On Wednesday, April, 13^th at 10:30 P.M. the (40-40) Utah Jazz will be on the road to take on the (16-64) Los Angeles Lakers. “The Crowd” projects a final score of Jazz 102.8 – Lakers 97 with an over/under of 199.8.  The Lakers enter the game with a (11-29) home record while the Jazz are (16-24) on the road.

Point differential: Jazz +2 (10^th) Lakers -9.5 (29^th)

Points per game: Jazz 97.8 (28^th) Lakers 97.5 (29^th)

Points allowed per game: Jazz 95.8 (2^nd) Lakers 107 (27^th)

Field Goal Percentage Offense: Jazz 44.8% (18^th) Lakers 41.5% (30^th)

Three Point Percentage: Jazz 35.7% (12^th) Lakers 31.9% (30^th)

Free Throw Percentage: Lakers 77.9% (11^th) Jazz 74.5% (23^rd)

Field Goal Percentage Defense: Jazz 44.5% (13^th) Lakers 47.4% (29^th)

Turnovers committed per game: Lakers 13 (tied for 9^th) Jazz 14.2 (19^th)

Turnovers forced per game: Jazz 13.4 (tied for 17^th) Lakers 12.1 (28^th)

Rebounds per game: Jazz 43.4 (17^th) Lakers 42.9 (tied for 20^th)

Assists per game: Jazz 18.8 (28^th) Lakers 18.1 (30^th)

This will be the final game as a professional for Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant.  The Jazz are (6-4) in their last ten games whereas the Lakers are just (1-9).  Utah is (7-3) in their last ten head to head games with the Lakers.  Utah has the advantage in nearly every major statistical category.  I think the Lakers will play hard in Kobe’s final game but they will struggle against Utah’s strong defense.

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