Written by Spencer | 29 January 2010

BREAKING NEWS BOOZER OUT FOR TONIGHT Some of the greatest Utah Jazz  memories I have are  listening to  Hot Rod Hundley doing the play by play. Here is one that I wrote about  last year and is still in my top ten all time Utah Jazz Moments. If you were ever in the MTC you should get a kick out of this. Here are some of Hot Rod's best quotes. We  could be without Boozer, Deron Williams is officially out (funeral). Official word will probably come in shoot around this morning around lunch time. The Sacramento Kings probably have the Rookie of the year on their team in Tyreke Evans. If you remember the last time we played them he torched us and for 32-7 but in the losing effort Deron had 29-15 it was  actually a fun game to watch. Ronnie Price, Sundiata Gaines and hopefully Wesley Matthews step up to the challenge tonight and play solid lock down D on Evans. Expect tonight to be a fast paced game but low scoring I say both teams under 100. Without Deron and Boozer, obviously, the bench will HAVE to step up.

Kings	Key Team Stats	Jazz
101.4	Points scored	101.8
105.2	Points allowed	97.4
.455	FG% own	.490
.469	FG% opposition	.450
.347	3PT% own	.360
.350	3PT% opposition	.353
543	Offensive Rebounds	443
1340	Defensive Rebounds	1397
1883	Total Rebounds	1840
1.4	Assist/Turnover Ratio	1.8
22.9	Fouls Per Game	22.2

Tonight will most likely be the Jazz' 8th different starting lineup of the season. So far this season we have collectively missed 112 game with 110 of them coming from injury, Harpring counts for 28 of those. The Jazz have led at one point in every game this season meaning that they haven't lost wire to wire yet. Against Portland they had their sixth win from wire to wire although it got sketchy in the 3rd quarter. The Utah Jazz are first in the NBA in Assist per game and shooting percentage @ 49.% and have shot over 61% in their last two games. I don't think that this trend will continue with Boozer and Deron out, However expect Millsap and AK to have big nights tonight. I think they will both have DD's Some obvious but little known stats. The Utah Jazz are 12-2 when they have less than 12 turnovers. They are 8-1 when Wesley Matthews hits 2+ three pointers. They are undefeated in the Green Jerseys. The Jazz are 19-3 when Boozer has 20-10, if he does not play we need Millsap to make that up. I think Kevin Martin is the Key player of the Night. He missed the first game this year due to a wrist injury but has historically given the Jazz troubles especially with the three 15-30 in the past six games while averaging 27 points. In his last three games he has just had 5 points a game and shot 3-23 let's hope tonight is not the night that he gets his shot back. MY Prediction Utah Jazz 98- Sacramento Kings 95 in a buckle-up game.

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