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Salt Lake Tribune:
Howard cracks starting lineup
By BRIAN T. SMITH
The Salt Lake Tribune
Published Jan 30, 2012 09:36PM MDT
Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin had two options Friday evening after learning starting shooting guard Raja Bell (strained right adductor) would be inactive against Portland: C.J. Miles or Josh Howard.
Corbin went with Howard. Not because Miles wasn’t ready for prime time. But by promoting Howard and keeping Miles on the bench, Corbin hoped Utah’s first unit would benefit at the same time the team retained a strong one-two punch at small forward.
With Howard at the 3, Gordon Hayward bumped down to the 2...
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