Game 15
Los Angeles Clippers
Saturday, 8:30 p.m.
L.A. Sports Arena
Season Series: First meeting
Radio: KFAN (1320 AM)
TV: Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
Jazz Record
Home: 6-2 Away: 2-4
Streak: Won 3 Last 10: 6-4
This time last year: 11-2
The pace (plus/minus): minus 4
Jazz (8-6)
WATCH FOR: John Stockton's absence to be more keenly felt. The injured Jazzman averaged 19.8 points and shot 68.9 percent from the field against the Clippers last season...The Jazz are 6-2 since inserting Greg Foster and Adam Keefe into the starting line-up... ...Utah has dominated this series in recent years - winning 12 of the past 16 meetings...The Clippers, however, have defeated the Jazz at least once in California each of the past seven seasons.
Probable starters
F Karl Malone (24.2 ppg, 10 rpg)
F Adam Keefe (7 ppg, 4.4 rpg)
C Greg Foster (7.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg)
G Jeff Hornacek (15.9 ppg, 5 apg)
G Howard Eisley (11.2 ppg, 5.7 apg)
Clippers (2-13)
WATCH FOR: Few folks in the stands. Aside from the 16,199 who paid to see Michael Jordan and Bulls make their only visit to the Clippers, L.A. has attracted an average of 7,881 in four games at the Sports Arena this season...Brent Barry, who leads the Clipeprs in scoring, is the son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry...Reserve Darrick Martin (9.6 ppg) scored a career-high 38 points last December when L.A. defeated Utah, 115-101.
Probable starters
F Rodney Rogers (15 ppg, 5.4 rpg)
F Lamond Murray (15 ppg, 5.2 rpg)
C Lorenzen Wright (9 ppg, 6.2 rpg)
G Brent Barry (16.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg)
G Rooh Richardson (4.7 ppg, 3.7 apg)