The Utah Jazz (13-9) defeated the Los Angeles Lakers (10-13) by the close margin of 107-101. This game wasn’t ALWAYS this close, in fact after a 26-26 first quarter up until the middle of the fourth it was All That Jazz. The good guys won the second quarter by +4 and the third by +11. But LA clamped down on defense in the fourth, and their 27-18 final frame made what was looking like another road blowout win for Utah fade away.
Both teams were missing key players — the Lakers were without D’Angelo Russell, Nick Young, Larry Nance Jr.