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- PST📍 Location: Delta Center — Salt Lake City, Utah📺 TV: Spectrum SportsNet📻 Radio: ESPN LA 710 / 1330 KWKWAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementGame PreviewThe Los Angeles Lakers are set for their 15th road game of the season against the Utah Jazz after outlasting the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night without Austin Reaves in the starting lineup. Reaves remains out (till next week with a calf strain), along with starting center Deandre Ayton (left elbow soreness) and backup guard Gabe Vincent, who the team announced Thursday morning will be out at least a week with lower back tightness. The Lakers sit at 18-7 (No.
- 3 in the West) and 11-3 on the road with six wins in their last seven road games. The Jazz have won two straight for 10th in the West with a 10-15 record and will be without their best player, Lauri Markkanen, due to a groin injury.
- Utah is 7-7 at home this season and after losing four straight games in late Nov., they have won five of their last eight games since. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThis will be the third matchup this season between the two, with L. A.
- getting the best of Utah in the first two contests, which were back-to-back games in a six-day span at each homecourt. The Lakers will look to Luka Dončić and LeBron James in Utah, who led the way as the team's scoring leaders against the Suns.
- The two combined for 55 points but struggled to take care of the ball, with 14 of the team's 22 turnovers.