Golden State Warriors (15-20) @ Utah Jazz (19-17) When: Tuesday January 13 9:00PM (ET) Where: Delta Center Local TV: None National: None Standings Jazz: 9th Western Conference (.528) Warriors: 13th Western Conference (.429) Key Stats Streaks: Both won 1 Last games: Jazz 92, Atlanta 71 Golden State 113, Seattle 110 (OT) Jazz home record: 15-3 Warriors home record: 4-14 Probable Starters PG: Carlos Arroyo / Nick Van Exel SG: Deshawn Stevenson / Jason Richardon SF: Aleksandar Pavlovic / Clifford Robinson PF: Andrei Kirilenko / Mike Dunleavy JR C: Greg Ostertag / Eric Dampier Coach: Jerry Sloan / Eric Musselman Injuries Jazz: Matt Harpring, Keon Clark, Curtis Borchardt Warriors: Troy Murphy, Evan Eschmeyer Keys to the game Jazz 1. Stepping up. This will be a key thing for the rest of the season, someone or the team will have to step up big for Harpring's absence. 2. Erick Dampier. He can really control the boards, and Utah wins and loses on the boards. He will have to be boxed out well. Warriors 1. Deshawn Stevenson. The time is now for Deshawn from a Jazz perspective and he has shown some very good form throughout this season. His PPG will go up without Harp and he needs to be contained. 2. Defensive Rebounds. Utah can really hurt teams with second chance points. Golden State can't let this happen and should only give Utah one shot on each offense. Key Matchup SG: Deshawn Steveson vs. Jason Richardson Prediction: Jazz by 4.
Hopefully the Jazz can win this one. It's gonna be pretty tough I think without Harpring though. I'm not gonna predict either way though. I'll just jinx the Jazz or something. I'm gonna be at this game so I'm gonna scream like a feak.
With that win, and Seattle's loss to Cleveland, Utah move into 8th posistion in the West. But it will be very hard for Utah to finish 8th or better at the end of the season without Harpring.
