Lakers vs Jazz Pick: Wednesday, February 24th

By Odds on NBA Feb 24, 2021

Lakers vs Jazz Pick: Wednesday, February 24th: The Lakers have lost three straight, all at home. All three losses have come without Anthony Davis and Dennis Schröder in the lineup. Davis missed his fourth straight game, and the All-NBA big man is out for at least three more weeks with a calf injury. Schröder will miss at least one more game under the NBA’s health and safety protocols. They are coming off a 127-124 overtime loss to the Wizards.

The Wizards rallied from a 17 point 2nd half deficit. NBA MVP candidate Lebron James had 31 points, 13 assists, and nine rebounds for the Lakers. James is third in the NBA in total minutes, with over 200 more than anyone else on the Lakers’ roster. Montrezl Harrell had a season-high 26 points and nine rebounds. These are the kind of situations that Lebron lives for. They’ve lost three straight, 4/5. AD and Schroeder are out. Lebron’s day to day with an ankle injury, but probable. He hasn’t missed a game all year. They’re playing the team with the best record in the NBA on the road. We know this story. Lebron has a monster game. Markieff Morris and Kyle Kuzma are questionable, but they were questionable on Monday and played.

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The Jazz have won 10/11 and 14 straight at home. They are coming off a comfortable 132-110 win at home on Monday that saw them set a franchise record with 28 three’s. Nineteen of them came from the bench, the most by any team’s backups in NBA history. Donovan Mitchell had 23 points, and eight assists Joe Ingles and Georges Niang led the way from the perimeter, making a career-high seven threes apiece. Both players finished with 21 points. Jordan Clarkson added 20. Utah became the fastest team in NBA history to make 500 3-pointers in a season, reaching the milestone in just 31 games. This is a healthy squad playing great basketball.

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