The Utah Jazz tip off against the Phoenix Suns. It's going to be an exciting game between two fringe playoff teams. Things aren't great in Phoenix or Utah. Utah is once again a young team with injuries. And Phoenix is filled with some players who may be traded again during the season. Both teams are trying to deal with their problems while still climbing the Western Conference ladder. We'll see what happens down the road, but tonight we're going to see some three pointers.
Nah, I know. Big surprise . . . a Jeff Hornacek led team with a bunch of three point shooters is going to take threes. The Jazz are poor at handling pick and pop bigmen, or any type of stretch bigman. Phoenix has a few to worry about.
Suns Roster:
Player | GS | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PER | USG% | REB% | AST% | ORTG | DRTG | |||
1 | Eric Bledsoe | 28 | 28 | 35.2 | 21.8 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 22.1 | 27.8% | 6.5% | 30.9% | 109 | 104 | ||
2 | Brandon Knight | 29 | 29 | 35.5 | 19.5 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 17.2 | 25.7% | 6.4% | 23.5% | 104 | 107 | ||
3 | P.J. Tucker | 29 | 29 | 26.6 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 8.9 | 11.4% | 10.6% | 6.4% | 101 | 106 | ||
4 | Jon Leuer | 13 | 29 | 20.7 | 8.8 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 16.7 | 17.9% | 15.6% | 9.9% | 111 | 104 | ||
5 | Tyson Chandler | 18 | 20 | 23.3 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 11.1 | 10.6% | 18.6% | 2.6% | 103 | 103 | ||
6 | Ronnie Price | 0 | 27 | 13.1 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 12.3% | 3.5% | 17.9% | 109 | 105 | ||
7 | Devin Booker | 1 | 24 | 14.2 | 5.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.0 | 15.4% | 4.6% | 8.7% | 113 | 108 | ||
8 | T.J. Warren | 0 | 28 | 22.0 | 11.1 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 17.4 | 20.7% | 8.4% | 5.8% | 113 | 107 | ||
9 | Markieff Morris | 16 | 20 | 24.2 | 11.4 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 9.5 | 26.5% | 11.2% | 12.0% | 86 | 106 | ||
10 | Alex Len | 11 | 29 | 19.2 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 16.2 | 18.8% | 17.8% | 5.4% | 104 | 102 | ||
11 | Bryce Cotton | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
12 | Archie Goodwin | 0 | 13 | 11.6 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.6 | 21.0% | 11.4% | 11.9% | 99 | 106 | ||
13 | Sonny Weems | 0 | 12 | 8.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 13.1% | 8.5% | 15.1% | 74 | 107 | ||
14 | Mirza Teletovic | 0 | 29 | 17.7 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 16.1 | 19.6% | 9.7% | 9.2% | 114 | 108 | ||
15 | Cory Jefferson | 0 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 18.9% | 16.7% | 0.0% | 95 | 104 |
Also, on a side note, the Suns have two former Jazz point guards on their squad -- Price and Cotton.
Jazz Roster:
Player | GS | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PER | USG% | REB% | AST% | ORTG | DRTG | |||
1 | Dante Exum - X |
0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
2 | Rodney Hood | 24 | 24 | 29.5 | 11.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.1 | 20.2% | 5.2% | 15.5% | 103 | 108 | ||
3 | Gordon Hayward | 25 | 25 | 35.2 | 18.7 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 18.0 | 24.5% | 8.1% | 15.7% | 110 | 107 | ||
4 | Derrick Favors | 24 | 24 | 32.6 | 16.8 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 24.2 | 22.7% | 15.4% | 9.0% | 117 | 102 | ||
5 | Rudy Gobert - X |
14 | 14 | 34.2 | 9.2 | 10.9 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 17.0 | 13.5% | 18.6% | 7.5% | 108 | 100 | ||
6 | Trey Burke | 0 | 25 | 23.1 | 11.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 15.7 | 24.0% | 5.7% | 21.8% | 105 | 109 | ||
7 | Alec Burks | 3 | 25 | 27.8 | 14.6 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 15.1 | 26.2% | 7.8% | 14.5% | 104 | 109 | ||
8 | Joe Ingles | 0 | 24 | 12.0 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 13.2% | 6.3% | 12.1% | 108 | 107 | ||
9 | Trevor Booker | 2 | 24 | 21.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 12.7 | 14.5% | 16.1% | 6.0% | 101 | 102 | ||
10 | Jeff Withey | 1 | 17 | 10.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 14.0 | 13.6% | 15.5% | 2.6% | 101 | 101 | ||
11 | Raul Neto | 23 | 24 | 16.9 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 17.0% | 4.8% | 20.3% | 97 | 106 | ||
12 | Elijah Millsap | 0 | 15 | 8.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 14.6% | 12.3% | 17.1% | 87 | 104 | ||
13 | Chris Johnson | 0 | 17 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 5.9 | 15.4% | 7.7% | 8.4% | 87 | 107 | ||
14 | Trey Lyles | 9 | 23 | 12.7 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 13.2% | 13.8% | 5.2% | 86 | 108 | ||
15 | Tibor Pleiss | 0 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 17.5% | 4.5% | 0.0% | 78 | 107 |
We love going inside, and I am not afraid of Tyson Chandler at this point. I don't think Derrick Favors is either. It's going to be interesting to see if the team actually gets him the ball, though. Once again the Jazz will be playing without Rudy Gobert and Dante Exum. Blah. At some point we'll be healthy . . . I hope . . .