FIRST UNION CENTER
FRIDAY, 5 p.m. TV: KJZZ, Ch. 14
Radio: KFNZ 1320; KLO 1430 Season series: 1-0
KARL MALONE KEITH VAN HORN
(20.6 ppg, 8.1 rpg) (16.7 ppg, 7.6 rpg)
MATT HARPRING KENNY THOMAS
(18.4 ppg, 6.9 rpg) (9.3 ppg, 7.5 rpg)
GREG OSTERTAG D. COLEMAN
(5.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg) (8.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg)
JOHN STOCKTON ERIC SNOW
(11.4 ppg, 7.8 apg) (12.8 ppg, 6.9 apg)
CALBERT CHEANEY ALLEN IVERSON
(8.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg) (27.3 ppg, 4.9 apg)
GAME NOTES: The Jazz have dropped two straight and three of four, including Wednesday's 92-85 loss at Minnesota in the second outing of a four-game trip . . . Philadelphia has won seven in a row, including Wednesday's 117-107 victory over Memphis. The streak, however, includes four wins over patsies, two each vs. Cleveland and Chicago . . . Sidelined Wednesday by a stomach virus, Jazz starter Calbert Cheaney practiced Thursday and is expected to play tonight . . . Philly's injured include center Todd MacCulloch, out with a career-threatening neurological disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth . . . Utah has won three straight over Philly.