For the 2nd time in the last few days, Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers are going to play against each other. Both teams met on Friday night and the Jazz won by 130:116. Utah controlled the game for most entire 48 minutes. Interesting that the Lakers shot 18 more free throws and made 25 out of 28 but still couldn't be close to victory. At the same time, the Jazz took 20 more shots from the field and made 12 more.

On Sunday night, both teams played in Los Angeles. The Lakers blew the lead in the 2nd half and lost to Cleveland Cavaliers while Utah got the win against the Clippers. It is very likely that Mike Conley will sit this one out but Collin Sexton is a great replacement option. There's a question on the Lakers camp about LeBron James and Anthony Davis. It was said previously that they both will play on Monday night but we can't be sure about anything. At the same time, it won't affect my prediction as I'm confident about the Jazz victory.

The Jazz has been playing great at home where they have 4 wins in 4 games. In 3 out of 4 games they have won by at least 8 points and the beaten teams are the Nuggets, Rockets and Grizzlies twice. The Lakers have lost all 3 games on the road this season and all of them have been with at least 9 points. Los Angeles has lost to the Warriors, Nuggets and Timberwolves. All of them are almost high-end teams but Jazz has been better than they all.

Overall this season, the Jazz have been the 8th best team on offense (114.1). The Lakers have been the worst offensive team this season with a rating of 102.7. Los Angeles has shown 5th best defense overall (108.2) but the Jazz is just 3 spots below (109). The difference is way bigger if we watch where the games are played. At home, Utah is the 13th-best offensive team (114.4) and the 2nd-best on defense (102.9). On the road, the Lakers are the worst team on offense (95.7) and 4th best on defense on the road (105.2).

It has been a disastrous season for the Lakers so far. They can rely only on LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook although he can easily have a bad night every single game. Jazz relies on many different players and they are on the roll right now. They have many players that want to prove what they are capable of because some teams wrote them off. The Jazz will continue the great start but the Lakers will have more thoughts about the future.

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在过去的几天里，犹他爵士和洛杉矶湖人将第二次对决。两队在周五晚上相遇，爵士以130:116获胜。爵士在48分钟内控制了比赛的大部分时间。有趣的是，湖人又投了18个罚球，28投25中，但仍然无法接近胜利。与此同时，爵士又出手20次，命中12次。

周日晚上，两支球队都在洛杉矶比赛。湖人在下半场失去了领先优势，输给了克利夫兰骑士，而爵士则赢下了快船。迈克·康利很可能会缺席，但是科林·塞克斯顿是一个很好的替代人选。有一个关于湖人阵营关于勒布朗·詹姆斯和安东尼·戴维斯的问题。之前有消息说他们都将在周一晚上比赛，但我们不能确定任何事情。与此同时，这不会影响我的预测，因为我对爵士的胜利充满信心。

爵士在主场打得很好，他们在4场比赛中取得了4胜。他们在4场比赛中有3场至少赢了8分，被击败的球队是掘金、火箭和灰熊。湖人在本赛季的3场客场比赛都输了，而且所有的比赛都至少得9分。湖人先后输给了勇士、掘金和森林狼。他们几乎都是高端球队，但爵士比他们都要好。

本赛季，爵士在进攻端排名第八(114.1分)。湖人是本赛季进攻最差的球队，得分为102.7。湖人的整体防守排名第五(108.2)，但爵士仅比湖人低3位(109)。如果我们观察游戏在哪里进行，差别就会大得多。在主场，爵士的进攻得分(114.4)排在第13位，防守得分(102.9)排在第2位。在客场，湖人是进攻最差的球队(95.7分)，防守第四(105.2分)。

到目前为止，这对湖人来说是一个灾难性的赛季。他们只能依靠勒布朗·詹姆斯、安东尼·戴维斯和拉塞尔·韦少，尽管他每场比赛都很容易表现不佳。爵士依靠许多不同的球员，而他们现在正处于最佳状态。他们有很多球员想要证明他们的能力，因为有些球队把他们踢出局了。爵士将继续保持良好的开局，但湖人会对未来有更多的想法。