Utah Jazz at Cleveland Cavaliers

· National Basketball Association

Utah Jazz

13-25, 4-13 Away

Cleveland Cavaliers

22-18, 14-9 Home

Utah plays Cleveland on 4-game road slide

Utah Jazz (13-25, 13th in the Western Conference) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (22-18, sixth in the Eastern Conference)

Cleveland; Monday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Utah will try to stop its four-game road slide when the Jazz visit Cleveland.

The Cavaliers are 14-9 on their home court. Cleveland is seventh in the Eastern Conference in rebounding with 44.6 rebounds. Evan Mobley leads the Cavaliers with 8.6 boards.

The Jazz are 4-13 on the road. Utah ranks eighth in the Western Conference shooting 35.0% from 3-point range.

The Cavaliers average 120.0 points per game, 7.3 fewer points than the 127.3 the Jazz give up. The Jazz are shooting 46.2% from the field, 0.5% lower than the 46.7% the Cavaliers' opponents have shot this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Donovan Mitchell is scoring 29.8 points per game with 4.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists for the Cavaliers. Darius Garland is averaging 17.7 points and 1.5 rebounds while shooting 52.6% over the last 10 games.

Keyonte George is averaging 23.6 points and 6.9 assists for the Jazz. Walter Clayton is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cavaliers: 6-4, averaging 121.8 points, 45.3 rebounds, 31.0 assists, 8.7 steals and 5.3 blocks per game while shooting 50.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 117.8 points per game.

Jazz: 3-7, averaging 117.3 points, 41.1 rebounds, 30.0 assists, 8.4 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 128.0 points.

: Cavaliers: Max Strus: out (foot), Dean Wade: out (knee).

Jazz: Ace Bailey: out (hip), Georges Niang: out (foot), Jusuf Nurkic: out (toe), Walker Kessler: out for season (shoulder), Lauri Markkanen: out (rest).

Regular Season Series

Series starts 1/12

Matchup Prediction

Cavaliers: 86.3%

Jazz: 13.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

UTAH		CLE
L1	Streak	W1
127.3	Points Against	117.6
3-7	Last Ten Games	6-4
119.6	Points Per Game	119.3
46	Field Goal %	47
35	Three Point %	35
44.9	Rebounds Per Game	44.9
30.2	Assists Per Game	27.9
3.4	Blocks Per Game	5.2
7.8	Steals Per Game	8.8
0.4	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.6
15.7	Total Turnovers Per Game	14.2

Cleveland Cavaliers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Dean Wade, F	Day-To-Day	Jan 10
Max Strus, G	Out	Jan 6
Chris Livingston, F	Out	Jan 4

Utah Jazz Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Jusuf Nurkic, C	Day-To-Day	Jan 10
Lauri Markkanen, F	Day-To-Day	Jan 10
Elijah Harkless, G	Day-To-Day	Jan 10
Ace Bailey, G	Day-To-Day	Jan 10
Georges Niang, F	Out	Dec 29