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Derrick Favors will not play Monday night against the Denver Nuggets.
The Jazz big man was sent home from shootaround earlier in the day with a cold.
"He went home with upset stomach, fever. Whatever the case it was, it hadn't really progressed to the point where we thought we weren't going to have him," Jazz coach Quin Snyder said."
But the center's symptoms apparently worsened as the day progressed, and Favors was ruled out about an hour before tipoff.
In his place, Trevor Booker will get the start against Denver. But Utah will certainly miss Favors' 15.9 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.
"We've traditionally had a hard time without Fav," Snyder said.
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In his first game back from a right foot injury, rookie forward Rodney Hood played 13:46 on Saturday against the Clippers. He went 0-for-6 from the floor.
Doesn't sound as though there was any setback with Hood, but how much he could play tonight is still up in the air.
"He's making his way back," Snyder said. "Whether it's conditioning or timing, things like that, he didn't shoot the ball great the other night. But I think he did some other good things. He's going to work his way back into the rotation, I'm sure."
— Aaron Falk