{"id":149849,"date":"2026-01-26T11:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/149849\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:03:12","slug":"utah-plays-los-angeles-in-conference-matchup-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/149849\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah plays Los Angeles in conference matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Clippers (21-24, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz<\/a> (15-31, 13th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Salt Lake City; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EST<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Utah Jazz host the Los Angeles Clippers in Western Conference action Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are 9-22 against Western Conference opponents. Utah averages 30.3 assists per game to lead the Western Conference, paced by Keyonte George<\/a> with 6.6.<\/p>\n

The Clippers are 11-14 against conference opponents. Los Angeles is last in the NBA recording just 23.4 assists per game led by James Harden<\/a> averaging 8.1.<\/p>\n

The Jazz’s 13.2 made 3-pointers per game this season are only 0.3 fewer made shots on average than the 13.5 per game the Clippers allow. The Clippers are shooting 47.6% from the field, 1.7% lower than the 49.3% the Jazz’s opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The teams play for the third time this season. In the last matchup on Jan. 2 the Clippers won 118-101 led by 45 points from Kawhi Leonard<\/a>, while Kyle Anderson<\/a> scored 22 points for the Jazz.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Jusuf Nurkic<\/a> is scoring 11.2 points per game and averaging 10.2 rebounds for the Jazz. George is averaging 24.1 points and 2.6 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Harden is averaging 25.6 points and 8.1 assists for the Clippers. Leonard is averaging 19.7 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Jazz: 3-7, averaging 116.4 points, 40.4 rebounds, 30.8 assists, 7.9 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 48.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 130.4 points per game.<\/p>\n

Clippers: 8-2, averaging 114.5 points, 41.1 rebounds, 22.5 assists, 10.0 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 48.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 108.8 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Jazz: Lauri Markkanen<\/a>: day to day (illness), Georges Niang<\/a>: day to day (foot), Kevin Love<\/a>: day to day (knee), Walker Kessler<\/a>: out for season (shoulder).<\/p>\n

Clippers: Bradley Beal<\/a>: out for season (hip), Derrick Jones Jr<\/a>.: out (knee), Bogdan Bogdanovic<\/a>: out (hamstring).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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