UTA vs POR Dream11: Utah Jazz host fellow Western Conference rivals Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA regular-season match at Vivint Smart Home Arena, in Utah, on Friday morning. Both these teams suffered defeats in the last game, with Utah falling to Miami Heat 107-104 at AmericanAirlines Arena, while the Blazers went down to New Orleans Pelicans 94-102 at home.
That said, the Jazz are in a far better position on the table, occupying the 6th place in the Western Conference, with an 18-12 return on the season. They are 11-3 in home games, and 12-7 against the teams from the same conference. Portland, on the other hand, are still below 50% return on the season with 14 wins and 17 defeats.
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Match details:
Teams: Utah Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers
Venue: Vivint Smart Home Arena
Match Timing: December 27, @ 09:00 AM
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Utah Jazz injury news: The Jazz will miss the services of Mike Conly Jr. No other reported injury concerns for the Jazz ahead of the tilt against the Blazers.
Portland Trail Blazers injury news: As for the Blazers, there are no fresh injury problems from the last game with the usual suspects consisting of Zach Collis (shoulder injury), Rodney Hood (Achilles Tendon injury) and Jusuf Nurkic (leg injury).
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Utah Jazz: Royce O’Neale, Bojan Bogdanovic, Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles
Portland Trail Blazers: Carmelo Anthony, Kent Bazemore, Hassan Whiteside, CJ McCollum, Damian Lillard
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Likely squad:
Utah Jazz: De’Anthony Melton, Solomon Hill, Bojan Bogdanovic, Jeff Green, Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles, Grayson Allen, Bruno Caboclo, Marko Guduric, Yuta Watanabe
Portland Trail Blazers: Carmelo Anthony, Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Kent Bazemore, Anfernee Simons, Anthony Tolliver, Hassan Whiteside, Skal Labissière, Mario Hezonja, Gary Trent Jr.
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Team 1:
PG: E Mudiay, D Lillard (SP)
SG: C McCollum
SF: J Ingles, K Bazemore
PF: R O’Neale
C: R Gobert, S Labissiere
Team 2:
PG: E Mudiay, D Lillard
SG: C McCollum
SF: J Ingles
PF: C Anthony, E Davis
C: R Gobert (SP), S Labissiere