Jazz
Utah
Western Conference
Northwest
14
17
31
2313
1657
33
15
45
86
43
50
11
8
73
30
12
42
5
19
7
5
18
109
4
79
36
46
2421
1112
46
03
02
67
68
32
100
02
18
15
01
2532
6060
116
42
36
2120
1010
48
71
51
72
97
43
140
21
55
01
31
2923
6060
7
3
43
24
11
46
0
0
0
6
3
9
0
1
1
0
25
60
9
6
67
21
12
57
3
2
67
8
2
10
2
8
5
1
32
60
11
4
36
21
10
48
7
5
71
9
4
13
2
5
0
3
29
60
6
2
33
20
10
50
1
1
100
7
3
10
1
5
1
1
23
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Jeff
Withey
Jeff Withey
True
34
4
7
57
0
0
0
2
3
67
2
1
3
1
1
4
1
3
10
19
none
Gordon
Hayward
Gordon Hayward
True
33
8
19
42
4
12
33
3
3
100
0
10
10
1
1
0
0
2
23
4
double
Trey
Lyles
Trey Lyles
True
31
2
7
29
1
2
50
0
0
0
2
6
8
4
1
0
1
3
5
13
none
Rodney
Hood
Rodney Hood
True
29
7
16
44
4
7
57
0
0
0
2
5
7
6
1
1
0
2
18
27
none
Raul
Neto
Raul Neto
True
18
3
5
60
1
2
50
0
0
0
2
2
4
1
0
0
0
1
7
1
none
Trey
Burke
Trey Burke
False
29
12
19
63
2
5
40
1
2
50
0
1
1
3
1
0
0
0
27
12
none
Trevor
Booker
Trevor Booker
False
25
1
4
25
0
0
0
1
2
50
2
2
4
2
1
0
1
1
3
4
none
Joe
Ingles
Joe Ingles
False
17
3
4
75
3
4
75
0
0
0
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
3
9
10
none
Chris
Johnson
Chris Johnson
False
15
3
4
75
0
1
0
1
1
100
0
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
7
-15
none
Elijah
Millsap
Elijah Millsap
False
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-5
none
Tibor
Pleiß
Tibor Pleiß
False
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
-5
none
Derrick
Favors
Derrick Favors
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
2
January
2016
Saturday
Vivint Smart Home Arena
Salt Lake City
Grizzlies
Memphis
True
Trail Blazers
Portland
Western Conference
Northwest
14
21
35
2351
1943
36
16
44
78
35
45
14
10
71
31
8
39
0
19
1
10
16
96
4
610
34
6
1720
95
6
60
40
67
98
15
113
00
54
00
27
2514
6060
1010
45
4
2120
1110
52
80
60
75
86
11
97
00
46
10
01
3225
6060
6
3
50
17
9
53
6
4
67
9
1
10
0
5
0
2
25
60
10
4
40
20
5
25
0
0
0
8
5
13
0
4
0
7
14
60
10
4
40
21
11
52
8
6
75
8
1
9
0
4
1
0
32
60
10
5
50
20
10
50
0
0
0
6
1
7
0
6
0
1
25
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CJ
McCollum
CJ McCollum
True
40
13
26
50
6
11
55
0
2
0
0
7
7
6
0
0
1
3
32
-9
none
Allen
Crabbe
Allen Crabbe
True
33
5
11
45
3
6
50
2
3
67
0
3
3
2
0
0
1
4
15
-15
none
Al-Farouq
Aminu
Al-Farouq Aminu
True
25
2
7
29
1
4
25
0
0
0
1
5
6
1
0
0
1
1
5
-12
none
Mason
Plumlee
Mason Plumlee
True
20
1
5
20
0
0
0
1
2
50
4
5
9
2
0
0
2
0
3
-17
none
Noah
Vonleh
Noah Vonleh
True
18
1
1
100
0
0
0
4
4
100
0
4
4
2
0
0
0
1
6
3
none
Meyers
Leonard
Meyers Leonard
False
33
6
8
75
5
6
83
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
0
0
2
1
17
2
none
Tim
Frazier
Tim Frazier
False
23
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
1
3
0
2
none
Maurice
Harkless
Maurice Harkless
False
21
3
9
33
0
5
0
2
2
100
1
2
3
1
1
0
0
1
8
-15
none
Ed
Davis
Ed Davis
False
9
1
2
50
0
0
0
1
1
100
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
3
-10
none
Gerald
Henderson
Gerald Henderson
False
8
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
-4
none
Pat
Connaughton
Pat Connaughton
False
3
1
2
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
none
Luis
Montero
Luis Montero
False
3
1
2
50
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
none
Chris
Kaman
Chris Kaman
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
3
January
2016
Sunday
Pepsi Center
Denver
Nuggets
Denver
False
