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• Navy to resurrect fleet to protect the East Coast and North Atlantic from Russia

  06-05-2018 23:30
  The U.S. Navy has reactivated a fleet responsible for overseeing the East Coast and North Atlantic — an escalation of the Pentagon’s focus on a resurgent Russia and its expanding military presence.2nd Fleet, deactivated in 2011 to preserve funds for new ships, will resume operations in Norfolk, Virginia, on July 1, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told reporters Friday.“This is a dynamic response to the dynamic security environment,” Richardson said onboard
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Ricky Rubio officially ruled OUT for Game 4 vs HOU

  06-05-2018 23:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... The 27-year-old resumed running and took part in some shooting drills during Jazz practice on Saturday. As a result, his status had temporarily been upgraded...
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio ruled out of Game 4 vs. Houston Rockets

  06-05-2018 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... uestionable with a left ankle sprain. "He’s shooting. He’s making progress,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder said ahead of Game 3. “How much progress? It’s always hard ...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - REPORT: Jazz guard Ricky Rubio out for Game 4 vs. Rockets

  06-05-2018 23:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... since Game 6 of their first-round series against the . Unfortunately for the Jazz, they’ll be without Rubio for Game 4 against the visiting as he continues to ...
  
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• Son-in-law: Ailing McCain is ‘chatty’ and ‘walking around’

  06-05-2018 23:00
  Washington • Sen. John McCain’s son-in-law says the Arizona Republican is “talking, he’s chatty and he’s walking around” as he battles brain cancer.Ben Domenech said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that McCain is “very grateful for the chances and fortune that he’s experienced in life. He’s reflecting at the end on a lot of different things.”Domenech publishes the online political and cultural magazine The Federalist.
  
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• Utah Jazz: Ricky Rubio officially ruled OUT for Game 4 vs HOU

  06-05-2018 22:58
  The Utah Jazz will be without their starting point-man for a fourth straight game. Ricky Rubio is officially out for Game 4 against the Houston Rockets. After getting throttled in Game 3 of their second-round series with the Houston Rockets, the Utah Jazz could definitely use some good news right about now. Particularly on the […]
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• [Bleacher Report] - Ricky Rubio Won't Play Game 4 vs. Rockets with Hamstring Injury

  06-05-2018 22:43 via sportspyder.com
  ... ies against the after playing seven minutes. Even with a healthy  Rubio, the Jazz would have their hands full against the top-seeded Rockets. Without him, Uta ...
  
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• Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio ruled out of Game 4 vs. Houston Rockets

  06-05-2018 22:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz will be playing without their floor general for yet another postseason contest.After being upgraded to a questionable status on Saturday afternoon, the team has officially ruled Ricky Rubio out of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals today versus the Houston Rockets.Rubio has missed the last four games with a left hamstring strain. Veteran forward Derrick Favors is also listed as questionable with a left ankle sprain."He’s shooting. He’s ma
  
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• Jazz announce Ricky Rubio won’t play in Game 4 against the Rockets, his fourth straight missed start

  06-05-2018 22:34
  Ricky Rubio is not walking through that door — at least not Sunday night, and not in uniform.The Jazz announced Sunday afternoon, just four hours prior to Game 4 against the Houston Rockets that Rubio, who has missed the three previous games with a hamstring injury, would not be available to play.The 27-year-old point guard was averaging 14 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7 assists in the postseason before exiting early in Game 6 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. An initial medical evaluation in
  
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• Elon Musk’s SpaceX is using a powerful rocket technology. NASA advisers say it could put lives at risk.

