Jazz at Clippers
The Utah Jazz look to extend their season-best winning streak to five games when they visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. The contest in Los Angeles is the only one on the road in a nine-game stretch for Utah, which just completed a 4-0 homestand.
Jazz star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell continued his strong play with 28 points in Monday's 100-94 win over the Detroit Pistons and he is averaging 30 points over the past six contests. "Right now they're not overly pretty, but we're finding ways to win," Utah swingman Kyle Korver told reporters after his team prevailed despite shooting just 38.8 percent. "That's what good teams do. Different guys stepped up and we patched together a win." The Clippers fell 121-117 to the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday and are 0-2 on a four-game homestand and have lost three straight overall. Los Angeles forward Danilo Gallinari has scored 20 or more points in six of the past eight games after recording 25 against the Pelicans and he is averaging 20.3 points during the stretch.
TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (Utah), Prime Ticket (Los Angeles)
ABOUT THE JAZZ (24-21): Center Rudy Gobert matched his career best of 25 rebounds against the Pistons and also contributed 18 points and two blocked shots. "Rudy was all over the boards and made it really hard for everybody," Utah coach Quin Snyder told reporters afterward. "He's playing the right way." Mitchell will handle the bulk of the point-guard duties for the fourth straight game with starter Ricky Rubio (hamstring) and reserves Dante Exum (ankle) and Raul Neto (groin) all sidelined.
ABOUT THE CLIPPERS (24-19): Los Angeles trailed by as many as 20 points in the second half before narrowing the gap but power forward Montrezl Harrell was disappointed that the team was trailing New Orleans by such a large margin. "We just gotta stop putting ourselves in these holes," Harrell told reporters after scoring 26 points. "Yeah, we do a great job of coming back and fighting and getting back into it, but we're running out of gas. We're using so much energy and we're doing so much fighting to put ourselves just within three (or) five." Harrell exceeded 20 points in three of the past four games and is averaging 21.5 points during the span.
BUZZER BEATERS
1. The Jazz averaged 122.7 points while winning the past three meetings with the Clippers after losing 19 of the previous 21 matchups.
2. Los Angeles G Lou Williams scored 18 points against the Pelicans and topped 15 points in 11 straight games while averaging 22.5 during the stretch.
3. Utah SF Joe Ingles (ankle) was injured during the win over Detroit but is expected to be available on Wednesday.