The Utah Jazz ( 14 - 17 ) picked up the 109 - 96 win at home against division - rival , Portland Trail Blazers ( 14 - 21 ) , on Thursday night . Both teams came into this game injury - riddled and on the second night of a back - to - back . The Blazers were riding a three - game winning streak and a win could have got them all tied up with the Jazz for the eighth spot in the West . However , the Jazz managed to muster up some offense and retain their superior position in the standings . Trey Burke picked up the slack in a huge way for the Jazz , who were missing Derrick Favors ( back spasms ) , Rudy Gobert ( MCL strain ) and Alec Burks ( fractured fibula ) . Burke dropped a hot 27 points on 12 - 19 shooting from the field , in 29 minutes off the bench . Gordon Hayward chipped in 23 points ( 8 - 19 FG , 4 - 12 3Pt , 3 - 3 FT ) , along with 10 rebounds , one assist and one steal , in 33 minutes . Rodney Hood contributed a complete game with 18 points , seven rebounds and six assists , in 29 minutes . The Jazz shot 50 percent from the field and kept the turnovers to a minimum , with only six . Damian Lillard sat this one out , making it six games that he has missed due to plantar fasciitis . C.J . McCollum has been playing well and was at it again in this one , as he finished with a game - high 32 points ( 13 - 26 FG , 6 - 11 3Pt ) , along with seven rebounds and six assists , in 40 long minutes . Meyers Leonard was strong in 33 minutes off the bench . Leonard finished with 17 points , three rebounds and two assists . The only other player to score double digits for the Blazers was Allen Crabbe , who dropped 15 points ( 5 - 11 FG , 3 - 6 3Pt ) , three rebounds and two assists . Next the Trail Blazers will head to Denver for a game on Sunday . That will be another important division match - up for Portland , as the Nuggets are just one game behind them in the standings . The Jazz will host the Grizzlies on Saturday .
The Utah Jazz (14 - 17) picked up the 109 - 96 win at home against division - rival, Portland Trail Blazers (14 - 21), on Thursday night. Both teams came into this game injury - riddled and on the second night of a back - to - back. The Blazers were riding a three - game winning streak and a win could have got them all tied up with the Jazz for the eighth spot in the West. However, the Jazz managed to muster up some offense and retain their superior position in the standings. Trey Burke picked up the slack in a huge way for the Jazz, who were missing Derrick Favors (back spasms), Rudy Gobert (MCL strain) and Alec Burks (fractured fibula). Burke dropped a hot 27 points on 12 - 19 shooting from the field, in 29 minutes off the bench. Gordon Hayward chipped in 23 points (8 - 19 FG, 4 - 12 3Pt, 3 - 3 FT), along with 10 rebounds, one assist and one steal, in 33 minutes. Rodney Hood contributed a complete game with 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists, in 29 minutes. The Jazz shot 50 percent from the field and kept the turnovers to a minimum, with only six. Damian Lillard sat this one out, making it six games that he has missed due to plantar fasciitis. C.J. McCollum has been playing well and was at it again in this one, as he finished with a game - high 32 points (13 - 26 FG, 6 - 11 3Pt), along with seven rebounds and six assists, in 40 long minutes. Meyers Leonard was strong in 33 minutes off the bench. Leonard finished with 17 points, three rebounds and two assists. The only other player to score double digits for the Blazers was Allen Crabbe, who dropped 15 points (5 - 11 FG, 3 - 6 3Pt), three rebounds and two assists. Next the Trail Blazers will head to Denver for a game on Sunday. That will be another important division match - up for Portland, as the Nuggets are just one game behind them in the standings. The Jazz will host the Grizzlies on Saturday.
