Sinking Lakers run into soaring Jazz in Utah

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The Utah Jazz are in the midst of an impressive roll and the Los Angeles Lakers are in a deep funk.

Utah will strive to win its fifth straight game and 11th in the past 13 when it hosts the Lakers on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.

The Jazz own their first four-game winning streak of the season and all of the victories have been by double digits. The largest margin was Friday