The Utah Jazz will host the Los Angeles Lakers at Delta Center on Sunday, December 1st, 2024, at 8:00 PM ET. The Jazz are having a challenging season, holding a 4-14 record and sitting in 14th place in the Western Conference. They most recently lost to the Denver Nuggets, 103-122, which extended their losing streak to two games.
The Lakers are in sixth place in the Western Conference and have a record of 11-8. They have only won one of their last four games. They were recently defeated by the Oklahoma City Thunder 93-101. The Lakers won against the Jazz 118-82 on November 19 this season. The Jazz and Lakers have met 200 times in the regular season. The Jazz have won 82 of those games, while the Lakers have come out on top 118 times.
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The Jazz have been putting up about 109 points a game this season, which puts them in the bottom half of the league. While their offense is decent, their defense has been a real problem, letting up 119 points per game. On the plus side, they’re grabbing 44.2 rebounds a game, ranking 12th in the league, but they’re also giving up a lot of boards, with 42.2 rebounds allowed per game. When it comes to shooting threes, the Jazz hit 12.8 a game, sitting around the middle of the pack, but their 3-point shooting percentage is just 34.7%.
The Lakers have been a bit better offensively, averaging 114.4 points a game, but their defense has been just as shaky, allowing 115.7 points per game. They’re struggling on the boards, too, ranking near the bottom with just 40.5 rebounds per game, though they do a better job limiting their opponents to 43.6 rebounds. From deep, the Lakers are knocking down 12.3 threes per game, and they’re shooting 36.3% from beyond the arc, which is decent but not great.
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Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Lakers: Head-To-Head Stats
Over their last 11 games, the Jazz and Lakers have been trading blows, but lately, the Lakers have had the edge. Their most recent matchup on November 19, 2024, ended with the Jazz coming up short, 124-118, in L.A. That win marked two straight for the Lakers. Last season (2023-24), they faced off three times, with the Lakers winning two, including a high-scoring 138-122 victory on Valentine’s Day. The Jazz did get one back, though, with a solid 132-125 win on January 13, snapping the Lakers’ three-game winning streak dating back to the previous season.
This rivalry has seen its fair share of momentum swings over the years. In the 2022-2023 season, the Jazz dominated, taking two impressive wins—one at home (139-116) and one on the road (130-116). But the Lakers bounced back, pulling off two wins, including a wild 135-133 overtime thriller in April. Even in the 2021-22 season, it was a back-and-forth battle, with the Lakers grabbing two tight victories while the Jazz secured a convincing win in March.
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