Utah has dropped three straight games, but take a look at who they have played and you'll see the level of competition drops off a lot tonight. After losing to the likes of Golden State, Houston, and Oklahoma City, a home date with the Lakers should get them back on track tonight.

Kobe had a great game last night and was a team player for a rare Change but this is back to back he might not even play. He has 17 assists and his team hit shots but that is rare. He played 31 minutes last night and now travel to Utah..

Jazz are 12-5 SUATS home in this series when Lakers are unrested, including 3-0 SU ATS when Utah is off a DD loss. The Lakers are 2-10 SU and 3-9 ATS before facing the Suns; and 5-9 ATS away after facing the Cavaliers. With Utah 10-0 SU ATS at home off a SU home loss of 6 or more points when facing an unrested opponent in games in which the Jazz owns a win percentage of .466 or less I am backing the Jazz here at home as they have been off and rested since Tuesday with plenty of time to prepare for this game.
Utah is beginning to grasp Quin Snyder's defensive schemes. Toss out the 116 points they gave up to the high-flying Golden State Warriors last time out and Utah held their previous nine opponents to just 92.3 ppg
Lay the 8 pts as the
Jazz win in a burial.