Los Angeles Clippers (6-8) @ Utah Jazz (10-7) LA Clippers road record : 2-4 Utah Jazz home record : 9-1 Streaks: Utah lost 1, Clippers won 2 Last met: Teams have not met this season Last games: Utah 101 @ Houston 107 (OT) Cavaliers 80 @ Clippers 90 Standings Utah 6th Western Conference, LA Clippers 13th Western Conference Probable Starters Jazz/Clippers PG-Raul Lopez/Mako Jaric SG-Deshawn Stevenson*/Quentin Richardson SF-Matt Harpring/Corey Maggette PF-Andrei Kirilenko/Melvin Ely C-Greg Ostertag/Predrag Drobnjak Injuries Utah-Carlos Arroyo, Keon Clark *Deshawn Stevenson-had flu last game may miss this one LA Clippers-Glen Rice, Eddie House(Brand activated) Keys to the Game Utah-Raul Lopez and Mo Williams aren't up against all star guards (Francis twice and Kidd once) so they should look to improve thier games significanlty. Utah has to make use of the home ground because they are not a good road team. Andrei Kirilenko and Greg Ostertag have to dominate the boards and get points in the paint, Greg Ostertag needs to get at least one defensive rebound aswell(last game 0 defensive boards). Utah need to shut down Quentin Richardson and Corey Magette, they are carrying the Clippers so far this season. If they can limit their scoring, and control the boards they should win without much trouble. LA Clippers-If Pavlovic starts, Quentin Richardson has to get the ball. Cuttino Mobley got 32 points and lead Houston to a win when he started. They can't allow AK47 and Greg Ostertag to get offensive rebounds and Melvin Ely has to play well on defense to try and stop Andrei Kirilenko's offense. They need to put pressure on Utah's two rookie PG's because some extra turnovers could cost Utah the game as their scoring is low. LA has to get a high shooting % because Utah wins their games on defense and keeps other team shooting % low. Utah are unlikely to get enough points to beat them if they have a high shooting %. X Factor-How well Andrei Kirilenko and Greg Ostertag can control the boards. Player to watch-Andrei Kirilenko-Had a huge game against Houston, and now has Melvin Ely guarding him. Prediction-Not much trouble for Utah with a 10-15 point win.
Sorry I didn't catch the preview earlier Tmac(I was in Sac), but great job. :thumbsup: I didn't realize how the Jazz had been dominating at home, amazing.
