Los Angeles at Utah

The LA Clippers assembled a team they thought could compete for an NBA Title a year ago. They came up short, but one lesson they learned as the season went on was you have to play both ends of the court. Utah comes in at 9-9, but the Jazz always play like a Championship caliber team at home where they are at it again, a perfect 6-0 on home hardwood this season. The Cippers have geared up for expected wars and have held some of the best on their schedule down. They held Atlanta to 76, San Antonio to 87 & 84, Chicago to 80 and Brooklyn to 86. I expect the Clippers to come to play on the defensive end tonight with four of their last five vs. teams over .600 at home have slipped UNDER the total. The Jazz have now played to a 20-9 UNDER mark vs. the Pacific in their last 29 and 6-2 to the UNDER vs. teams better than .600. Play the UNDER in this one.