20-year old center Kosta Koufos has stunk so bad this season that he was demoted to the D-League for a while. He has played in 22 games (0 starts) for the Jazz so far this season and he is averaging 3.7 minutes, 1.2 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game. Koufos is only shooting 39.1% from the floor this season which is down right pathetic for a player his size (7′0″, 265 pounds). He is still young but his play is regressing and that has to have the Jazz concerned.

The Jazz shot 51.8% from the floor and they outrebounded the Clippers 43-34 which explains the ease of the victory last night. Carlos Boozer led the way for the Jazz with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists. Deron Williams had a decent game with 15 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. Andrei Kirilenko pitched in with 13 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. The Jazz improved to 23-18 on the season with this win.

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Derek Fisher has played pretty well all season for the Jazz until the calendar turned to April.  He has played in 6 games this month and he’s averaged 8.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.  His shooting has been horrible as he’s only hit 29.7% of his shots from the floor and he’s only 2 for 18 from three-point range.  With the playoffs coming next weekend, the Jazz need Fisher to break out of his recent shooting funk.

With Carlos Boozer out look for rookie Paul Millsap to get big minutes.  He’s been impressive so far this season in limited duty.  He’s only averaged 16.0 minutes played per game this season, but, he’s averaging 6.2 points and 4.6 rebounds.  If he can double those averages the Jazz will be o.k.  Matt Harpring will also get some minutes at power forward.  He’s averaging 24.2 minutes, 10.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game this season, so chances are he’ll play well with the extra minutes.

Derek Fisher has not played well in the last 8 games he has played.  Fisher has only hit 33.9% of his shots from the floor and has averaged 8.4 points, 2.0 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in his last 8 games.  If he doesn’t improve his shooting, he will likely start to lose playing time.