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The struggling Utah Jazz (2-6, 5th Northwest) play the third game of a four-game road trip on Wednesday when paying a visit to the Indiana Pacers (4-3, 2nd Central). Utah was defeated by the Chicago Bulls 130-113 on Monday night for their third straight loss and fifth loss in the last six. Indiana defeated San Antonio 152-111 to give head coach Rick Carlisle his 900th career victory. Utah and Indiana do not have any players listed on their injury reports.
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If Utah hopes to be in contention for a postseason berth in April, the Jazz must improve at the defensive end as they are allowing an average of 120.1 points per game which is 26th in a 30-team league. Utah is giving up a field goal shooting percentage of 49.4% which is 27th and a three-point shooting percentage of 35.3% which is 13th. Utah is averaging 15.3 offensive and 32.8 defensive rebounds for a total of 48 per game led by Lauri Markkanen with an average of 8.8 boards per contest. Kelly Olynyk is the team leader in steals with an average of 1.1 per game and Walker Kessler averages a team best 2.1 blocked shots for contest
Utah's offense is slightly below average at 16th in scoring with an average of 111.8 points per game. The Jazz have a field goal shooting percentage o f 45.1% which is 24th and a three-point shooting percentage of 36.1% which is 15th. Markkanen is the leading scorer for Utah with an average of 24.0 points per game while shooting 47.1% overall and 43.6% from downtown. John Collins is the second leading scorer with an average of 14.8 points per game and shoots 51.1%. Talen Horton-Tucker is the leader in assists with an average of 5.6 dishes per contest.
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