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Orlando Magic at Utah Jazz Game Thread: Can Utah avoid eight straight losses?

Orlando Magic (7-14) @ Utah Jazz (5-14)EnergySolutions Arena • Salt Lake City, UT7:00 p.m. (MT) • TV: ROOT Sports • Radio 1280 AM / 97.5 FM

By AllThatAmar
Vaughn: "You don't know what Jerry Sloan would have done to you if you showed up in training camp with that hairdo."
Vaughn: "You don't know what Jerry Sloan would have done to you if you showed up in training camp with that hairdo."
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports

Tonight is a big game for the Utah Jazz. They need a win. So what have the basketball Gods offered them?

  1. A home game
  2. Against an Eastern Conference Team
  3. That won even fewer games than the Jazz did last season
  4. That's on a long (6 game) road trip
  5. That is missing three players, Nikola Vucevic, Aaron Gordon, and Roy Devyn Marble
  6. And hasn't won against the Jazz in a very long time (at home or on the road), and has lost five straight in Utah
  7. ...and is a team that Trey Burke has had success against

Our boys better not screw this up, or be haunted on Christmas eve by Jerry Sloan or something. Orlando has some nice pieces, are young, and are fun to watch. Their offense isn't much, but they have some nice young players. In a way they are a lot like the Jazz, just we're horrible on defense, and nice on offense.

I'm not going to watch this game because I have actual social engagements to attend to. So have fun ladies and gentlemen.

Orlando:

2014 2015 Game 020 ORL at UTA - Magic Players

Utah:

2014 2015 Game 020 ORL at UTA - Jazz Players

Starters:

2014 2015 Game 020 ORL at UTA - Starters

Injuries:

  • Alec Burks (UTA) is out
  • Nikola Vucevic (ORL) is questionable, but not likely to play
  • Jeremy Evans (UTA) is in
  • Aaron Gordon (ORL) is out
  • Roy Devyn Marble (ORL) is out

GO JAZZ GO!

Poll

Who is going to win tonight

This poll is closed

  • 38%
    The Utah Jazz
    (7 votes)
  • 5%
    The Utah Jazz
    (1 vote)
  • 22%
    The Utah Jazz
    (4 votes)
  • 22%
    The Utah Jazz
    (4 votes)
  • 11%
    The Utah Jazz
    (2 votes)
18 votes total Vote Now

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