Utah Jazz: Team will be without Okur, Kirilenko and Price vs. Oklahoma City

OKLAHOMA CITY — Starting center Mehmet Okur, starting small forward Andrei Kirilenko and backup point guard Ronnie Price all will be out when the Jazz visit Oklahoma City tonight.

Okur is experiencing back spasms and did not take part in today's morning shootaround.

Kirilenko strained his left calf in Friday night's loss at Milwaukee, and will undergo an MRI exam Monday in Utah. So will Price, who missed the Milwaukee game because of a bruised wrist sustained while breaking a fall on a dunk in last Tuesday's win at Chicago.

With those three out, the Jazz will be down to nine players on their active roster for the last outing in a four-game road trip, including rookie forward Othyus Jeffers, who today signed a second 10-day contract.

Backup C.J. Miles will start in Kirilenko's spot, and backup power forward Paul Millsap next usual starting power forward Carlos Boozer to make up for Okur's absence.