On Thursday, February 25, Utah Jazz will host the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA regular season. The meeting will take place in Salt Lake City.
Utah Jazz:
“Utah” leads the standings of the Western Conference, with 25 wins and 6 losses.
This season, Quin Snyder’s wards are surprisingly stable, practically not losing. The only defeat they suffered in February was from the Los Angeles Clippers (112:116), with which they fought on equal.
The day before, the Jazz players defeated Charlotte (132:110), while four basketball players scored 20 or more points at once – Donovan Mitchell, Georges Niang, Joe Ingles, and Jordan Clarkson.
Udoka Azubuike and Elijah Hughes are recovering from injuries at Utah.
Los Angeles Lakers:
The Lakers are in third place in the Western Conference standings with 22 wins and 10 losses.
The Californians also started the regular season great, but after Anthony Davis’s injury, they have started to decline and have lost four of their last five games.
In their last game, Frank Vogel’s side unexpectedly lost to Washington (124:127 OT) despite LeBron James’s 31 points and 13 assists.
At the Lakers, not only Davis is recovering from injury, but also defender Dennis Schroeder.
Predictions and Tips:
In the upcoming match, William Hill gives an advantage to the hosts: Utah win – 1.28, Lakers win – 3.90.
The Californians have good players, but without Davis and Schroeder, they have become a mediocre team, as evidenced by three defeats in a row.
Davis is out by mid-March and Schroeder should return soon, but even with him the Lakers are unlikely to have a good record in Salt Lake City.
The Jazz players are too good now, and with the return of Mike Conley Jr. they will be even stronger, so our prediction and bet is Utah’s win with the odds of 1.28.
We also take Utah’s individual total points – over 113.5 with the odds of 1.9