Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Super Bowl
This Saturday, the (27-29) Utah Jazz will travel to New York, NY to take on the (30-26) New York Knicks. Tipoff will be at 7:30 PM EST inside Madison Square Garden. This will be the second time that these two teams will match up this season, as the Knicks won the last meeting, 118-111.
The Jazz is coming into this one after falling to the Minnesota Timberwolves, 143-118. They struggled on both ends of the court, as they will have to wake up on the road if they want to challenge the Knicks in this one.
The Knicks are entering this game after defeating the Orlando Magic, 102-98. They stormed back to win that game, as they will need to stay hot in this one if they want to take care of business at home.
This game was written/published before last night's results.
The Utah Jazz are currently in 11th place in the Western Conference standings, as they are 11 games back from the first-place Denver Nuggets. On offense, they are scoring 117.5 points per game and they have shot 47.3% from the floor. This is the fourth most points scored per contest and the 15th-highest team shooting percentage. According to dunksandthrees.com, the Jazz have the fourth-highest adjusted offensive rating in the NBA. Lauri Markkanen continues to lead the way on the offensive end of the court, as he is scoring 24.7 points per game on 51.8% shooting from the field. Utah has also shown that it can make it rain from deep. They are shooting 36.4% from deep, which is the 12th-highest three-point shooting percentage in the league. The Utah Jazz has also knocked down 78.8% of their shots at the charity stripe, which is the 13th-highest free-throw percentage.
On the defensive end of the court, the Jazz is surrend ering 117.1 points per game and their opponents have shot 48.1% from the floor. This is the 24th most points given up per game and the 25th-highest shooting percentage allowed. According to dunksandthrees.com, the Jazz has the 27th lowest adjusted defensive rating in the NBA. Utah has struggled to consistently contest shots near the rim, but their perimeter defense has been slightly better. They have forced their opponents to shoot 36.4% from behind the arc, which is the 19th-lowest three-point shooting percentage allowed. The Utah Jazz has also grabbed 44.4 rebounds per game, which is the eighth most in the NBA.
Injury Report: Jordan Clarkson PG (Illness) is questionable. Damian Jones C (Acquired), Russel Westbrook PG (Acquired), and Juan Toscano-Anderson SG (Acquired) were just traded to the Jazz. Make sure to check and see when they will start playing.
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