The Utah Jazz (14 - 17) picked up the 109 - 96 win at home against division - rival, Portland Trail Blazers (14 - 21), on Thursday night. Both teams came into this game injury - riddled and on the second night of a back - to - back. The Blazers were riding a three - game winning streak and a win could have got them all tied up with the Jazz for the eighth spot in the West. However, the Jazz managed to muster up some offense and retain their superior position in the standings. Trey Burke picked up the slack in a huge way for the Jazz, who were missing Derrick Favors (back spasms), Rudy Gobert (MCL strain) and Alec Burks (fractured fibula). Burke dropped a hot 27 points on 12 - 19 shooting from the field, in 29 minutes off the bench. Gordon Hayward chipped in 23 points (8 - 19 FG, 4 - 12 3Pt, 3 - 3 FT), along with 10 rebounds, one assist and one steal, in 33 minutes. Rodney Hood contributed a complete game with 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists, in 29 minutes. The Jazz shot 50 percent from the field and kept the turnovers to a minimum, with only six. Damian Lillard sat this one out, making it six games that he has missed due to plantar fasciitis. C.J. McCollum has been playing well and was at it again in this one, as he finished with a game - high 32 points (13 - 26 FG, 6 - 11 3Pt), along with seven rebounds and six assists, in 40 long minutes. Meyers Leonard was strong in 33 minutes off the bench. Leonard finished with 17 points, three rebounds and two assists. The only other player to score double digits for the Blazers was Allen Crabbe, who dropped 15 points (5 - 11 FG, 3 - 6 3Pt), three rebounds and two assists. Next the Trail Blazers will head to Denver for a game on Sunday. That will be another important division match - up for Portland, as the Nuggets are just one game behind them in the standings. The Jazz will host the Grizzlies on Saturday.
<GAME> <DATE> 31 December 2015 <DAY> Thursday <STADIUM> Vivint Smart Home Arena <CITY> Salt Lake City <HOME> <TEAM> Jazz <CITY> Utah <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 109 <WINS-LOSSES> 14 17 <QTRS> 25 32 29 23 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 15 <TEAM-FG> 43 <TEAM-FT> 8 <TEAM-REB> 42 <TEAM-TO> 5 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 2 January 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Saturday <NEXT-STADIUM> Vivint Smart Home Arena <NEXT-CITY> Salt Lake City <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Memphis <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Grizzlies <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <VIS> <TEAM> Trail Blazers <CITY> Portland <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 96 <WINS-LOSSES> 14 21 <QTRS> 25 14 32 25 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 16 <TEAM-FG> 35 <TEAM-FT> 10 <TEAM-REB> 39 <TEAM-TO> 10 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 3 January 2016 <NEXT-DAY> Sunday <NEXT-STADIUM> Pepsi Center <NEXT-CITY> Denver <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Denver <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Nuggets <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> Trey Burke <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 27 <FG> 12 19 63 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 1 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gordon Hayward <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 23 <FG> 8 19 42 <FG3> 4 12 33 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 10 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 10 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> double <PLAYER> Rodney Hood <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 18 <FG> 7 16 44 <FG3> 4 7 57 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 7 <AST> 6 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jeff Withey <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 34 <PTS> 10 <FG> 4 7 57 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 4 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Joe Ingles <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 4 75 <FG3> 3 4 75 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Chris Johnson <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 4 75 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Raul Neto <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 5 60 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Trey Lyles <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 8 <AST> 4 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Trevor Booker <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 4 25 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Derrick Favors <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tibor Pleiß <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 2 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Elijah Millsap <TEAM> Utah Jazz <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 2 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> CJ McCollum <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 40 <PTS> 32 <FG> 13 26 50 <FG3> 6 11 55 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 7 <AST> 6 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Meyers Leonard <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 17 <FG> 6 8 75 <FG3> 5 6 83 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Allen Crabbe <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 33 <PTS> 15 <FG> 5 11 45 <FG3> 3 6 50 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Maurice Harkless <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 9 33 <FG3> 0 5 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Noah Vonleh <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 6 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 4 4 100 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Al-Farouq Aminu <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 6 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Pat Connaughton <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ed Davis <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 9 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mason Plumlee <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 5 20 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 9 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 4 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Luis Montero <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Gerald Henderson <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-10 <MIN> 8 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Chris Kaman <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tim Frazier <TEAM> Portland Trail Blazers <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 3 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none