Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers: Preview

Utah Jazz will face off against Lebron, Luka, and the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. This is a rare home and away series, both teams’ most recent game was in LA. Now, they’ve relocated to Utah, where the Jazz will try to avenge their loss.

That might be really hard to do, especially considering how Monday night went. The Jazz lost 113-132, and it wasn’t that close. The Lakers, who have won 12 of their last 14, were already surging before getting gifted the 25-year old top-5 player, Luka Doncic. After coming off 6 weeks of rehab, Luka played below his standard during his Lakers debut on Monday. He rarely has two mediocre games in a row. Despite how Luka performs, the Lakers still have reenergized Lebron James on their team.

While this game might be hard to win, the Jazz have an opportunity to learn from their wrongs and play a much better game on Wednesday night. Isaiah Collier gets to go for another double-double, Walker Kessler gets to continue his breakout season, and Lauri and John get to continue being some of the more underrated forwards in the league.

Regardless of what happens, this young Jazz team gets to play some incredible talent. They will no doubt benefit from playing and learning from some of these Lakers on the court.

Injury report

Out – Collin Sexton (left ankle sprain)

Out – Taylor Hendricks (right fibula fracture)

Out- KJ Martin (conditioning)

What to watch:

Who: Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers

When: Wednesday, February 12th @ 7 pm MST

Where: Salt Lake City, Utah

How: 97.5 FM, Jazz+, KJZZ