The Utah Jazz were desperate for a win coming into tonight’s game against the Lakers. They needed a win to give them some cushion from sliding to the play-in game, and to keep them within reach of moving up some spots in the Western Conference playoff picture. They also needed a solid convincing win for overall morale. They got both tonight against the Lakers at home, in a wire-to-wire win against the Los Angeles Lakers who were without LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
Despite Dwight Howard doing this best 2006 prime Dwight impersonation (21 points, 10 rebounds), Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert were just too much for too long for the Lakers.