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Lakers at Jazz · Thu, Dec 18 · Regular season

Lakers beat Utah, 143⁠-⁠135. Here is how the win chance moved.

Lakers143Utah135

Final · DEC 18
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Win chance

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Above the middle line the home team is favored, below it the road team. How this works

01Box score

Updated 1:12 PM ET

Los Angeles Lakers

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVFG3PFT+/-
Luka Doncic F-G4045111450114-284-1213-16-5
LeBron James F33287101028-170-512-13-6
Rui Hachimura F3313310106-101-30-0+2
Marcus Smart G2817411016-115-90-0+12
Jake LaRavia F2812640014-62-42-2+14
Jarred Vanderbilt F2571110013-71-20-0+15
Jaxson Hayes C2216300017-70-02-4-10
Maxi Kleber F195210101-20-13-4+17
Nick Smith Jr. G50000000-20-20-0-2
Dalton Knecht F40000000-10-10-0-1
Adou Thiero G30100000-20-00-0+4
Team143483272749-9313-3932-39

Utah Jazz

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVFG3PFT+/-
Keyonte George G3934480029-205-1111-12+3
Jusuf Nurkic C3215871055-81-14-11-2
Isaiah Collier G28180130036-121-25-7-7
Kyle Filipowski C2761300113-70-10-0+3
Airious Bailey F2619401017-133-62-6-4
Taylor Hendricks F234311001-10-02-3-9
Svi Mykhailiuk G1711101013-33-32-2+10
Brice Sensabaugh F1715300005-93-62-2-12
Kevin Love F-C165210001-51-52-3-6
Walter Clayton Jr. G148110003-51-21-1-16
Team1353931411343-8318-3731-47

02Top performers

Pre-game matchup: edges and tale of the tape

03Where the edges are

2025-26 so far

Lakers edges

  • On offenseLos Angeles' offense shoots efficiently (2nd) against a Utah defense that gives up good looks (30th).
  • On offenseLos Angeles' offense gets to the line (2nd) against a Utah defense that sends opponents to the line (28th).

Jazz edges

No clear mismatch in Utah's favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

04Tale of the tape

2025-26 so far
LALRankStatRankUTA
119.09thOffensive rating22nd114.8
117.219thDefensive rating29th123.0
+1.814thNet rating27th-8.2
97.621stPace3rd101.6
57.32ndEffective FG %20th53.6
12.620thTurnover %24th12.8
23.922ndOffensive rebound %10th26.2
24.42ndFree throw rate8th21.8
55.522ndOpponent eFG %30th57.8
12.611thForced turnover %18th11.9
74.313thDefensive rebound %22nd72.9
19.18thOpponent FT rate28th22.7