third Quarter Report

The Clippers have already got extra factors towards the Jazz than they managed in whole towards the Nuggets final Friday. The Clippers have a little bit of a cushion as they at present lead the Jazz 115-80.

The Clippers entered the matchup with three straight defeats and so they’re properly on their solution to making it 4. Can they flip issues round, or will the Jazz hand them one other loss? Solely time will inform.

Who’s Enjoying

Utah Jazz @ Los Angeles Clippers

Present Information: Utah 5-19, Los Angeles 14-12

How To Watch

• When: Monday, December 16, 2024 at 10:30 p.m. ET
• The place: Intuit Dome — Inglewood, California
• TV: FanDuel SN – SoCal
• Observe: CBS Sports activities App
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• Ticket Value: $24.00

What to Know

The Clippers and the Jazz are an excellent 5-5 towards each other since March of 2022, however not for lengthy. The Los Angeles Clippers will welcome the Utah Jazz at 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday at Intuit Dome. The Clippers are limping into the contest on a three-game dropping streak.

The Clippers managed to maintain up with the Nuggets till halftime on Friday, however issues rapidly went downhill from there. The Clippers discovered themselves the reluctant recipients of a 120-98 punch to the intestine towards the Nuggets. For these preserving monitor at residence, that is the most important loss Los Angeles has suffered towards Denver since January 5, 2023.

In the meantime, the Jazz got here up brief towards the Suns on Friday and fell 134-126. The defeat sadly continues a disappointing pattern for Utah of their matchups with Phoenix: they’ve now misplaced eight in a row.

The loss does not inform the entire story although, as a number of gamers had good video games. Some of the lively was John Collins, who went 8 for 12 en path to 22 factors plus six assists and 6 rebounds. The dominant efficiency gave him a brand new career-high in assists.

The Jazz struggled to get the ball again on offense and completed the sport with solely six offensive rebounds. Sadly, that is changing into one thing of a pattern for them; they have been averaging 12.5 offensive rebounds per recreation earlier this season, however of their final 5 matchups they’ve fallen to solely 9 per recreation.

Los Angeles’ loss dropped their report all the way down to 14-12. As for Utah, their defeat dropped their report all the way down to 5-19.

Trying forward, the Clippers are the favourite on this one, because the consultants count on to see them win by eight factors. They could be value a fast guess since they’re sitting on a 4 recreation streak of overlaying the unfold when anticipated to win.

The Clippers have been capable of grind out a stable win over the Jazz when the groups final performed again in November, profitable 116-105. Will the Clippers repeat their success, or do the Jazz have a greater recreation plan this time round? We’ll discover out quickly sufficient.

Odds

Los Angeles is an enormous 8-point favourite towards Utah, in response to the most recent NBA odds.

Bettors have moved towards the Clippers barely, as the sport opened with the Clippers as a 9.5-point favourite.

The over/underneath is 224.5 factors.

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Collection Historical past

Los Angeles and Utah each have 5 wins of their final 10 video games.

• Nov 17, 2024 – Los Angeles 116 vs. Utah 105
• Apr 12, 2024 – Utah 110 vs. Los Angeles 109
• Apr 05, 2024 – Los Angeles 131 vs. Utah 102
• Dec 08, 2023 – Los Angeles 117 vs. Utah 103
• Oct 27, 2023 – Utah 120 vs. Los Angeles 118
• Jan 18, 2023 – Utah 126 vs. Los Angeles 103
• Nov 30, 2022 – Utah 125 vs. Los Angeles 112
• Nov 21, 2022 – Los Angeles 121 vs. Utah 114
• Nov 06, 2022 – Utah 110 vs. Los Angeles 102
• Mar 29, 2022 – Los Angeles 121 vs. Utah 115