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Sacramento Kings v Utah Jazz
NBA Regular Season
Sunday 16 May 2021
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California
The Utah Jazz will look to end their
NBA Regular Season campaign on a high when they face hosts the Sacramento Kings at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California on Sunday 16 May 2021.
The Kings look set to end the Regular Season outside the top 10 of the Western Conference, and therefore miss out on keeping their campaign alive via the Play-in tournament.
Yet Sacramento remains capable of highly impressive performances, such as the one they demonstrated when defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 126-98 earlier this week. Maurice Harkless says the Kings will take it game by game and see it as a bonus if they reach the Play-in phase.
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"We're just going to focus on ourselves and handle our business," Harkless said. "Whatever happens around the league happens. In four games, if we're in a play-in game, we're in."
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Utah have no such worries, with their place in the Playoffs long since confirmed. The Jazz are sitting pretty at the top of the Western Conference and racked up a 50
th win of the Regular Season this past weekend, though Monday saw a 119-116 defeat to the Golden State Warriors which is a reminder that nothing is guaranteed.
"I thought the half-court defence did a really good job containing Steph [Curry] and these guys," said Utah's Rudy Gobert. "It comes down to the details. I think it was a good test for us. We came up short. We might see them again [in the Playoffs]."
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"I thought we had some turnovers that ended up in easy buckets for them. That's what I told our guys," Jazz coach Quin Snyder added.
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In head-to-head stats, the Kings and the Jazz have met in 196 Regular Season games since 1974-75, with Utah claiming 112 wins compared to 84 for Sacramento. The teams last met in the Regular Season in April 2021, with the Jazz claiming a 154-105 win thanks to 24 points from Bojan Bogdanovic.
Sacramento Kings v Utah Jazz – Head-to-head
Regular Season games played: 196
Kings wins: 84
Jazz wins: 112
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