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UTAH JAZZ (35-30) at MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES (18-46) Game #66 • ROAD Game #34 • FedExForum • MEMPHIS March 9, 2018 • 6 p.m. (MT) • TV: AT&T SportsNet RADIO: 1280 AM/97.5 FM DATE OPP. TIME (MT) RECORD/TV 10/18 DEN W, 106-96 1-0 10/20 @MIN L, 97-100 1-1 LAST GAME’S STARTERS (2017-18 averages) 10/21 OKC W, 96-87 2-1 10/24 @LAC L, 84-102 2-2 • Notched first career double-double (11 points, 10/25 @PHX L, 88-97 2-3 career-high 10 assists) at IND on 3/7 10/28 LAL W, 96-81 3-3 PPG • 10.9 10/30 DAL W, 104-89 4-3 2 • Second in the league in three-point 11/1 POR W, 112-103 (OT) 5-3 RPG • 4.1 percentage (.445) 11/3 TOR L, 100-109 5-4 JOE INGLES • Has eight games this season with 5+ 3FG 11/5 @HOU L, 110-137 5-5 11/7 PHI L, 97-104 5-6 F • 6-8 • 226 • Australia APG • 4.3 • Appeared in his 200th straight game on 2/24 11/10 MIA L, 74-84 5-7 vs. DAL 11/11 BKN W, 114-106 6-7 11/13 MIN L, 98-109 6-8 • Has made a three-pointer in consecutive 11/15 @NYK L, 101-106 6-9 PPG • 12.2 games for just the second time in his career 11/17 @BKN L, 107-118 6-10 15 11/18 @ORL W, 125-85 7-10 RPG • 7.4 • Ranks seventh in Jazz history in blocked shots 11/20 @PHI L, 86-107 7-11 DERRICK FAVORS (641) 11/22 CHI W, 110-80 8-11 Jazz are 11-3 when he records a double- 11/25 MIL W, 121-108 9-11 • APG • 1.3 11/28 DEN W, 106-77 10-11 F • 6-10 • 265 • Georgia Tech double 11/30 @LAC W, 126-107 11-11 st 12/1 NOP W, 114-108 12-11 • Posted his 21 double-double of the season 12/4 WAS W, 116-69 13-11 27 PPG • 13.6 (23 points and 14 rebounds) at IND (3/7) 12/5 @OKC L, 94-100 13-12 • Made a career-high 12 free throws and scored 12/7 HOU L, 101-112 13-13 RPG • 10.5 12/9 @MIL L, 100-117 13-14 RUDY GOBERT a season-high 26 points vs. MIN (3/2) 12/13 @CHI L, 100-103 13-15 BPG • 2.3 • Ranks first in Jazz team history with .612 12/15 @BOS W, 107-95 14-15 C • 7-1 • 245 • France career field goal percentage 12/16 @CLE L, 100-109 14-16 12/18 @HOU L, 99-120 14-17 • Named Western Conference Rookie of the 12/20 @OKC L, 79-107 14-18 Month for February (21.4 ppg in Feb.) 12/21 SAS W, 100-89 15-18 45 PPG • 19.8 12/23 OKC L, 89-103 15-19 • Won the 2018 Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star 12/26 @DEN L, 83-107 15-20 RPG • 3.5 Weekend in Los Angeles 12/27 @GSW L, 101-126 15-21 DONOVAN MITCHELL 12/30 CLE W, 104-101 16-21 APG • 3.5 • Leads all rookies with 33 games with 20+ 1/3 NOP L, 98-108 16-22 G • 6-3 • 215 • Louisville points 1/5 @DEN L, 91-99 16-23 1/7 @MIA L, 102-103 16-24 Scored a career-high 34 points at SAS (2/3) • 1/10 @WAS W, 107-104 17-24 1/12 @CHA L, 88-99 17-25 PPG • 12.1 • Scored 20+ points in three straight games 3 1/15 IND L, 94-109. 17-26 from 10/28 to 11/1 1/17 @SAC W, 120-105 18-26 RPG • 4.3 • Ranks fourth among all all-time international 1/19 NYK L, 115-117 18-27 RICKY RUBIO 1/20 LAC W, 125-113 19-27 players in point-assist double-doubles with 86 APG • 5.3 1/22 @ATL L, 90-104 19-28 G • 6-4 • 190 • Spain (since 1983-84) 1/24 @DET W, 98-95 (OT) 20-28 1/26 @TOR W, 97-93 21-28 1/30 GSW W, 129-99 22-28 2/2 @PHX W, 129-97 23-28 2/3 @SAS W, 120-111 24-28 2/5 @NOP W, 133-109 25-28 2/7 @MEM W, 92-88 26-28 2/9 CHA W, 106-94 27-28 2/11 @POR W, 115-96 28-28 2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RESULTS 2/12 SAS W, 101-99 29-28 2/14 PHX W, 107-97 30-28 Record Home Road OT Streaks 2/23 POR L, 81-100 30-29 2/24 DAL W, 97-90 31-29 Overall 35-30 21-11 14-19 2-0 Overall Won 4 2/26 HOU L, 85-96 31-30 3/2 MIN W, 