POR vs UTAH predictions thread

[DaRizzle]

Have at it!

I'll make my prediction later

 

[MAS RipCity]

Blazers 92
Jazz 89
Grind it out W

 

[B-Roy]

Portland 105
Utah 90

Suicide prediction.

 

[MrJayremmie]

Portland - 92
Utah - 99

 

[BatumKaboom]

POR - 99
UTA - 94

It will be a close game but we are pissed off from last night and we will pull it off.

 

[andalusian]

We are winning this one.

When this team is upset about a previous game - you do not want to be the first one with his back against the wall.

POR - 104
UTH - 97

 

[noknobs]

Portland 96
Utah 104

 

[DaRizzle]

Utah 101
Por 93

 

[PapaG]

Utah 101
Blazers 92

 

[Nikolokolus]

Utah 100
Portland 93

 

[DaRizzle]

wtf? Everyone is copying my greatness!

 

[Nikolokolus]

wtf? Everyone is copying my greatness!

Actually I'm on to you, you've been using this I'll bet: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/trends?gameId=281211026

 

[DaRizzle]

Actually I'm on to you, you've been using this I'll bet: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/trends?gameId=281211026

Nope, I give you my word

 

[Kulas]

utah 80
blazers 130

 

[cdub503]

Por - 104
Jazz- 98

 

[e_blazer]

Blazers 100
Jazz 97

 

[RW#30]

Blazers-103
Jazz 94

 

[Blazer4life]

Blazers 96
Jazz 91

 

[BlazerFanForLife]

Blazers 92
Jazz 90

 

[Entity]

Portland 90
Utah 92

 

[Chuck Taylor]

blazers 103
jazz 101

 

[THE HCP]

No Boozer............ a lot of crazy Mormon fans................ Blazers 92............ Jazz 88 !

 

[maxiep]

Jazz 106

Blazers 97

 

[ucatchtrout]

Dec 11 AT Utah Jazz

After a night off Portland travels to Salt Lake to take on the Jazz. Its a short road trip. Only one game. The next night we play in Portland again vs the Clippers.

For those of you who don't have Comcast you will be able to view the game on KGW channel 8.

It will also be broadcast nationally on TNT

Gametime is 7:30 Pacific time.

The Jazz beat us in our last trip to Salt Lake on November 5. Hopefully this time the outcome will be different. Tuesday nights loss at home to Orlando bugged me. And I'm hoping it bugged our team too,\... enough to bring the something extra that it always takes if you're planning on beating Jerry Sloans team on their home floor.

Speaking of Sloan. This week he won his thousandth game as a head coach. IMHO he's one of the best coaches of all time. Always has his team ready to play. Always makes the most of what he has. The Utah Jazz have been beset with injury problems this season. First, to allstar point guard Deron Williams and most recently to Olympian Carlos Boozer, who anchors down the power forward position for the Jazz.

Utah brings a 14-9 record into the game (9-3 at home), and they are right behind Portland (15-8) and Denver (15-7) in the Northwest Division. It will be a tough game, but I just don't see Portland dropping two in a row at this point. And I don't think they'll repeat the mistakes that cost them the Orlando game. I'm picking the Blazers by three.






Projected starters
Portland Trailblazers

Steve Blake -PG
Brandon Roy-SG
Nic Batum-SF
LaMarcus Aldridge-PF
Greg Oden-Center





Projected starters
Utah Jazz

Deron Williams-PG
Ronnie Brewer-SG
CJ Miles SF
Paul Milsap-PF
Mehmet Okur-Center

NOTE: Paul Milsap has been starting at Power Forward for the injured Carlos Boozer. He has been out for about ten games due to a strained tendon in his upper left quadriceps. He's indicated he may wear some kind of brace upon his return, and had hoped that his first game back would be Thursday nights game against the Trailblazers. The Jazz announced Wednesday he'll probably won't be ready to play against Portland.

As always there will be pregame, gametime, and postgame discussion of the game in the gameday forum
http://www.clubblazers.com/blazers-gameday/dec-utah-jazz-t1340.html

Be sure to catch the video recap and hdtv highlights of the game at
http://www.clubblazers.com/blazer-game-highlights/

 

[alex42083]

Jazz 102
Trail Blazers 96

 

[Stockton]

For those who haven't seen him play, watch out for Paul Millsap. He's currently on a nine game double double streak, and is a big part of the reason Boozer wont be in a Jazz uniform next season. His offense isn't as good as Boozer, but he's a better defender (not that that's much of an achievement) who shoots at a high clip and rebounds at a similar level.

Jazz 98
Blazers 93

 

[RayDavies]

PDX 99
Jizz 95

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Blazers 98
Utah 91

 

[gambitnut]

Blazers 101
Jazz 94

 

[Sedatedfork]

Utah 95
Portland 93