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Utah Jazz game day

Published: Monday, April 21, 2008 2:18 a.m. MDT
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Good news for the Jazz: In NBA best-of-seven series prior to this postseason, Game 1 winners have gone on to win the series 78.2 percent of the time. ... In all series since the current 16-team format went into effect in 1984, 81.5 percent of Game 1 winners have gone on to win the series. ... The home team now has dropped three of seven series-opening games in all-time Jazz-Rockets playoffs history. ... National cable-network TV coverage switches from ESPN to TNT tonight.

C. BOOZER . . . . . . . . . L. SCOLA

(20.0 ppg, 16.0 rpg) . . . . . . . . . (14.0 ppg, 13.0 rpg)

A. KIRILENKO . . . . . . . . . S. BATTIER

(21.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg) . . . . . . . . . (22.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg)

M. OKUR . . . . . . . . . D. MUTOMBO

(4.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg) . . . . . . . . . (2.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg)

D. WILLIAMS . . . . . . . . . B. JACKSON

(20.0 ppg, 10.0 apg) . . . . . . . . . (7.0 ppg, 3.0 apg)

R. BREWER . . . . . . . . . T. MCGRADY.

(0.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg) . . . . . . . . . (20.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg)

GAME 2

Jazz (1-0) at Houston (0-1)

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. (mountain)

WHERE: Toyota Center

RADIO: 1320 AM/98.7 FM

TV: KJZZ/TNT

TOYOTA CENTER

TODAY, 7:30 p.m. TV: TNT/KJZZ

Radio: KFNZ 1320 AM; 101.1 FM

Season series: 1-0 Utah

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