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Preview: Warriors at Jazz
by Mike
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| 2010-11 Meetings | ||
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| November 5, 2010 • Recap | ||
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Jazz | 78 |
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Warriors | 85 |
| December 13, 2010 • Recap | ||
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Warriors | 95 |
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Jazz | 108 |
| January 30, 2011 • Recap | ||
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Jazz | 81 |
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Warriors | 96 |
| February 16, 2011 • Recap | ||
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Warriors | 107 |
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Jazz | 100 |
The Warriors finish up their pre-All Star game schedule tonight in Utah, where they’ll face a reeling Jazz team that is also on the second-half of a back-to-back. A win puts them just 3 games under .500 at the break; a loss and they face a 5-game deficit. What to watch for tonight:
- Smell Blood. Utah has been struggling, losers of 4 straight at home and still winless under their legend-replacing new coach. Kirilenko is expected to miss the game with an ankle injury, and Rajah Bell is also ailing. If they Warriors have a killer instinct, it needs to be on display tonight.
- Do it on the Road. It’s no secret that the Warriors have been a much better home than road team this year. They haven’t won on the road since the January 5th game in New Orleans (granted, they’ve only played 3 road games since then), so this is the sort of road game the Warriors need to win to get back on track away from Oracle and take the next step toward being competitive.
- Feel the Joementum. The Warriors won’t get to Joe Lacob’s hopeful prediction of .500 by the All Star break, but they can certainly make him happy by getting to the break on an upswing. A loss and it’s the same ol’ Warriors; but a win would give us some hope that they can continue to compete when they head back out on the road after the break — and would make watching Curry and Wright at the All Star break seem like more than just a happy diversion from another hopeless season.
Tags: andrei kirilenko, jazz, rajah bell, warriors
