Jazz Guard Mike Conley Missing Nuggets Game With Right Knee Soreness
Jan 30, 2020, 3:31 PM | Updated: 3:32 pm
Mike Conley #10 of the Utah Jazz celebrates a free throw during an opening night game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Vivint Smart Home Arena on October 23, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
(Photo by Alex Goodlett/Getty Images)
DENVER, Colo. – The Utah Jazz listed point guard Mike Conley as “OUT” for the team’s game against the Denver Nuggets.
Utah plays at the Pepsi Center in Denver on Thursday, January 30.
Conley has missed 19 of Utah’s 47 games this season due to injury. The point guard has appeared in 28 games this season including 22 starts.
Jazz injury report:
QUESTIONABLE – Tony Bradley (right knee sprain)
OUT – Mike Conley (injury management – right knee soreness)
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) January 30, 2020
On December 2, 2019, Conley suffered a hamstring injury against the Philadelphia 76ers. The injury caused him to miss five games.
On December 17, 2019, the point guard returned to Utah’s lineup against the Orlando Magic. Conley played 19 minutes before leaving the game after he reaggravated the injury.
The Jazz own a 15-4 record in games without Conley on the court this season.
A month later, he returned to the court when the Jazz hosted the Sacramento Kings on January 18.
In the six games since returning from the hamstring injury, Conley has averaged 8.8 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 2.0 assists in 19.5 minutes per game. He’s shot 44.7 percent overall and 19.0 percent from three-point range during January.
The @UtahJazz aren’t playing Mike Conley on the second night of a b2b, which should give you some sense still of where they think he is in his return to 100%.
Nuggets missing quite a bit in Murray, Millsap and Plumlee. pic.twitter.com/E4k8pUgCxO
— Ben Anderson (@BensHoops) January 30, 2020
Jazz backup center Tony Bradley is listed as “QUESTIONABLE” for the Denver game with a right knee sprain.
The Jazz and Nuggets tip-off on Thursday, January 30 at 8:30 p.m. (MDT). The game will broadcast on TNT and 97.5 FM.
