The Utah Jazz will be taking on the Sacramento Kings on their home floor for another test against a competitive Western Conference team, yet look a bit shorthanded entering the contest with several absences on tap.
Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic made sure to show his support to his former Dallas Mavericks teammate, Kyrie Irving, who sustained a rather concerning injury against the Sacramento Kings on Monday.
The Kings will have to dispel a season-long trend should they earn the No. 6 seed or higher to avoid the play-in tournament, which they failed to get out of last year. They are 12-18 against teams above .500, and 20-10 versus teams with losing records.
In their last match against the Boston Celtics, the Denver Nuggets ruled out Peyton Watson (right knee), DaRon Holmes II (right ACL), and Vlatko Cancar (Left Knee). They also listed Aaron Gordon (left ankle) and Zeke Nnaji (left ankle) as questionable.
While continuing to blow through opponents, even after drastically altering their roster, the Los Angeles Lakers will take a six-game winning streak into a home matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday.
Luka Doncic pokes fun at Dorian Finney-Smith for missing an easy tip-in during the Lakers latest win over the Clippers.
Clippers head coach Ty Lue was boosted by the return of Norman Powell, who had missed the previous five games due to a knee injury. Powell, playing for the first time since his 41-point explosion in an overtime win on Feb. 13, was expected to provide a much-needed scoring boost.