VS

PREDICTION

INJURIES

Carmelo Anthony - Hamstring

Avery Bradley - Knee

Rudy Gay - Knee

Anthony Davis and Lebron James are Day-to-Day. 

PRIOR MATCH

Lakers dominated on the fastbreak in last match and capitalized on turnovers

STANLEY JOHNSON

was the best player on the court last game, getting the best +/- with his minutes played. He won them the game in the 4th quarter. 

LAKERS DEFENSE

The Lakers' defense is ranked 26, while the The Jazz's offense is Number 1.   They need Lebron, AD, and Johnson to all play solid defense to have any chance of stopping them. 

JAZZ'S HOT STREAK

The Jazz have won their last 5 games while scoring over 110 points.   The Lakers meanwhile have only won 5 out of their last 17 games. 

PREDICTION

The Lakers will put up a fight on offense, but will ultimately lose out to a hot Jazz team 110-102.  Lebron's late game heroics won't be able to overcome 7 Westbrook turnovers and an off night from Monk.    Jazz win by 8