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Tipoff: Jazz at Raptors
Mike Ganter
Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz take on the Raptors tonight. (Getty images)
Tipoff: Utah at Toronto
Tonight, 6 p.m., SportsNet, 1050
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The Jazz got their first win in Game 3 of a five-game road trip Friday in Memphis, thanks to a 33-point night from Bojan Bogdanovic. The Jazz are just 4-4 in their past eight after a run of four consecutive wins in early November. The game will be the first time Marc Gasol and Mike Conley, long-time teamamtes in Memphis meet each other since both were dealt from there … The Jazz now bring Joe Ingles off the bench choosing to start Royce O'Neal instead. Ingles is clearly still adjusting to his bench role. Utah ranks NO. 23 in offenisve rating but own the seventh best defensive rating in the Association.
MARQUEE MATCHUP
Donovan Mitchell vs. Fred VanVleet
Mitchell leads the Jazz scoring 25.3 points a night. He also leads the team with 1.4 steals a night. VanVleet should be re-joined by Kyle Lowry in the Raptors starting backcourt unless the team gives Lowry one more game coming back from that fracture at the end of his left thumb. VanVleet has been more than the Raptors could have asked in the absence of Lowry logging huge minutes as well as running the offence and often leading the team in scoring.
Nick Nurse has been targeting Sunday's game as the return for both Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka from month-long injuries. However, the team has not practised since last Tuesday so it's uncertain if either make that return date … The Raptors have won 10 of the last 12 meetings with the Jazz. Pascal Siakam averaged 22.0 points and a team-high 8.5 rebounds in two victories over Utah last season. Toronto swept the season-series with the Jazz for the fourth time in the past six seasons (2013-19) … The game will be the first of 11 games in December the Raptors will play at home. They hit the road for just five in the month.