DELTA CENTER
Tuesday, 6 p.m.
TV: KJZZ/TBS
Radio: KFNZ, 1320 AM
Season series: Jazz 2-1
Karl Malone Horace Grant
(23.3 ppg, 8.3 rpg) (8.4 ppg, 7.2 rpg)
Donyell Marshall Rick Fox
(13.4 ppg, 7.0 rpg) (9.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg)
Olden Polynice Shaquille O'Neal
(5.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg) (28.1 ppg, 12.7 rpg)
John Starks Kobe Bryant
(9.6 ppg, 2.3 apg) (28.7 ppg, 4.9 apg)
John Stockton Derek Fisher
(11.4 ppg, 8.9 apg) (12.2 ppg, 4.2 apg)
GAME NOTES: The Jazz are 6-6 in their last 12, including Sunday's 92-73 win at Vancouver. . . . Los Angeles has dropped three of four, including Sunday's 79-78 loss to New York. . . . Laker Kobe Bryant exited after only 11 minutes Sunday, his first game back after missing five with left-ankle tendon and ligament problems. Bryant told the Los Angeles Times he hopes to play tonight, but he was unable to practice Monday. A game-time decision is expected. . . . Six of Utah's final nine regular-season games are against likely playoff qualifiers.