The L.A. Clippers (53-33) host the Utah Jazz (53-33) I Game 5 of a Western Conference playoff series that will take place at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA at 10:30 PM ET. The Clippers are a 3-point home favorite in this game with the total sitting at 195.5.
Utah at Los Angeles Overview
This Western Conference playoff series is tied at 2-2.
The Jazz were at home in Game 4 of this series and beat the L.A. Clippers 105-98. In the Game the Jazz shot 54.1% from the floor and they held the Clippers to 44% shooting. While Utah had more turnovers in the game (13-9) they played well down the stretch and outscored L.A. by 10 points in the 4th quarter. Joe Johnson came off the bench to lead the Jazz with 28 points in Game 4 and Rudy Gobert went for a double-double with 15 points and 13 boards. Leading scorer for the season Gordon Hayward only scored three points, but was pulled after nine minutes dealing with food poisoning. He should be back at full strength in Game 5. The Jazz have covered the spread in three of the four games in this series, including the last game, and on the season against the spread they are 39-43-4. The total has gone over in the last two games of this series and on the season Utah has an O/U record of 44-42.
The Clippers lost Game 5 failing to play good defense and they lost the game by seven points even though they were up three points heading into the 4th quarter. Chris Paul was the high scorer for L.A. going for 27 points on 10/21 shooting and he also had 14 assists. Jamaal Crawford came off the bench to go for 25 points. Leading scorer for the season Blake Griffin is out for the rest of the playoffs with a toed injury suffered in Game 3 of this series. L.A. had covered the spread in three in a row before failing to do so in three of the four games this season and on the season they have an ATS record of 41-44-1. The total has gone over in the last two games of this series and on the season the Clippers have an O/U record of 46-39-1.
This season the Jazz are 23-20 on the road and on offense they rank 28th in the league in ppg, 8th in 3-pt FG%, and 24th in free throw percentage. On defense they rank 1st in ppg allowed, 17th in 3-pt FG% allowed, and 6rd in free-throw percentage allowed.
The Clippers are 30-13 at home this season and rank 6th in ppg, 6th in 3-pt FG%, and 27th in free throw percentage. On the defensive side of the ball L.A. ranks 12th in ppg allowed, 8th in 3-pt FG% allowed, and 3rd in free-throw percentage allowed.
Including this series the Clippers have won five of nine games facing Utah this season. The Jazz beat the Clippers 105-98 in Game 4 of this series, covered the spread as a 5-point favorite, and the total went over.
Jazz at Clippers Betting Trends
- The Jazz are 4-1-1 ATS in their last 6 games overall
- The Jazz are 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS win
- The Clippers are 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 games following a ATS loss
- The Clippers are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 Conference Quarterfinals games
- The Clippers are 5-2 ATS in their last 7 home games against the Jazz
