Okafor had 8 turnovers vs Boston's front line, which featured Tyler Zeller, David Lee and Jared Sullinger (Olynyk was out). He was getting double-teamed in the 1st quarter - The Jazz will let Rudy play him straight up. It should produce fireworks.
(In 527 NBA games Eddy Curry only had 8 turnovers twice)
I get the feeling if Rudy doesn't get faked out early he'll line him up and be ok, usually keeping Jah under 50% is a team effort, lets see if Rudy can do it mostly by himself though.. Jah's never played against a C like Rudy..
Most books have the 76ers as 6½ point underdogs.. And Robert Covington, their best 3pt shooter is out 1-3 weeks. Their only legit outside threats are Canaan and Hollis Thompson..
Their starting SG JaKarr Sampson made 1 3pointer in 2 years of collee(66 games).. He's bigger than Hood though and a good defender.
This should be one of the easiest PG matchups all season.. Canaan the 34th pick in 2013,T.J. McConnell an undrafted rookie free agent vs the 9th and 47th pick in the 2013 draft..
The Wings will probably have to carry the scoring load. Favors vs Noel isn't a matchup the Jazz should be looking feature, Noel's infact even better at getting steals than Paul Millsap... he's got the best hands defensively of anyone 6'11 or taller in the league..
