Utah Jazz at Boston Celtics Game Thread

The Utah Jazz start off their four game road trip tonight against the Boston Celtics. Boston is playoff bound, and Utah is trying to climb their way back up there still. It's a historically important franchise sitting at #3 in the East up against a team still searching for a modern identity that's under .500 right now. Utah and Boston. Two very different clubs.

Starters:

• PG: Isaiah Thomas vs. Shelvin Mack
• SG: Avery Bradley vs. Rodney Hood
• SF: Jae Crowder vs. Gordon Hayward
• PF: Amir Johnson vs. Derrick Favors
• C: Jared Sullinger vs. Rudy Gobert

Key Bench:

• Marcus Smart vs. Trey Burke
• Terry Rozier vs. Raul Neto
• Evan Turner vs. Joe Ingles
• R.J. Hunter vs. Chris Johnson
• Jonas Jerebko vs. Trey Lyles
• Tyler Zeller vs. Jeff Withey

Injuries / Absences:

• Kelly Olynyk (C/PF) -- OUT, Right shoulder sprain

• Dante Exum (PG/SG) -- OUT, left ACL rehab
• Alec Burks (SG/PF) -- OUT, left fractured fibula rehab
• Trevor Booker (PF) -- OUT, not with team, family death
  
• Tibor Pleiss (C) -- OUT, assigned to NBA DLeague Idaho Stampede

GO JAZZ GO!