Utah Jazz: Kirilenko will start; Memo out with flu

Andrei Kirilenko has been given the green light by the team's medical staff to play tonight against Memphis, but the Jazz will be without two of their big men.

Starting center Mehmet Okur will join still-rehabbing Carlos Boozer on the inactive list tonight. Okur, who participated in practice Monday and shootaround this morning, will miss tonight's contest with the flu.

This will be the ninth absence for Okur this season, and the Jazz are 3-5 without him on the roster.

Veteran Jarron Collins is the likely replacement for Okur in the starting lineup for the 30-23 Jazz, who are looking for their ninth-straight victory over the 15-37 Grizzlies.

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