NBA: UTAH (13-10) at PORTLAND (10-12) <h3>Trail Blazers look to continue winning streak vs. slumping Jazz</h3> <div class="pre">Utah (13-8) at Portland (9-12) 10:00 pm EST</div> PORTLAND, Oregon (Ticker) - A pair of teams going in suprisinglyopposite directions meet when the Utah Jazz visit the PortlandTrail Blazers on Friday. The suddenly surging Blazers will be going for their sixthstraight victory for the first time since winning eightconsecutive games from December 14-30 in 2002. Meanwhile, Utah has lost five games in a row and has not lostsix straight since losing nine consecutive from March 4-19 in2005. Portland, which had lost nine of 10 games before their recentwinning streak, defeated Utah, 97-89, on Tuesday - its fourthwin during the run - before beating Golden State on Wednesday. The Blazers have been without its leading scorer and rebounder,LaMarcus Aldridge, for the past two games due to plantarfasciitis. However, reigning Rookie of the Year Brandon Roy hasstepped up during the streak, averaging 22.8 points over thepast five games. The Jazz have lost four of their games on the road, including a103-98 setback at Phoenix on Wednesday. Carlos Boozer has posted two straight double-doubles, and leadsthe team averaging just over 25 points and 11 rebounds per game.
NBA: UTAH at PORTLAND <div class="pre">UTAH VS PORTLAND - INACTIVES UTAH PORTLAND PLAYER NAME REASON PLAYER NAME REASON J HART PERSONAL REASONS D MILES RIGHT KNEE INJURY M OKUR BACK MUSCLE STRAIN G ODEN LEFT KNEE INJURY</div>
NBA: UTAH at PORTLAND <div class="pre">UTAH AT PORTLAND - PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS UTAH PORTLAND F Andrei Kirilenko F Channing Frye F Carlos Boozer F Martell Webster C Jarron Collins C Joel Przybilla G Deron Williams G Steve Blake G Ronnie Brewer G Brandon Roy OFFICIALS: Joe Crawford Michael Smith Sean Wright</div>
NBA: UTAH at PORTLAND <div class="pre">NBA END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- UTAH 26 26 PORTLAND 28 28 END 1ST QTR HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER UTH - CARLOS BOOZER 6, PAUL MILLSAP 5, ANDREI KIRILENKO 4 POR - BRANDON ROY 8, MARTELL WEBSTER 6, JOEL PRZYBILLA 4</div>
NBA: UTAH at PORTLAND <div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- UTAH 26 28 54 PORTLAND 28 25 53 HALFTIME HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME UTH - CARLOS BOOZER 15, PAUL MILLSAP 7, RONNIE BREWER 7 POR - BRANDON ROY 16, TRAVIS OUTLAW 10, MARTELL WEBSTER 6</div>
NBA: UTAH at PORTLAND <div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- UTAH 26 28 20 74 PORTLAND 28 25 17 70 END 3RD QTR HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER UTH - CARLOS BOOZER 17, ANDREI KIRILENKO 14, RONNIE BREWER 9 POR - BRANDON ROY 22, TRAVIS OUTLAW 10, MARTELL WEBSTER 10</div>
