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  1. Stockton

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    <font color="Red">Portland TrailBlazers</font> (9-8) @ <font color="Navy">Utah Jazz</font> (8-11)</div>

    When: Friday 10th December, 10:30 PM (EST)
    Where: Delta Center
    Local TV: KGW
    National TV: ESPN

    <div align="center">Likely Starters</div>

    <div align="center"><font color="Blue">Jazz</font></div>

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    <div align="center"><font size="1">Carlos Arroyo, Raja Bell, Matt Harpring, Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur</font></div>

    <div align="center"><div align="center"><font color="Red">Blazers</font></div>

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    <font size="1">Damon Stoudamire, Derek Anderson, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Zach Randolph, Theo Ratliff</font></div>

    Injured List

    <font color="Navy">Jazz:</font> Curtis Borchardt, Andrei Kirilenko, Keith McLeod
    <font color="Red">Blazers:</font> Richie Frahm, Viktor Khryapa, Vladimir Stepania

    Key Matchup

    Carlos Boozer vs. Zach Randolph

    Both of these men are great scorers and rebounders. This will be a great battle to watch, and if one can play well himself and force his opponent into a bad game his team would go a long way towards winning.

    Prediction

    The Jazz can defintely win this one. The Blazers have played the night before, and the Jazz have had a chance to rest. If the Jazz can play well on defense without Andrei Kirilenko, and score points themselves, they should take this one out. However the Jazz are in a slump and the Blazers have been playing well recently.

    Utah 102 Portland 104
     
    Stockton, Dec 10, 2004
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    Wow what a game. When Okur got fouled on that 3 pointer, I jumped with excitement. When Stoudemire drained that 3 at the buzzer, I nearly soiled myself....

    Finally, the Jazz end their 6 game losing streak.

    Oh, and it seems Collins injured his knee.... :
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Marbire:</div><div class="quote_post">

    Oh, and it seems Collins injured his knee.... :</div>

    I knew a win on it's own was to good to be true [​IMG] .

    But this win is vital to the Jazz, they could get some confidence back which is very important. They'll have good moral heading into Portland, while Portland will be slighty embarrased after been the team to stop the Jazz' losing streak. It wasn't the best game the Jazz have ever played, but what's promising is that Utah didn't throw it away.

    But still, well done Jazz [​IMG] .
     
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