NBA Matchup: Los Angeles Lakers vs Utah Jazz
Date: 16th February 2022
Time: 10:00 pm ET
The Los Angeles Lakers will be taking on the Utah Jazz tonight. Both of these teams are on a streak, however, for the Lakers, it’s a losing one whilst the Jazz is on a winning streak. These conference rivals have played each other just once before earlier this year. This will be their first matchup since 18th January 2022.
Who won the game the last time they played?
Since January 9th, 2022, the Los Angeles Lakers have played 17 games out of which they have only won 5. That is a less than 30% winning record. However, one out of those 5 rare wins came against the Utah Jazz. The Lakers beat the Jazz 101-95.
An Anthony Davis-less Lakers beat the Jazz behind the one-man effort from LeBron James. LeBron had 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. It was another bad performance for Westbrook and even the Lakers shot awfully. But the only reason they did win is that the Jazz played even worse than the Lakers.
Donovan Mitchell and Bojan Bogdanovic, who is considered the scorers on this team, scored just 18 combined points on 26% shooting from the field.
Los Angeles Lakers vs Utah Jazz Prediction
Even though the Lakers lead this season series belief in their winning is low. The Lakers are on a 3 game losing streak, one of which came against the 3rd string team of the Portland Trail Blazers. Utah however, is on a 6 game win streak and only second to the Celtics win-streak in the whole league.
????| 30 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, and 5-9 from three ⤵️#TakeNote | @ZionsBank pic.twitter.com/zJZlDpD7vY
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) February 15, 2022
The Jazz might be missing Rudy Gay but the Lakers have listed James and AD as questionable against the Jazz. Utah should easily tie the season series with no worry about scoring from the Laker’s side. Westbrook looks to be in a season-long slump and against a defender like Mitchell would only struggle more.
I predict the Jazz to take revenge on the Lakers and beat them in their contest tonight.
Injury Report
Los Angeles Lakers:
Kendrick Nunn – Out (Knee)
Carmelo Anthony – Out (Hamstring)
Avery Bradley – Out (Knee)
LeBron James – Day to day (Knee)
Anthony Davis – Day to day
Utah Jazz:
Rudy Gay – Out (Knee)
How to Watch the Lakers vs the Utah Jazz?
You can watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Utah Jazz on 16th February 2022 at 10:00 PM ET on FuboTV. You can also watch the game globally on NBA league pass.
