UTAH JAZZ ?4.5 - While I am not usually a fan of giving this many points on the road, the circumstances of this match-up actually makes this spot look like decent value. The Jazz need a victory here to move up into a tie with idle Denver for the 8th and final playoff spot in the West. They are also looking to get rid of the bad taste in their mouths from a 94-81 home loss to the Spurs on Friday in which they were never really in the game. Utah has also had some nice success vs. the Clippers in recent years, going 13-2 S/U in all the head-to-head meetings since the 2000-2001 season. This includes a 6-1 record here in LA, where they won those games by an average of 7.0 points. The Clippers have now lost 50 games this year in a season that they gave up on long ago. They have lost 10 consecutive games, losing their 4 home games during this slide by an average of 9.8 points.
