Memphis • Wth Ricky Rubio ruled out before Friday’s game against the Grizzlies due to left hip tightness, Raul Neto also out due to left hamstring tightness, and Dante Exum still on the shelf due to a left ankle sprain, the Jazz were once again forced to resort to their backup-of-a-backup-of-a-backup plan to use Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles as the team’s primary and secondary ballhandlers.
The good news, though, delivered about 45 minutes before the scheduled tipoff, is that they may not have to do that much more going forward, as Exum was officially cleared to return to practice.