The Utah Jazz appear to have enough players to play Friday night in Toronto against the Raptors.
The Jazz signed centre Norvel Pelle to a 10-day hardship contract on Friday to help them make sure they have the minimum eight players available.
Utah has nine players on the injured list, including Rudy Gobert and Joe Ingles in health and safety protocols.
QUESTIONABLE – Royce O'Neale (Right Patellar Tendonitis)
QUESTIONABLE – Hassan Whiteside (Concussion Protocol)
QUESTIONABLE – Jordan Clarkson (Low Back Tightness)
QUESTIONABLE – Rudy Gay (Right Heel Injury Recovery)
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) January 6, 2022
Utah will not have its top three scorers — Donovan Mitchell (back), Bogdon Bogdanavic (finger) and Gobert.
The Jazz’s top nine scorers are all either out or questionable.
The Raptors have won four in a row — all against teams missing key players — after coming through their own short-handed stretch because of COVID-19 issues.
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