116-108 32-30 Western 22-16 14-6 8-10 1-0 Home Won 2 3/3 @SAC W, 98-91 33-30 3/5 ORL W, 94-80 34-30 Eastern 13-14 7-5 6-9 1-0 Road Won 9 3/7 @IND W, 104-84 35-30 3/9 @MEM 6 p.m. AT&T 3/11 @NOP 2 p.m. AT&T 3/13 DET 7 p.m. AT&T 3/15 PHX 7 p.m. AT&T INJURY REPORT PRONUNCIATIONS 3/17 SAC 7 p.m. AT&T 3/20 ATL 7 p.m. AT&T Danté Exum (DAHN-tay x-umm) 3/22 @DAL 6:30 p.m. AT&T Danté Exum – OUT (left shoulder surgery) Rudy Gobert (go-BARE) 3/23 @SAS 6:30 p.m. AT&T 3/25 @GSW 6:30 p.m. AT&T Missed 65 games (10/18 – 3/7) Joe Ingles (ING-uhls) 3/28 BOS 7:30 p.m. ESPN/AT&T Raul Neto (Hah-OOL Nett-oh) 3/30 MEM 7 p.m. AT&T 4/1 @MIN 5 p.m. AT&T Thabo Sefolosha – OUT (right knee surgery) Georges Niang (George KNEE-yang) 4/3 LAL 7 p.m. AT&T Missed 23 games (1/15 – 3/7) Thabo Sefolosha (TAH-bo sef-a-LOW-sha) 4/5 LAC 7 p.m. AT&T Ekpe Udoh (EPP-ay OO-Doe) 4/8 @LAL 4 p.m. AT&T 4/10 GSW 7 p.m. AT&T 4/11 @POR 8:30 p.m. ESPN/AT&T UPCOMING INFO NEXT OPPONENT at Memphis 2017-18 vs. Memphis Grizzlies (1-0) 2016-17 vs. Memphis Grizzlies (1-3) 2/7/18 @ MEM, W, 92-88 11/14/16 @ UTA, L, 96-102 3/9/18 @ MEM, 6 p.m. MT 12/18/16 @ MEM, W, 82-73 3/30/18 @ UTA, 7 p.m. MT 1/8/17 @ MEM, L, 79-88 1/28/17 @ UTA, L, 95-102 All-Time vs. Grizzlies Total Home Road Jazz Record: 53-29 29-12 24-17 Streaks: Won 1 Lost 2 Won 1 LAST MEETING: Game #54 February 7, 2018 FedExForum Utah Jazz 92, Memphis Grizzlies 88 The Jazz notched their season-high seventh straight victory, taking down the Memphis Grizzlies on the road, 92-88. It marked Utah’s sixth straight win on the road. Ricky Rubio continued his torrid scoring streak, finishing with 29 points (11-14 FT) and eight rebounds. Rodney Hood came off the bench to tally 18 points on a perfect 8-of-8 from the charity stripe. Utah did not surrender the lead the entire night. The Jazz made 28 foul shots to the Grizzlies’ 12. Andrew Harrison led Memphis with 23 points, while Marc Gasol chipped in 20 points. SERIES NOTES: Memphis won last year’s season series 3-1 … Rudy Gobert averaged 11.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 1.5 steals for the season series … Gobert also shot 75.0 percent from the field … the Jazz shot 44.7 percent in the four games against the Grizzlies, while Memphis shot 42.5 percent. CONNECTIONS: Memphis TV Analyst Brevin Knight finished his NBA career with the Utah Jazz in 2008-09, appearing in 74 contests, averaging 2.5 points, 2.6 assists and 1.2 rebounds … Jazz Head Coach Quin Snyder, Jazz Assistant Coach Antonio Lang and Grizzlies Assistant Coach Bob Bender all competed collegiately at Duke University … Grizzlies C Marc Gasol and Jazz G Ricky Rubio both hail from Spain and compete on the Spanish men’s national team … Jazz C Tony Bradley and Grizzlies F Brandan Wright both played collegiately at North Carolina. NEXT OPPONENT at New Orleans 2017-18 vs. New Orleans Pelicans (2-1) 2016-17 vs. New Orleans Pelicans (3-0) 12/1/17 @ UTA, W, 114-108 2/8/17 @ NOP, W, 127-94 1/3/18 @ UTA, L, 98-108 3/6/17 @ UTA, W, 88-83 2/5/18 @ NOP, W, 133-109 3/27/17 @ UTA, W, 108-100 3/11/18 @ NOP, 2 p.m. MT All-Time vs. Pelicans Total Home Road Jazz Record: 33-21 19-8 14-13 Streaks: Won 1 Lost 1 Won 3 LAST MEETING: Game #53 February 5, 2018 Smoothie King Center Utah Jazz 133, New Orleans Pelicans 109 The Jazz extend their win streak to six-games, beating the Pelicans 133-109, in New Orleans. The Jazz led by as many as 26 points as they outshot the Pelicans .584 (52-89) to .505 (47-93) from the field and .667 (14-21) to .364 (8-22) from three-point range.