harpring got 8 offensive rebounds, which is more than the entire Portland team, and he's just a 6-7 Small Forward. A new career high in offensive rebounds for him. He may of only shot 2-11 from the floor, but he went 7-8 from the line. Obviously he wasn't shooting well from the floor, but he was making up for it on the offensive boards.
