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It’s Spurs vs. Jazz. Tony Parker vs. Deron Williams. Tim Duncan vs. Carlos Boozer. And more importantly, two prominent members of the All-Frank Lloyd Wright Team, Gregg Popovich and Jerry Sloan, facing off. It’s going to be Prime Time pandemonium, baby!

Did I mention that, in a bit of a fun experiment, Dick Vitale will be providing the color commentary for tonight’s game on ESPN? While I’ll try and refrain from writing in all caps letters, as a tribute to tonight’s special event let’s preview this thing with a little Dickie V style in the mix.

The Jazz come into the AT&T Center trying to sweep the season series, notably winning for the first time ever in the AT&T Center on Nov. 19. The matchup has been an M&Mer so far this season, baby! Utah has been the beast of the boards in the matchup this year, helping the Jazz score half their points in the paint.

Of course, the Spurs have since injected a promising young member of the All-Windex Team into their starting lineup: Diaper Dandy Human Spaceship DeJuan Blair, baby! Whenever the kid has gotten some Q.T. he’s proven to be a P.T.P’er.

When the Spurs last played the Jazz on Dec. 7 they hit the nines and not in a good way, dropping to 9-9 which was good enough for ninth in the Western Conference at the time. Popovich, a Michelangelo of his time, had trouble finding the right combination of paints. Moving players in and out of the lineup, before everyone fell into their roles when Blair was named a starter.

Richard Jefferson remains day-to-day with back spasms, but some would say he’s been day-to-day the entire year. One of the all-time great Arizona Skywalkers, RJ has only offered the occasional Dipsy-doo Dunk-a-roo and has largely been a Dow Joneser, MIAer.

If the Spurs hope to avoid the brooms, they have got to slow Deron Williams, a surf and turfer. Williams in the pick and roll has been a problem for the Spurs since the loss of Mr. Pac Man, Bruce Bowen.

And what preview would forget to include Tim Duncan? Mr. Fundamental himself. HE’S GOLDEN BABY! (Sorry, couldn’t resist) Only 15 points until he hits the milestone 20,000 for his career. Be there if you can, just don’t expect to be able to call anyone to tell them about it.