Jazz's Joe Johnson: Will return to bench Monday

Johnson will return to the bench for Monday's game against the Clippers.

Analysis:

Johnson has started the last two games in place of Derrick Favors (knee), as the Jazz have opted to go with a smaller lineup. However, coach Quin Snyder will go with a bigger lineup ahead of Monday's game to match up with Blake Griffin of the Clippers, so he'll insert Boris Diaw into the starting lineup at power forward and bring Johnson off the bench. Johnson saw just 19 minutes on Saturday while drawing the start, so despite moving to the bench, he likely won't see a huge drop in minutes.