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  1. Stockton

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    <font color="Navy">Utah Jazz</font> (8-5) @ <font color="Silver">San Antonio Spurs</font> (10-3)</div>

    When: Saturday 27th November, 8:30 PM (EST)
    Where: SBC Center
    Local TV: KRRT / KJZZ
    National TV: NBALP

    Projected Starting Lineups

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

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    <div align="center"><font size="1">Carlos Arroyo, Gordan Giricek, Andrei Kirilenko, Carlos Boozer, Jarron Collins</font></div>

    <div align="center"><font color="Silver">Spurs</font>

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    <font size="1">Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Bruce Bowen, Tim Duncan, Rasho Nesterovic</font></div>

    Injured List

    <font color="Navy">Jazz:</font> Raul Lopez, Kris Humphries, Aleksandar Radojevic
    <font color="Silver">Spurs:</font> Linton Johnson III, Sean Marks, Romain Sato

    <div align="center">Key Matchup

    Carlos Boozer [​IMG] vs. [​IMG] Tim Duncan</div>

    Boozer has struggled with Tim Duncan in the past, and if that trend continues, the Jazz are going to be in for a long night. Boozer needs to play well for the Jazz to win, and force Duncan into a sub par game. It's not going to be easy, but Boozer has to do it for the Jazz, unless everyone else steps up. Tim Duncan can go for 25 and 15 on any given night, and he is a huge part of the Spurs.

    Prediction

    The Spurs have won 17 straight vs. Utah, and 18 straight at home. The odds are heavily stacked against Utah in this one. The leading scorers for the Jazz, Boozer and Kirilenko, are up against a two time MVP in Tim Duncan and great defender in Bruce Bowen. Unless the likes of Giricek, Bell, Okur and Arroyo score big, the Spurs will win comfortably.

    Spurs 96 Jazz 82
     
    Stockton, Nov 27, 2004
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    Earlier I said this should be a close game........ boy was I wrong.....

    Whats the news with Andrei? How long will he be out?
     
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    ^Did you see what happened? I saw he played hardly any minutes, the Jazz need him [​IMG] .
     
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    I knew we would probably lose this one, I'm sorry but we haven't beat the Spurs in about 4 years, it seems like the last time we beat them was when we swept them in the playoffs in 98. But I think the game could of been close if AK didn't get hurt. He has a sprained knee, other than that I don't know, I haven't seen or heard anything else. Once anyone gets news post it please.
     
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