The Utah Jazz (17 - 20) defeated the Los Angeles Lakers (8 - 31) 86 - 74 at Staples Center on Sunday. The Jazz earned a low scoring road win to improve to 6 - 12 while traveling on the season, behind quality shooting from Gordon Hayward, and the growing health of returning players Rudy Gobert and Rodney Hood (ankle). Hood was questionable entering the contest, but got the starting shooting guard nod and increased the depth that Utah has desperately needed throughout the year. Rudy Gobert returned against the Heat on Saturday and was efficient on both ends of the floor in 30 minutes of play. The “Stifle Tower” blocked three shots and grabbed five rebounds, to go along with 10 points on 3 - of - 3 shooting against the Lakers in his second game back on Sunday. Heyward led all scorers 25 points on 10 - of - 21 shooting, and matched Gobert with three blocked shots of his own. Derrick Favors (back) missed his 10th consecutive game, but the outlook is positive, as he will look to make a return on Wednesday against the Portland Trail Blazers. The Lakers were without D’Angelo Russell (ankle), Kobe Bryant (achilles) and Brandon Bass (eye) and the resulting sparsity in depth, combined with an atrocious 33 percent shooting from the field, cost them another game at home. Lou Williams started alongside Jordan Clarkson, but was not able to rekindle his magical 44 point performance that happened against the Thunder on Friday. In fact, Williams struggled to get any 3 - point shot to fall and finished with 18 points on 1 - of - 8 shooting from deep. His total was good enough to lead the Lakers in scoring, but the bigger picture problem was reliant on Los Angeles having nobody to turn to when the streaky Williams could not find a rhythm. Jordan Clarkson attacked the rim, but was not getting any luck on that front and finished with 14 points. The backcourt is not entirely to blame, as the aforementioned injuries were the real issue in the game. Julius Randle pitched in 11 points and seven rebounds in 26 minutes, starting forward Larry Nance Jr. added 10 points, while Roy Hibbert and Andrew Brown failed to reach double figures. The Jazz will head north and visit the Portland Trail Blazers (16 - 24) on Wednesday, while the Lakers will host the New Orleans Pelicans (11 - 25) on Tuesday.
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