Sacramento Kings (14-5) @ Utah Jazz (12-9) Key Stats Kings road record:2-4 Jazz home record:11-2 Last met: Kings 118, Jazz 110 November 19 Standings: Jazz 8th Western Conference (.571) Kings 3rd Western Conference(.737) Probable starting lineups Jazz/Kings PG:Carlos Arroyo*/Mike Bibby SG: Deshawn Stevenson/Doug Christie SF:Matt Harpring/ Peja Stojakovic PF:Andrei Kirilenko/Brad Miller C:Greg Ostertag/Vlade Divac *Expected to start Key bench players for this game Jazz- Raul Lopez, Raja Bell, Jarron Collins Kings- Bobby Jackson, Anthony Peeler, Tony Massenburg Injuries: Definite. Jazz: Micahel Ruffin, Keon Clark Kings: Chris Webber, Lawrence Funderburke Keys to the game Jazz Contain Brad Miller and Peja Stojakovic. Miller already has 2 triple doubles this season and fits in well with the Kings. Peja could really hurt the Jazz if he's connecting from beyond the Arc because Utah are normally low scorers but pride themselves on their defense and seeing 3 after 3 would hurt their moral and make it more unlikely for a comeback. Greg Ostertag is going up agiainst a very smart Center who will try and draw fouls on him so the rookie Curtis Borchardt must step in. He will flop whenever he can and do a good job of it. The Jazz dont have an offensive advantage in their matchups anywhere so they have to spread the ball around and use AK47's versatililty on the much bigger Brad Miller. Kings Get off to a good start, if they can do this Utah will struggle to catch up over the game and will have to rely on a big comeback like the one against the Lakers. Brad Miller has a good defender and should look to kick it out to Peja especially if he's knocking them down. Doug Christie needs to use his good defense to stop Deshawn Stevenson stepping up and scoring 15 or so. He's done it more than once before and it can really hurt the other team if they're not expecting it. Vlade Divac needs to use his experience on Utah's younger Centers, and take it to Greg Ostertag and get him in foul trouble. He and Brad Miller will have to box out well on defense, or Utah will get a lot of offensive boards. X Factor- Which big man out of Miller and Ostertag gets in fould trouble first. Prediciton- A close game, but with they way the Kings are playing and they rest they've had a Kings win by 1-5.
