SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz could be down to eight players for tonight's season-finale at home against Denver.
Starting swingman C.J. Miles is listed as doubtful after being diagnosed with a partial tear in his popliteus muscle in his left knee.
The injury was revealed during an MRI test conducted by team physician Dr. Lyle Mason on Tuesday afternoon.
That muscle attaches to the fibula head, which Miles jammed while driving to the hoop in Monday's win at New Orleans.
Miles continued to play after feeling what he described as a "shock wave" up his leg similar to a funny bone injury.
Miles said he has injured his fibula bone several times this season but has continued to play.
Utah will also be without Mehmet Okur, Kyrylo Fesenko and likely Andrei Kirilenko, Raja Bell and Ronnie Price for the early 6 p.m. tipoff.
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No big deal is CJ is out...he played decent last game so that means he wouldn't have been able to hit a shot for the next 4-5 games anyways.
There are sooooooo many clueless fans. Do you realize how bad of a player CJ is? Or are you More..
CJ...absolute wrong comment on Kirilenko not playing hurt. You see, AK has had the courage to go into the paint a lot more than CJ over the past 5 years and he has taken more hits because of it. He also hustles more. Kirilenko has been playing pro More..
@CJ Miles
the 17m vs 4m argument...well...the reason why AK got 17M is when he signed that deal...he was a 5 on 5 player...he could get 15pts 10 rebs 5 blks 5 stls 5 ast..easy...when he signed that contract...so if you took that into More..