  06-05-2018 22:30
  When Elon Musk and his team at SpaceX were looking to make their Falcon 9 rocket even more powerful, they came up with a creative idea — keep the propellant at super-cold temperatures to shrink its size, allowing them to pack more of it into the tanks.But the approach comes with a major risk, according to some safety experts. At those extreme temperatures, the propellant would need to be loaded just before takeoff — while astronauts are aboard. An accident, or a spark, during this ma
  
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• [CBS Sports] - 2018 NBA Playoffs Injury Tracker: Jazz's Ricky Rubio out for Game 4 - CBSSports.com

  06-05-2018 22:22 via sportspyder.com
  ... urned for Game 2 after missing Game 1.  No. 1 Houston Rockets vs. No. 5 Utah Jazz Rockets: None Jazz: Ricky Rubio (hamstring) sat out Sunday's Game 4. Derrick ...
  
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• Today’s @UofUHealth report: Ricky Rubio (left hamstring strain) is out. Derrick Favors (left ankle sprain) is questionable.

  06-05-2018 22:08 via twitter.com
  Today’s @UofUHealth report:Ricky Rubio (left hamstring strain) is out. Derrick Favors (left ankle sprain) is questionable.
  
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• Game 4: #HOUatUTA 📺: @NBAonTNT 📍: @vivintarena 📱: on.nba.com/2p9fntt 📻: @1280sports 🚪: 4:15PM ⏰: 6:00PM… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-05-2018 22:01 via twitter.com
  Game 4: #HOUatUTA 📺: @NBAonTNT📍: @vivintarena 📱: on.nba.com/2p9fntt 📻: @1280sports 🚪: 4:15PM⏰: 6:00PM… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Stormy Daniels to Baldwin’s Trump: ‘Storm’s a coming, baby’

  06-05-2018 22:00
  New York • Stormy Daniels made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” to deliver a message to President Donald Trump: “A storm’s a coming, baby.”The porn actress, who says she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 and was paid $130,000 the month before he was elected to stay silent about it, delivered the warning to Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump in the show’s opening skit.When the fake Trump asks Daniels what she would need to “for t
  
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• [Fox Sports] - Jazz seek to answer Rockets' aggressiveness in vital game 4

  06-05-2018 21:26 via sportspyder.com
  ... ured Utah into making bad passes or settling for tough, contested shots. The Jazz committed 11 turnovers in the first half, leading to 17 points for Houston....
  
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• [CBS Sports] - 2018 NBA Playoffs: Warriors vs. Pelicans live score, updates, schedule, highlights - CBSSports.com

  06-05-2018 21:11 via sportspyder.com
  ... at full strength with Stephen Curry back in the action.  Game 4: Rockets vs. Jazz The Utah Jazz split the first two road games in Houston, but got ran off the ...
  
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• Giuliani confounds, contradicts as he defends Trump in media

  06-05-2018 21:00
  Washington • President Donald Trump’s new attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is delivering confounding and at times contradictory statements as he tries to lessen the legal burdens on his client from an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and a $130,000 hush payment to a porn actress.The former New York City mayor is embracing his client’s preferred approach to challenges as he mounts Trump’s defense through the media. But it’s proving to be a bewilder
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Donovan Mitchell said he’d fix it—believe him

  06-05-2018 20:50 via sportspyder.com
  ... e Jazz’s last game, Houston funneled Donovan Mitchell to Clint Capela. Normally in...
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2018 NBA Playoffs: Utah Jazz looking to bounce back against the Houston Rockets

  06-05-2018 20:50 via sportspyder.com
  ... eigning MVP , “Playoff P” , , and in the first round of the playoffs. If the Jazz played according to the odds, they would be the 10th seed, watching from hom ...
  
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• Jason Rezaian: Three things the U.S. stands to lose if it ditches the Iran deal

  06-05-2018 20:00
  Video: Opinion writer Jason Rezaian explains how the Iran deal is about much more than just nuclear negotiations. (Adriana Usero/The Washington Post)
  It looks increasingly likely that President Donald Trump will pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal on May 12, as he has threatened to do since he was a candidate. I have yet to hear an argument about any clear benefit that would be gained from abandoning an international agreement that, by all measures, Iran is living up to.Three thi
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz news: Utah hopeful Ricky Rubio will return for Game 4

  06-05-2018 19:39 via sportspyder.com
  ... onable for Game 4. — Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) That same source that the Jazz will have more of an idea after he receives his treatment on Sunday. He has...
  
