Jazz Announce Isaiah Collier, Sensabaugh Update For Spurs Game

The Utah Jazz will beryllium without 1 of their cardinal rotational pieces against nan San Antonio Spurs, arsenic updated via nan team's latest wounded report.

Per nan Jazz, Brice Sensabaugh has officially been downgraded from questionable to retired against nan Spurs owed to an illness.

Isaiah Collier, connected nan different hand, has been upgraded from questionable to progressive starring up to tip-off, arsenic he was dealing pinch a correct quad contusion that put his readiness up successful nan aerial connected nan roadworthy against San Antonio. 

However, it looks for illustration nan Jazz will person their superior backup constituent defender successful nan operation against nan Spurs to capable successful down Keyonte George, while their sixth man and spark plug scorer disconnected nan chair will stay retired of nan operation and apt won't beryllium sitting connected nan sidelines arsenic he deals pinch an illness.

Sensabaugh won't beryllium nan only Jazz subordinate retired of nan fold against San Antonio owed to an illness, arsenic prima guardant Lauri Markkanen will beryllium retired owed to an unwellness himself, leaving Utah without 2 of their apical wings and scoring threats against nan situation that is San Antonio and their high-end defense.

While it'll beryllium Sensabaugh's first missed crippled owed to an illness, it'll beryllium Markkanen's 3rd consecutive crippled forced out, leaving him down for what's now his 10th absence connected nan regular season, and conscionable 8 games distant from being deemed ineligible for end-of-season awards.

Utah Jazz Rule Out Brice Sensabaugh vs. San Antonio Spurs

For Sensabaugh, it'll beryllium conscionable his 2nd missed crippled of nan season, and his first absence since nan Jazz's seventh crippled of nan twelvemonth against nan Boston Celtics astatine nan opening of November, and an outing that he missed not moreover because of wounded aliases illness, but because of a coaching determination by Will Hardy.

Now, though, Sensabaugh will beryllium down pinch an existent injury/illness nickname this time, and put a little halt to what's been a notably productive 3rd twelvemonth pro, and 1 wherever he's shown appealing flashes of his upside arsenic a versatile scoring threat, particularly recently.

In 41 games this season, Sensabaugh has averaged 11.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.5 assists while shooting 45.6% from nan field. Within nan 2026 almanac year, he's played successful 10 full games, and while it's resulted successful a 2-8 grounds arsenic a team, he's posted immoderate highly awesome numbers of 19.5 points per crippled while shooting 52.5% from nan field.

Sensabaugh, on pinch Markkanen, some being retired for nan Jazz, intends that this discourtesy will beryllium down 2 of their apical scorers, and thus, leaves a overmuch bigger work connected nan array for Keyonte George to measurement up arsenic nan superior violative generator successful a reliable roadworthy conflict against San Antonio, and for a beardown wrong scorer for illustration George, isn't nan astir thrilling matchup connected insubstantial erstwhile tasked to look nan 1 and only Victor Wembanyama.

Tip-off betwixt nan Jazz and Spurs lands astatine 3 p.m. MT astatine Frost Bank Center, wherever Utah will effort to put an extremity to their existent three-game triumph streak, while besides bouncing backmost from their erstwhile nonaccomplishment to San Antonio, which came backmost connected December 27th, falling short 114-127.

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