The Utah Jazz will take on the Los Angeles Lakers in what is more than just the season finale. It feels more like the finale to four years of rebuild. Tonight will be the last time the Utah Jazz will go into a game for the foreseeable future with hopes of losing.<\/p>\n
This offseason will be an offseason designed to make the team better for wins next year.<\/p>\n
Can you feel that? That\u2019s the sound of change not only coming to the Jazz but to the coverage as well. With a winning team, we\u2019ll get back to criticizing the team in meaningful ways. When trade rumors abound, Jazz fans will be able to discuss if it\u2019s a player worth going after. Gone will be the days of hoping for big-time hauls of picks for our best player, as we hope to hit the reset button and get lucky come lottery night.<\/p>\n
That is, if catastrophe doesn\u2019t strike next season.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s not think about anything bad, though. We\u2019ve dealt with enough losing seasons these last four seasons. Now, we can root for wins, and it\u2019s the right thing to do. It\u2019s not premature, it\u2019s not shortsighted, it\u2019s the right, logical move. Utah has gone through enough draft picks, trades, and development that they are set to start going hard to win as much as they can. Personally, I\u2019m excited.<\/p>\n
That said, tonight is the last time. One last tank for all the tanks. After four years, one more tank is all they have to do. The Kings will be playing and Utah will certainly have their eyes on that game. But regardless of whether the Kings win or lose, Utah has to lose this game. They have to, at minimum, tie with the Kings to end the season so they can at least have the hopes of winning a coin toss. If the Kings somehow win, that gives Utah the chance to gain the #4 spot in the lottery outright, which would be incredible considering the season they have had with the scrutinty they\u2019ve been under. This would be an incredible end to what has been a crazy four years.<\/p>\n
So, Jazz, it\u2019s time to lose. It\u2019s time to lose like you\u2019ve never lost before.<\/p>\n
How to watch Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Lakers<\/p>\n
Who: Utah Jazz at Los Angeles Lakers<\/p>\n
When: 6:30 MT – April 12, 2026<\/p>\n
The Utah Jazz are not messing around in this one and will be with a lineup that should lose pretty easily. If the Lakers can\u2019t beat this lineup, there\u2019s an issue in LakerLand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Utah Jazz will take on the Los Angeles Lakers in what is more than just the season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[18215,48,52,51,47,50,49,18202],"class_list":{"0":"post-264590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-jazz-game-preview","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","14":"tag-los-angeles-news","15":"tag-utah-jazz-game-coverage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}