Los Angeles Clippers (21-24, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (15-31, 13th in the Western Conference)
Salt Lake City; Tuesday, 10 p.m. ET
Bottom line: The Utah Jazz host the Los Angeles Clippers in Western Conference play on Tuesday.
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The Jazz went 9-22 against their Western Conference opponents. The Jazz lead the Western Conference with 30.3 assists per game, led by Keyonte George with 6.6.
The Clippers are 11-14 against conference opponents. Los Angeles ranks last in the NBA with 23.4 assists per game, and James Harden averages 8.1 assists per game.
The Jazz are averaging 13.2 three-pointers per game this season, which is only 0.3 less than the Clippers’ average of 13.5 per game. The Clippers shot 47.6 percent from the field, 1.7 percent lower than their Jazz opponents’ 49.3 percent shooting this season.
The two teams met for the third time this season. In the last game on January 2, the Clippers won 118-101, with Kawhi Leonard scoring 45 points and Kyle Anderson scoring 22 points for the Jazz.
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Top performer: Jusuf Nurkic averaged 11.2 points and 10.2 rebounds for the Jazz. George has averaged 24.1 points and 2.6 rebounds in the past 10 games.
Harden averaged 25.6 points and 8.1 assists per game for the Clippers. Leonard averaged 19.7 points in the past 10 games.
Last 10 games: Jazz: 3 wins and 7 losses, averaging 116.4 points, 40.4 rebounds, 30.8 assists, 7.9 steals and 3.6 blocks per game, shooting 48.7% from the field. Their opponents average 130.4 points per game.
Clippers: 8 wins and 2 losses, averaging 114.5 points, 41.1 rebounds, 22.5 assists, 10.0 steals and 4.3 blocks per game, shooting 48.4% from the field. Their opponents average 108.8 points per game.
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Injuries: Jazz: Lauri Markkanen: day-to-day (illness), Georges Niang: day-to-day (foot), Kevin Love: day-to-day (knee), Walker Kessler: out for the season (shoulder).
Clippers: Bradley Beal: out for the season (hip), Derrick Jones Jr.: out (knee), Bogdan Bogdanovic: out (hamstring).
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The Associated Press produced this report using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
