clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Game Thread: Utah Jazz at Denver Nuggets -- The Struggle at the Summit

Game #80: Utah Jazz (24-55) @ Denver Nuggets (34-55)Pepsi Center, Denver, COApril 12, 2014 -- 7:00 pm MTTV: ROOT Sports -- RADIO: 1280 am / 97.5 fm

By AllThatAmar
Chris Humphreys-USA TODAY Sports
April Game Streams -- Denver Stiffs -- Jazz vs Nuggets coverage

.

This is the second to last road game for the Utah Jazz, and it's up against the Denver Nuggets. This will be the struggle at the summit because both of these teams have had crappy years. I'm not going to go into it much because, well, you know. Denver had injuries. Utah had a bad roster. Both teams are going to the lotto. Denver is still injured but playing better (on a 2 game win streak against vs HOU, and @ GSW somehow). Utah is playing better, but still losing.

I still have no clue about Lawson tonight, or Rush. But I know Marvin is out.

Assumed Starters:

Game_80_-_uta_at_den

Denver Team:

Player Pos G MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG PER BARPS FG% 3PT% FT%
1 Ty Lawson 1 62 35.9 17.6 3.5 8.8 1.6 0.2 19.0 31.7 43.1% 35.6% 79.8%
2 Randy Foye 2 1 78 30.4 12.8 2.8 3.4 0.8 0.5 12.9 20.3 41.3% 38.4% 84.1%
3 Aaron Brooks 1 2 26 28.2 12.0 2.7 5.2 0.9 0.3 13.7 21.1 41.3% 36.3% 88.9%
4 Kenneth Faried 4 3 77 26.9 13.5 8.4 1.2 0.9 0.9 20.1 24.9 54.7% 0.0% 64.9%
5 Timofey Mozgov 5 79 21.3 9.3 6.4 0.7 0.3 1.2 16.7 17.9 52.4% 19.0% 75.1%
6 Evan Fournier 2 1 73 19.5 8.1 2.6 1.5 0.5 0.1 10.3 12.8 42.4% 38.7% 73.4%
7 Darrell Arthur 4 5 67 17.3 6.0 3.1 0.9 0.6 0.7 9.5 11.3 39.6% 38.1% 85.5%
8 Quincy Miller 3 4 49 14.7 4.9 2.7 0.4 0.4 0.6 9.0 9.0 37.3% 33.3% 69.8%
9 Jan Vesely 4 18 14.2 4.4 3.7 0.6 1.2 0.8 15.4 10.7 50.0% 41.7%
10 Anthony Randolph 4 3 42 12.1 4.5 2.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 11.1 9.1 37.1% 27.3% 73.8%
x Danilo Gallinari 3 4
x Wilson Chandler 3 4 59 31.3 14.0 4.8 1.8 0.7 0.5 12.7 21.8 41.6% 34.9% 71.6%
x J.J. Hickson 4 5 69 26.9 11.8 9.2 1.4 0.7 0.7 16.3 23.8 50.8% 0.0% 51.7%
x Nate Robinson 2 1 44 19.7 10.4 1.8 2.5 0.8 0.1 15.6 15.6 42.8% 37.7% 83.5%
x JaVale McGee 5 5 15.8 7.0 3.4 0.4 0.2 1.4 10.2 12.4 44.7% 100.0%

Jazz Team:

Player Pos G MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG PER BARPS FG% 3PT% FT%
1 Gordon Hayward 2 3 75 36.3 16.0 5.0 5.2 1.4 0.5 16.1 28.1 41.3% 31.3% 81.4%
2 Trey Burke 1 67 31.9 12.4 2.9 5.6 0.6 0.1 12.4 21.6 37.8% 33.6% 89.2%
3 Derrick Favors 5 4 70 29.9 13.2 8.7 1.2 1.0 1.4 18.9 25.5 51.7% 0.0% 67.6%
4 Alec Burks 2 1 75 28.0 14.0 3.3 2.7 0.9 0.2 16.0 21.1 45.5% 34.1% 74.6%
5 Richard Jefferson 3 79 27.1 10.2 2.7 1.6 0.7 0.2 12.1 15.4 45.2% 41.7% 75.3%
6 Enes Kanter 4 5 78 26.5 12.1 7.3 0.9 0.3 0.5 15.4 21.1 48.7% 0.0% 72.5%
7 Jeremy Evans 4 63 17.9 5.9 4.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 16.1 12.4 52.8% 0.0% 66.7%
8 Diante Garrett 1 2 68 14.8 3.5 1.4 1.7 0.6 0.1 7.0 7.3 38.3% 38.0% 83.3%
9 John Lucas III 1 2 42 14.1 3.8 0.9 1.0 0.3 0.0 5.2 6.0 32.6% 29.8% 62.5%
10 Rudy Gobert 5 42 9.8 2.3 3.4 0.1 0.2 0.9 12.3 6.9 48.7% 50.0%
x Marvin Williams
 3 4 66 35.4 9.1 5.1 1.2 0.8 0.5 14.0 16.7 43.9% 35.9% 78.1%
x Brandon Rush 2 3 38 11.0 2.1 1.2 0.6 0.1 0.2 4.2 4.2 33.3% 34.0% 60.0%

The Jazz are terrible on the road (8-31), and the Nuggets are pretty okay at home (21-18). The Jazz are 2-8 in their last 10 games, and the Nuggets are 4-6. We've lost three in a row. They've won two in a row. Utah is 102-72 against the Nuggets all-time, but only 33-53 in their gym. It's going to be tough, even if Lawson isn't playing.

Utah played last night, they didn't. Maybe that'll be all that it takes?

GO JAZZ GO!

Poll

Who is going to win tonight?

This poll is closed

  • 10%
    The Utah Jazz
    (3 votes)
  • 42%
    The Denver Nuggets
    (12 votes)
  • 46%
    The Greek food from last night?
    (13 votes)
28 votes total Vote Now

In This Stream

NBA 2013-2014 Regular Season: Utah Jazz Games (April)

View all 28 stories

More From SLC Dunk