Jefferson posts monster line : Jazz center Al Jefferson turned in another monster performance during Monday night's triple-overtime win over the Mavericks. Jefferson finished with 28 points and 26 rebounds in the 123-121 victory, which matched a career high. He made 14 of his 25 field-goal attempts and also added two blocks, one steal and one assist to his stat line, while logging a season-high 54 minutes. (Updated 04/17/2012)
Injury Report
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Fantasy Analysis
This was Jefferson's first 20-plus rebounding performance of the season and he couldn't have picked a better time to do it with the jazz desperately trying to sneak in the postseason. The 27-year-old has been quietly putting together another stellar season in Utah for Fantasy owners and has a chance to average over 20 points per game for the third time in his career. Jefferson should be considered a No. 1 Fantasy center in all formats whenever he is on the floor. (Updated 04/17/2012).
05/07/2012 23:01 Spurs hold off Jazz to complete sweep
Manu Ginobili broke out of his shooting slump with 17 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to an 87-81 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday night and a sweep of their first-round Western Conference series.
05/06/2012 00:56 Parker helps Spurs take 3-0 lead
Tony Parker scored 27 points, including 16 in the fourth quarter, as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Utah Jazz 102-90 Saturday night to take a 3-0 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series.
05/02/2012 21:38 Spurs pummel Jazz, go up 2-0
Tony Parker scored 18 points and the San Antonio Spurs handed Utah its second-worst playoff loss in franchise history, beating the Jazz 114-83 on Wednesday night to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round series.
04/29/2012 15:48 Spurs win playoff opener, first since '08
Tony Parker scored 28 points and the San Antonio Spurs won their first playoff opener in four years, beating the Utah Jazz 106-91 in Game 1 of their first-round series Sunday.
Al Jefferson put together a solid 2010-11 campaign during his first season in Utah, averaging 18.6 points, 9.7 rebounds and a career-best 1.9 blocks per contest. He also logged 37-double-doubles and played in all 82 games for just the second time in his career. The original plan was for the 26-year-old to play some center and forward for the Jazz, but injuries and the strong play of Paul Millsap forced him to spend the most of the season playing the five. He will have some competition though, as the club drafted Enes Kanter with the No. 3 overall pick in this summer's draft. Still, the team wants him to play more power forward this season and is reportedly considering moving Millsap in the middle. No matter what position he plays, Jefferson can be counted on to put up close to a double-double every night, to go along with a handful of assists and a block. He finished as the third highest-scoring center, in terms of Fantasy points, in all CBSSports.com standard formats and is certainly worth selecting in the early rounds on Draft Day. (Updated 8/29/11)