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• [CBS Sports] - 2018 NBA Playoffs Injury Tracker: Ricky Rubio questionable for Game 4; Patrick McCaw still out for Warriors - CBSSports.com

  06-05-2018 19:16 via sportspyder.com
  ... om a hamstring injury. He's missed the past two games, which the Jazz split in Houston, but could return as early as Sunday after the team upgrade ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Four things that must change to even series with Houston

  06-05-2018 18:32 via sportspyder.com
  ... Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell takes responsibility after Game 3 loss by Jared Woodcox ...
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz news: Donovan Mitchell says he wasn’t watching Game 3 of 76ers vs. Celtics

  06-05-2018 18:31 via sportspyder.com
  ... t with us ClutchPoints Jazz news: Donovan Mitchell says he wasn’t watching Game 3 of 76ers vs. Celtics b ...
  
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• Dozens of wild horses found dead amid Southwest drought

  06-05-2018 18:24
  Cameron, Ariz. • Off a northern Arizona highway surrounded by pastel-colored desert is one of the starkest examples of drought’s grip on the American Southwest: Dozens of dead horses surrounded by cracked earth, swirling dust and a ribbon of water that couldn’t quench their thirst.Flesh exposed and in various stages of decomposition, the carcasses form a circle around a dry watering hole sunken in the landscape.It’s clear this isn’t the first time the animals have st
  
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• Utah Jazz: Four things that must change to even series with Houston

  06-05-2018 18:15
  Fresh off a blowout loss in Game 3, there are four significant areas in which the Utah Jazz need to improve in order to knot their series with Houston at two games apiece. Thus far, the second-round series between the Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets has been an interesting one. The Jazz were able to […]
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• [Fox Sports] - Rockets-Jazz Preview (May 06, 2018)

  06-05-2018 17:58 via sportspyder.com
  ... ured Utah into making bad passes or settling for tough, contested shots. The Jazz committed 11 turnovers in the first half, leading to 17 points for Houston....
  
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• Ricky Rubio is one of 10 nominees for the @nbacares #NBACommunityAssist award and today is the last day to vote. R… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-05-2018 17:48 via twitter.com
  Ricky Rubio is one of 10 nominees for the @nbacares #NBACommunityAssist award and today is the last day to vote.R… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Max Boot: The ignominious fall of Rudolph Giuliani

  06-05-2018 17:27
  To be a prelapsarian conservative in America today — as that creed was understood before 2016 — means getting used to heartbreak. One after another, conservatives that I have admired and respected - Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Bill Bennett, Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich, Scott Walker and many others — have failed the Trump test. They have sacrificed their purported principles to curry favor with a populist demagogue who is turning the Republican Party into the American
  
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• David Von Drehle: John McCain’s message of honor

  06-05-2018 17:26
  In a matter of months, maybe weeks, maybe days, the president of the United States will try to speak for the nation on the death of Sen. John McCain III. At 81, McCain has been the model of stoic virtue in reckoning with his terminal brain cancer, so this prediction will neither surprise nor offend him. “What is your life?” asks the Book of James, Chapter 4, verse 14. “You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”Because President Donald Trump makes u
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: If ‘The Simpsons’ can’t change, it’s time for the show to go

  06-05-2018 17:22
  It pains me to write this, but the time has come for “The Simpsons” to retire. Not just because of ongoing controversy over characters some contend are racist — controversy made clear in comedian Hari Kondabolu’s documentary “The Problem With Apu” — but also because of the ham-fisted, insensitive responses by the writers and show creator to such criticism. “The Simpsons” entered the TV record book last week with its 636th episode, passing &l
  
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• Leonard Pitts: Do we really need to ‘understand’ Trump voters?

