Jordan Clarkson went 1 of 14 from the field after going scoreless for the first 47 minutes of the game, the Jazz were 1 of 9 in the first half on corner 3s, they started out the night missing their first four free throws and finished shooting just 52.9% from the charity stripe.

The Jazz held up quite well to start off this home contest against the visiting Sacramento Kings. It wasn't long, however, before the more experienced Kings took control of the game and eventually cruised to a comfortable win to the tune of 118-101.

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Keegan Murray scored a season-high 26 points to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 118-101 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Murray posted his fourth 20-point game of the season and his first since Nov.

The Utah Jazz is listing Walker Kessler (illness) as questionable for Wednesday’s game against the Sacramento Kings. John Collins (low back injury management), Taylor Hendricks (leg), Lauri Markkanen (low back injury management) and Collin Sexton (ankle) have been ruled out.

The Kings have been an elite mid-range shooting team, ranking third in the league at 47 percent. In the three matchups against the Jazz this season, Sacramento has upped that conversion rate to 55.4 percent, making it imperative that Utah’s defense is ready to make life difficult for the Kings in the mid-range.

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The Kings scored 50 points in the paint, knocked down 15 3-pointers (on 36 attempts), and shot 17-of-31 in the mid-range. Sacramento finished the game with seven players in double-figures and added 11 points from the free-throw line.

A foot injury forced Kings forward Keegan Murray to miss two games in early January, but that might have been a blessing in disguise.

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Lavine, DeMar DeRozan and Domantas Sabonis all need the ball, and Monk’s scoring has been the trade-off so far. Since LaVine joined the lineup, Monk has gone Under his points prop in two of eight games. That prop has adjusted from 19.5 points to 18.5, but I still think it is too high.