Utah Jazz vs Brooklyn Nets Game Thread

Utah Jazz. Brooklyn Nets. You know how important this game is to a team trying to a) make the playoffs, b) tank for ping pong balls. Both teams can be winners tonight if they work together. The Jazz need to get back to .500. The Nets don't want to be even close to 20 wins by the time all the other teams starting to sit guys out. Somehow the Nets beat the Suns in their last game, and the Jazz got whooped by the San Antonio Spurs. Both teams want to correct those streaks immediately! Starting tonight.

Nets Player Stats:

Jazz Player Stats:

Starters:

• PG: Donald Sloan vs. Shelvin Mack
• SG: Wayne Ellington vs. Rodney Hood
• SF: Bojan Bogdanovic vs. Gordon Hayward
• PF: Thaddeus Young vs. Derrick Favors
• C: Brook Lopez vs. Rudy Gobert

Key Bench:

• Shane Larkin vs. Trey Burke
• Markel Brown vs. Raul Neto
• Sergey Karasev vs. Joe Ingles
• Chris McCullough vs. Chris Johnson
• Thomas Robinson vs. Trevor Booker
• Willie Reed vs. Jeff Withey

Injuries / Absences:

• Joe Johnson (SG/SF, BKN) -- Bought out, signed with Miami Heat
• Andrea Bargnani (PF/C), BKN) -- Bought out, probably eating a lot of ice cream
• Jarrett Jack (PG, BKN) -- OUT, torn ACL (right knee), out for season
• Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (SF, BKN) -- OUT, fractured right ankle

• Dante Exum (PG/SG, UTA) -- OUT, torn ACL (left knee), out for season
• Alec Burks (SG/PG, UTA) -- OUT, fractured left fibula (leg)
• Tibor Pleiss (C, UTA) -- Just found out about the mountains, decided to go for a hike, somehow in Mexico now. But he's doing his best.

GO JAZZ GO!