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It's time for an MLK Day game between the Utah Jazz @ the Charlotte Hornets. It's going to be a close game with two injured teams going in different directions. Their bigs will be ready to show off, but I don't think they can compete with our best guys right now. On the flipside, they have a lot of point guard firepower, and I don't know how ready our guys are to defend them. The main common ground here in this game is between the star small forwards -- Gordon and Nicolas. I don't know if Gordon can beat the other good SFs in the league every time he faces them, but I don't think he's going to let the other guy get the upper hand every time they face off. This should be a good game between two sub .500 teams.
Remember when every kid at school used to wear one of those Hornets jackets? (Or maybe you guys did not see that much, if you grew up in Utah?) Yeah, well, their fans really aren't there anymore according to this map.
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Starters:
| Starters | Pos | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PRASB | /min | |||||
| PG | Raul Neto | 1 | 39 | 19.0 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 10.6 | 0.56 | ||||
| SG | Rodney Hood | 2 | 3 | 38 | 30.0 | 13.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 20.1 | 0.67 | |||
| SF | Gordon Hayward | 3 | 2 | 40 | 35.2 | 19.2 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 29.1 | 0.83 | |||
| PF | Trey Lyles | 4 | 3 | 38 | 18.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 10.0 | 0.56 | |||
| C | Rudy Gobert | 5 | 20 | 31.9 | 8.9 | 10.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 24.2 | 0.76 | ||||
| Starters | Pos | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PRASB | /min | |||||
| PG | Kemba Walker | 1 | 40 | 35.4 | 19.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 30.5 | 0.86 | ||||
| SG | P.J. Hairston | 2 | 3 | 37 | 19.5 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 0.51 | |||
| SF | Nicolas Batum | 3 | 2 | 35 | 34.8 | 15.7 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 28.8 | 0.83 | |||
| PF | Marvin Williams | 4 | 3 | 40 | 29.0 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 19.1 | 0.66 | |||
| C | Cody Zeller | 5 | 4 | 38 | 24.6 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 17.5 | 0.71 | |||
I'm interested to see Marvin against Trey here.
Key Bench:
| Key Bench | Pos | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PRASB | /min | |||||
| 6 | Trey Burke | 1 | 40 | 24.3 | 12.4 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 17.9 | 0.74 | ||||
| 7 | Chris Johnson | 2 | 3 | 31 | 10.2 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5.6 | 0.55 | |||
| 8 | Joe Ingles | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14.0 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 0.52 | |||
| 9 | Trevor Booker | 4 | 38 | 22.9 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 14.5 | 0.63 | ||||
| 10 | Jeff Withey | 5 | 32 | 15.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 12.0 | 0.76 | ||||
| Key Bench | Pos | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PRASB | /min | |||||
| 6 | Jeremy Lin | 1 | 2 | 38 | 36.4 | 12.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 19.9 | 0.55 | |||
| 7 | Jeremy Lamb | 2 | 37 | 22.1 | 11.2 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 18.3 | 0.83 | ||||
| 8 | Tyler Hansbrough | 4 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 0.69 | |||
| 9 | Frank Kaminsky | 4 | 5 | 39 | 20.9 | 7.5 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 13.7 | 0.66 | |||
| 10 | Spencer Hawes | 5 | 34 | 16.7 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.0 | 0.72 | ||||
Their bench looks stronger than ours.
Injuries / Absences:
| Player | Pos | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PRASB | /min | |||||
| Q | Derrick Favors | 4 | 5 | 26 | 32.6 | 16.8 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 29.6 | 0.91 | |||
| X | Alec Burks | 2 | 1 | 28 | 27.1 | 14.3 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 20.7 | 0.76 | |||
| X | Al Jefferson | 5 | 19 | 25.2 | 12.5 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 22.0 | 0.87 | ||||
| Q | Jeremy Lamb | 2 | 37 | 22.1 | 11.2 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 18.3 | 0.83 | ||||
| X | Dante Exum | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| X | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
This part should get updated before the game starts -- if I am available to do it.
Overall, I'd say the Jazz should not be at too much of a disadvantage. But the Hornets do have as many wins as the Jazz do. Should be a good game.
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