  06-05-2018 17:21
  This is for Rose.She is a nice lady who wrote me a nice email in which she spoke about the need to try to understand Donald Trump’s supporters. As Rose put it, “We need to not close ourselves off to how the other side thinks.”It’s a sentiment I hear a lot from progressives, and it bespeaks a great generosity of spirit.But I couldn’t disagree more.Don’t get me wrong. Thinking people will always try to see past their own ideological blind spots, to put themselve
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - 20 years ago: Jazz crack Spurs series wide open

  06-05-2018 16:07 via sportspyder.com
  ... d Vinny Del Negro missed in overtime in a 109-106 Utah win. The Utah Jazz tied an NBA playoff record for scoring futility in an 86-64 loss in Game 3....
  
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• 20 years ago: Jazz crack Spurs series wide open

  06-05-2018 16:00
  Editor's note: Every Sunday, the Deseret News takes a look back into our archives.The Utah Jazz were the benefactors of missed buzzer-beaters to open the second-round series with the San Antonio Spurs.Spurs rookie Tim Duncan missed in Game 1 to give the Jazz a 83-82 victory.In Game 2, Jaren Jackson missed at the end of regulation and Vinny Del Negro missed in overtime in a 109-106 Utah win.The Utah Jazz tied an NBA playoff record for scoring futility in an 86-64 loss in Game 3.In Game 4, Karl Ma
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz Hope Ricky Rubio Can Return For Game 4

  06-05-2018 15:53 via sportspyder.com
  ...at 8:52am CST by Arthur Hill The Jazz are hopeful that will be back on the court for today’s Game 4 against the Ro ...
  
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• On Tuesday, 404 new Utah laws take effect — revamping UTA, shortening fireworks season, allowing marijuana use for terminally ill, expanding Medicaid

  06-05-2018 15:00
  At 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, 404 new laws passed by the Utah Legislature this year take effect.They will allow the terminally ill to use medical marijuana and give the green light to expand Medicaid coverage to 72,000 more low-income Utahns if the federal government grants a waiver. They will reduce the days that fireworks are legal, restructure and rename the Utah Transit Authority and enable more toll roads.They will raise taxes for schools, require women seeking an abortion to first finish new stat
  
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• After complaint, Utah author Richard Paul Evans is among many reflecting on when and how to hug

  06-05-2018 15:00
  Richard Paul Evans estimates he’s hugged thousands of women. “People come to my signings to get hugs,” said the Utah author of “The Christmas Box” and other best-selling books. “It’s very emotional. If I don’t give them a hug, they ask for one.”But an official at FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention received a complaint about Evans after he hugged a fellow panelist at last year’s Salt Lake Comic Con. Event co-founder Dan Farr talked with Eva
  
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• Is an obscure school funding tool pushing a trend of one-time bonuses for Utah teachers?

  06-05-2018 14:05
  As the 2018 Utah Legislature wrapped up in March, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert thanked lawmakers for their commitment to public education, pointing to a boost in per-student spending by the equivalent of 6.9 percent.Herbert’s use of fudge word “equivalent” was notable, as members of his staff and state school officials struggled behind the scenes to parse the newly passed education budget after the closing gavel had fallen on Capitol Hill.Much of the confusion stemmed from late-hour
  
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• Kirby: How the forgiving hearts of a slain cop’s parents helped me move past the rage and hate

  06-05-2018 14:02
  Sixteen years ago, while driving to the office, I heard the radio news announce the killing of an unidentified West Jordan police officer.My heart seized. My youngest brother, Chuck, was a West Jordan detective. The first images that flashed through my mind were of his wife, kids and our parents.Although I had managed to get out of law enforcement relatively unscathed, my brothers still were targets. The possibility of one of us getting killed was an unspoken fear our parents shouldered. If it w
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - The Rockets annihilated the Jazz before halftime in an emphatic Game 3 blowout

  06-05-2018 12:46 via sportspyder.com
  ... off a feed from power forward Derrick Favors to give Utah an early lead. The Jazz would hold that lead for 40 seconds, and would never lead again. After a slu ...
  
