The eleventh game on Sunday for NBA Week 9 is between Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Clippers. The opening tip-off is set to commence at 14:40pm with the game to be played at Staples Center. The favourite for the match is home team Los Angeles Clippers. View our preview and teams for the game between Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Clippers.
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When: 14:40 | Sunday 29/12/2013
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
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| Utah Jazz | 13.00 | 10.50 | 11.50 | 10.50 | 13.00 | 11.00 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.05 | 1.04 | 1.04 |
Teams:
Utah Jazz:
| Num | Player | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Andris Biedrins | ||||||
| 3 | Trey Burke | ||||||
| 10 | Alec Burks | ||||||
| 21 | Ian Clark | ||||||
| 40 | Jeremy Evans | ||||||
| 15 | Derrick Favors | ||||||
| 8 | Diante Garrett | ||||||
| 27 | Rudy Gobert | ||||||
| 33 | Mike Harris | ||||||
| 20 | Gordon Hayward | ||||||
| 24 | Richard Jefferson | ||||||
| 0 | Enes Kanter | ||||||
| 5 | John Lucas III | ||||||
| 25 | Brandon Rush | ||||||
| 2 | Marvin Williams |
Los Angeles Clippers:
| Num | Player |
|---|---|
| 22 | Matt Barnes |
| 25 | Reggie Bullock |
| 2 | Darren Collison |
| 11 | Jamal Crawford |
| 9 | Jared Dudley |
| 34 | Willie Green |
| 32 | Blake Griffin |
| 15 | Ryan Hollins |
| 33 | Antawn Jamison |
| 6 | DeAndre Jordan |
| 0 | Byron Mullens |
| 3 | Chris Paul |
| 4 | J.J. Redick |
| 5 | Maalik Wayns |
Preview:
After suffering two road losses in painfully close fashion, the Los Angeles Clippers will likely welcome a lesser opponent in its return home.
Meanwhile, the lowly Utah Jazz hope to find some momentum from a last-second victory.
Los Angeles aims for its seventh straight victory in the series on Saturday night.
The Clippers (20-11) are coming off a 116-112 overtime loss at Portland on Thursday despite committing a season-low six turnovers to the Trail Blazers’ 17.
One of their biggest disadvantages came on the glass where they were outrebounded 60-48.
“They didn’t actually get them (rebounds) when we went small, which is amazing,” coach Doc Rivers said. “We were helping a lot. When you have to help, it does create somebody with a body off of them and I thought they took advantage of that.”
However, it was also the fifth straight game in which Los Angeles was outrebounded after losing out 49-38 in Wednesday’s 105-103 loss at Golden State. Rivers’ team is being outrebounded by an average of minus-8.4 over the last five contests, far worse than its minus-1.5 margin on the season.
Other than DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin, Chris Paul’s 3.8 rebounds per game are the most on the team during the last five games.
Friday’s loss also came despite big performances from Griffin, who had 35 points and 11 rebounds, and Paul, who added 34 points and 16 assists. Griffin was playing a night after a controversial ejection for two technical fouls against the Warriors, which the NBA described Thursday as a mistake by the officials.
“It’d be different if we lost both games by 15 or 20 points, but to lose two emotional games like that is tough,” Jamal Crawford told the team’s website. “I think, honestly, those ones are tougher to digest than losing by 20. Sometimes you lay an egg and you come out and you just don’t have it that night, but to have the opportunity to win both of them is tough.”
The Clippers have been much better at home however, going 12-2 and averaging 111.9 points compared to 99.7 per game on the road.
The Jazz (9-23) come in feeling good about themselves after a dramatic 105-103 home win over the Lakers on Friday. Derrick Favors had a putback dunk with 2.1 seconds left on Gordon Hayward’s missed shot, converting what he said was the first game-winning shot of his career at any level.
“The two big guys for the Lakers went over and altered his shot a little bit,” said Favors, who had 18 points and 14 rebounds. “It went off the rim and I was just there for the offensive rebound.”
Utah has struggled against the Clippers, losing six straight after winning 11 of the previous 12. Los Angeles is averaging 107.8 points on 49.9 percent shooting during its six-game winning streak, and Paul is averaging 22.2 points during that stretch.
Source: www.nba.com
