Utah Jazz at LA Clippers 6/14/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Utah Jazz look to bounce back from a loss when visiting the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday for Game 4 of their Western Conference best of seven semifinals series. Utah leads the series 2-1, but was handily defeated by LA on Saturday 132-106 in Game 3. The leading scorer for Utah in the loss was Donovan Mitchell with 30 points, but Utah shot only 42.9% overall and committed 13 turnovers to just nine for LA.

During the postseason, the leading scorer for Utah is Donovan Mitchell with an average of 32.7 points per game, while Jordan Clarkson is the second leading scorer with an average of 19.3 points per game. Rudy Gobert is the leader in rebounding with an average of 13.9 rebounds per game and in the absence of injured Mike Conley, Mitchell is the leader in assists with an average of 5.3 per game. Utah is scoring an average of 120.9 points per game.

Los Angeles looks to level the series at 2-2 with a victory at home on Monday. In Saturday's victory at the Staples Center, Kawhi Leonard was the leading scorer for the Clippers with 34 points and Paul George was close behind with 31 points. Leonard scored 24 of his 34 points after halftime. The Clippers shot 56.2% overall and an impressive 52.8% from three-point territory.

Kawhi Leonard is leading Los Angeles in scoring during the postseason with an average of 29.9 points per game, while Paul George is the second leading scorer, the leading rebounder and leader in assists with averages of 23.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. The Clippers have four players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team Los Angeles is scoring an average of 112.3 points per game.