Utah at Los Angeles

The Utah Jazz fended off their disastrous start last season, but losing 12 of 13 games shortly thereafter has left this team looking like a bottom dweller once again. Bad teams tend to play well in stretches of a long season, and that applies to the Jazz right now. They have won four of their last five games, and covered six of their last seven, and own a 4-0 ATS mark in their last four when taking 8 points or more. The LA Clippers certainly won't have much of a focus here in this game. The Clippers are off a very difficult stretch of four games that saw them face teams with a combined record of 89-33, and the "A" game will be kept buried in the locker room for this one. The Jazz are 8-1-1 ATS in their last 10 after allowing 75 points or less in their previous game, and LA is just 6-14 ATS in their last 20 on home hardwood. Back Utah in this one.