Los Angeles at Utah

The NBA Champs bring their stellar 11-2 mark to Utah where they should meet a stern test from the Jazz who always seem to be up to the task in their big games at home. The Utah Jazz has put together one of the biggest homecourt advantages in the NBA. The run shows them at 109-24 in their last 133 regular season games at home. It is very infrequently we see this team posted in the role of an underdog here. The record shows, since the 2008 season, they have been a dog on their own court just five times and they are 4-1 straight up and 4-1 ATS. It is no surprise the visiting Lakers were the team considered to have the edge in three of the five. The bad news for Lakers fans they lost all three straight up. I'm going with the Jazz here.