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• [Yahoo Sports] - Rockets rout Jazz, seize 2-1 NBA playoff series lead

  06-05-2018 10:05 via sportspyder.com
  ... a Rockets team that led the league with 65 regular-season victories. led the Jazz with 17 points as Houston's stifling defense shut down game-two standouts an ...
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell takes responsibility after Game 3 loss

  06-05-2018 07:05 via sportspyder.com
  ... was a complete reversal from the team that we saw on Wednesday as the entire Jazz roster came out flat-footed. The offense couldn’t find a rhythm, the defense ...
  
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• Utah Royals beat Washington Spirit 2-0 for first win in club history

  06-05-2018 06:53
  The rhythm reverberated around Rio Tinto Stadium as the fans joined the Utah Royals players in the Viking clap as every set of hands came together in unison.“We wanted it just to be a reward for the fans,” Royals winger Diana Matheson said. “They’ve given so much already … so hopefully they had fun with it.”The Royals claimed their first win in club history Saturday, 2-0 win against the Washington Spirit. Matheson started the plays that led to each Royals goa
  
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• Utah Jazz: Donovan Mitchell takes responsibility after Game 3 loss

  06-05-2018 06:51
  Following the Utah Jazz’s disheartening Game 3 loss on Friday, Donovan Mitchell took responsibility and vowed to play better in upcoming games. Friday night was a discouraging evening for Utah Jazz fans. Less than two days removed from a stunning Game 2 victory in Houston, the Jazz were absolutely obliterated in Game 3 by a […]
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• [Basketball Insiders] - Sources: Jazz Optimistic Ricky Rubio to Return for Game 4

  06-05-2018 06:47 via sportspyder.com
  ... stionable for Game 4 against the Houston Rockets, and a team source said the Jazz are optimistic Rubio will make his second-round debut Sunday. The source sai ...
  
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• Sources: Jazz Optimistic Ricky Rubio to Return for Game 4

  06-05-2018 06:43 via basketballinsiders.com
  Utah point guard Ricky Rubio was upgraded to questionable for Game 4 against the Houston Rockets, and a team source said the Jazz are optimistic Rubio will make his second-round debut Sunday. The source said the team will have a better idea about Rubio’s availability after he gets more treatment Sunday morning. Rubio has been sidelined for the entire […]
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz ‘optimistic’ about Ricky Rubio for Game 4

  06-05-2018 06:27 via sportspyder.com
  ... ued by stating that Rubio will receive treatment Sunday morning and then the Jazz should have a better idea about whether he’ll be able to go or not. Add that ...
  
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• MLB roundup: Padres bounce back to beat Dodgers 7-4 in Mexico

  06-05-2018 06:25
  Monterrey, Mexico • The San Diego Padres rebounded nicely from Los Angeles' combined no-hitter, using two-run homers by Eric Hosmer and Raffy Lopez to beat the Dodgers 7-4 on Saturday night in the first major league series in Mexico since 1999.A day after the first no-hitter ever outside the U.S. or Canada, Travis Jankowski led off the first with a triple for San Diego's first hit of the series. Hosmer then hit a drive over the wall in right against Kenta Maeda.Lopez's first homer of the se
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Celtics take 3-0 series lead with OT win over 76ers

  06-05-2018 06:20 via sportspyder.com
  ... tter Email Print Save Top Comments Most Popular Quiz: Do you know these Utah Jazz players? Ingles' career night leads Jazz over Rockets 116-108 Harden's 41 po ...
  
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• Utah Jazz ‘optimistic’ about Ricky Rubio for Game 4

  06-05-2018 06:10
  Utah Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio’s status for Sunday’s Game 4 has been elevated to questionable, and it appears quite likely that he will indeed play. Make no mistake about it, the Utah Jazz have desperately missed their starting point guard Ricky Rubio in their second-round clash against the Houston Rockets. Even in the win […]
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