(SportsNetwork. Nike Air Max Goedkoop Bestellen .com) - The Utah Jazz look to put an end to their five-game losing streak when the Denver Nuggets visit Salt Lake City Monday night. The Jazz opened a four-game homestand with Saturdays 112-96 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers and Blake Griffin led the charge with 28 points. Chris Paul posted 17 points and 10 assists for Los Angeles, which shot 56.3 percent. Jazz leading scorer Gordon Hayward (19.2 ppg) posted a game-best 30 points on 11-of-18 shooting. He has scored 30-plus points in two of his last four games, averaging 22.8 points in that stretch. Hayward has scored 30 or more points four times this season and averaged 20.2 ppg in November. Derrick Favors had 19 points and seven rebounds against the Clippers, and Trevor Booker netted 15 off the bench for Utah, which has lost three in a row as the host and is 3-5 at EnergySolutions Arena. We did a good job of fighting back, said Booker, whose 15 points were a season high to go with nine rebounds. We made a (few) errors, (some) miscommunication and they capitalized on it. Utah hasnt scored 100 or more points in the last seven games and will also entertain Toronto and Orlando in its state capital. The Nuggets split a home-and-home series with the Phoenix Suns and took the second game, 122-97, Friday night. They scored 33 points in each of the first three quarters (99-70) and shot 46.6 percent from the field. Arron Afflalo led the way with 22 points, Timofey Mozgov had 13 and four players finished with 11 points (Wilson Chandler, Kenneth Faried, Ty Lawson, Danilo Gallinari). Lawson added 10 assists and J.J. Hickson provided 10 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Denver has been playing well of late with six wins in the last seven tries. It means a lot for the mental toughness of this team, Gallinari said. We are very focused. You dont want to lose back-to-back games against the (same) team. The Nuggets are fourth in the NBA with 105.5 points per game, but sit 26th in opponents scoring at 105.5. They are 6-0 this season when holding opponents under 100 points and 7-0 when outshooting them. After visiting the Jazz, Denver, which is 3-5 on the road, will return to the Rocky Mountains to host Portland on Tuesday. Nuggets center JaVale McGee has missed the last three games with a leg injury and is probable Monday. Denver and Utah split four meetings a season ago. The Nuggets are only 6-14 in the previous 20 games between the Northwest foes in Salt Lake City. Nike Air Max Goedkoop . The 25-year-old native of Milford, Conn., has 18 points in 41 games this season. The five-foot-eight 166-pound centre also has 28 points (10-18) in 15 games with AHL Oklahoma City. Air Max 1 Goedkoop . The Henry Burris-led squad finished second in the East Division before advancing to the Grey Cup where they ultimately fell to the home field advantage wielding Saskatchewan Roughriders. http://www.airmax1salenederland.com/ .C. -- Kevin Harvick won his first career pole at Darlington Raceway on Friday as he looks to chase his first Southern 500.BUFFALO, N.Y. - General manager Tim Murray decided defenceman Christian Ehrhoff and his hefty contract did not fit in his long-term vision for rebuilding the Buffalo Sabres. Former Sabres captain Steve Ott, on the other hand, just might. Fresh off clearing Buffalos books of the remaining seven years of Ehrhoffs contract, Murray is targeting veteran role players to augment his teams young roster once the NHLs free-agency period opens Tuesday. "Id like to acquire a couple of veteran guys who can play the game, but can also show our kids how to be pros," Murray said Monday. "So Im going to focus on at least two of those guys." And that makes Ott a candidate to return to Buffalo after he was part the Sabres trade that also sent goalie Ryan Miller to St. Louis in February. Murray said Ott is on the teams list of free-agent candidates, and added hes had preliminary discussions with the players agent. Ott was expendable at the time of the trade because he was in the final year of his contract. Murray, who spoke highly of Otts leadership ability before the trade, was careful to make sure Ott left on good terms by dealing him to a contender. As for Ehrhoff, who signed a 10-year, $40 million contract three years ago, Murray said the defenceman wasnt interested in being part of the teams rebuilding process. The way Ehrhoffs contract was structured was another factor. Under NHL rules, the Sabres would have faced a significant salary-cap penalty if Ehrhoff retired before the final year of his deal. "This seemed to be the best course of action for us to move on, be out from under that contract," Murray said. "And now we dont have to worry about it. Now we just have to focus on rebuilding, bringing in good young players and get going here." Murray, who took over in January after Darcy Regier was fired, is taking a patient appproach to rebuilding a team that is coming off one of the worst seasons in franchise history. Air Max 1 Nederland. Buffalo (21-51-10) finished last in the NHL standings, set a franchise record for losses and established a post-NHL-expansion-era low by scoring just 150 goals. Murray has set his sights on rebuilding through youth, a process that continued at the NHL draft last weekend. The Sabres made nine picks, starting with playmaking centre Sam Reinhart at No. 2 overall. Buffalo is scheduled to have three first-round picks in next years draft, which leaves Murray preaching patience. "We all want to speed things up. As soon as we got (Reinhart), I said I wish it was 2016. But its not. And you have to do it properly," Murray said. "Its not easy. Its hard. It takes a long time. And I think that were on the right track." Aside from convincing free agents to buy into his rebuilding plan, Murrays other challenge is upping the Sabres payroll to the NHL salary cap minimum of $51 million. The Sabres are currently at about $30 million after buying out Ehrhoff and the final three years of underperforming forward Ville Leinos contract two weeks ago. Murray is confident the Sabres will reach the cap minimum before the start of the season, and can do so without handcuffing the teams salary structure with expensive long-term contracts. "Im not worried about the floor," Murray said, and then broke into a smile while pointing to a reporter. "Ill sign you if I have to." The Sabres have extended qualifying offers to retain the rights of a number of restricted free agents, including centres Tyler Ennis and Luke Adam, forward Marcus Foligno, defenceman Chad Ruhwedel and goalie Matt Hackett. Defenceman Jamie McBain will become an unrestricted free agent after the Sabres did not extend him and offer. ' ' '