The Utah Jazz (36-42) play the Los Angeles Lakers (40-38) tonight as the end of the season looms large.
The two teams have had a lot of personnel swapped between them over this season, with the now fantastic-looking trade of PatBev for Talen Horton-Tucker as well as the trade deadline swap that saw the Jazz get a top 4 protected Lakers pick and Russell Westbrook in exchange for now key Lakers depth pieces Jarred Vanderbilt and Malik Beasley. This second trade had the desired effect of propelling the Lakers past the Jazz while also allowing the Jazz to tank more openly, having shut down Jordan Clarkson and Collin Sexton since March 6th and February 14th, respectively (as well as Rudy Gay, but that actually might be helping the Jazz a bit).