Jan 03, 2026
3 min read
The Utah Jazz are on their way to the NBA lottery
The Utah Jazz, who are doing their best not to win this game, almost won this game.The headlines for this one will be about Kawhi Leonard and his 45 points, but this was an absolutely miserable performance by the Los Angeles Clippers.
Utah Jazz vs Los Angeles Clippers: Summary and final score
The Utah Jazz are on their way to the NBA Finals
In this game, the Utah Jazz rested their most important players, including Keyonte George, Lauri Markkanen, Jusuf Nurkic and Kevin Love.Oh, and Ace Bailey also didn't play due to injury.All of this put Utah ahead in the fourth quarter.The Clippers needed every point from Kawhi Leonard to win this game.replace this Clipper team.They are terrible to watch and should definitely be relegated to the G League.
For the Utah Jazz, they got great performances from some of their young guys.Isaiah Collier scored 16 points, 10 rebounds and 6 rebounds.He shot 6/9 from the field, 1/3 from three.We also saw a career night from Cody Williams, who scored 18 points.It's nights like these, where the Jazz work towards a better draft pick, to find out if your young prospect can be a rotation player.Seeing Cody Williams shoot 6/10 from the field and 2/5 from three is a good sign.In addition, what he didn't do well earlier this season is driving to the basket with a lot of violence.If Williams continues to improve, he will prove to be a good pick.A 3-and-D option for jazz on the road.
There were a few players who didn't shine in it.Kyle Filippowski had the worst game of his career tonight, 4 points on 2/13 shooting and 0/5 from three.Combine that with his subpar defense, and it's a real concern.We also had a rough night for Brice Sensabu, who seemed to miss his outside shooting entirely.Tonight, Sensabaugh shot 0/5 from three.And is now shooting 32.4% from three.
The truth is, it was important for the Jazz to lose this game, which made it a huge success tonight.Not only did they lose the game, but it could help the Clippers move up in the standings and push the Jazz down in the rankings to improve their selection.This will likely be most of what we see for the rest of the season.We can only hope that lottery night comes and it won't be long and the Jazz will be as lucky as they are.I've never done it in the past.
