Clippers at Jazz
The Utah Jazz are starting to enjoy success against the Los Angeles Clippers and look to record their fifth straight win in the series on Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Before the recent run, the Clippers won 19 of 21 meetings behind the likes of Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan.
Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points in Saturday's 125-109 home win over the Dallas Mavericks in a contest in which Utah committed just seven turnovers. "The mentality we have to have is one of precision," Jazz coach Quin Snyder told reporters. "It has to be an appreciation where we cherish a possession. If you're in that mindset, you can be aggressive and you won't be mistake-prone." Los Angeles won three of its last four games after registering a 121-112 home win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday. Rising power forward Montrezl Harrell scored a career-best 32 points for his second 30-point effort in a three-game span.
TV: 9 p.m. ET, Prime Ticket (Los Angeles), AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (Utah)
ABOUT THE CLIPPERS (34-28): Harrell was 14-of-17 shooting in his stellar effort on Monday with eight of his baskets being dunks, some of the show-stopping variety. "It’s a big game for him, he dominated his position,” stellar sixth man Lou Williams said after the victory. “One of those games where we needed him and he came out and played tremendous.” Williams had 21 points and 10 assists for his second double-double in four games and seventh of the season.
ABOUT THE JAZZ (33-26): Standout center Rudy Gobert had 23 points and 22 rebounds in a 129-109 thumping of the Clippers on Jan. 16 for his lone 20-20 outing of the campaign and one of his two 20-rebound performances. Gobert collected 15 points and 12 rebounds against Dallas for his seventh straight double-double and 48th of the season - he's tied with Philadelphia's Joel Embiid for the league lead. Point guard Ricky Rubio scored 25 points against the Mavericks for his 10th 20-point outing of the campaign.
BUZZER BEATERS
1. Mitchell scored 28 points in last month's win in Los Angeles.
2. Los Angeles rookie SG Landry Shamet is just 10-of-32 shooting over the past four contests.
3. Utah swingman Kyle Korver is 7-of-24 shooting over the past five games.