Portland TrailBlazers @ Utah Jazz Preview

[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

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

 

[KBC]

This was a really close game. It went into overtime, but we just couldn't pull it out. I thought for sure that we could win, but the DA missed that last three and we didn't rebound.

Great shot by Stoudamire to send it into overtme thoguh. Very exciting game to watch. As was the game against Boston the night before.