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Lakers News: How Utah Game Will Impact LA's In-Season Tournament Chances

Hypothetical scenarios for the Lakers in the in-season tournament

Thomas Murray

Lakers News: How Utah Game Will Impact LA's In-Season Tournament Chances
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After a hot start to the NBA in-season tournament, your Los Angeles Lakers are in a great position as they lead the West Group A pool 3-0 and have a chance to take complete control of the lead when they will play against the second-place Utah Jazz (2-1) tonight.

The in-season tournament is a brand new addition to the NBA season and has basketball fans left with many questions about the tournament about what is next.

Going forward, we have all of your questions answered by all of these hypotheticals.

With a win tonight, the Lakers would clinch the Group A section and have home-court advantage for the quarterfinals. If not, Utah will clinch that spot but will need a Phoenix Suns loss tonight.

With tip-off set to begin at 7:00 PM PT. the Lakers securing the number one spot in Pool A will likely rest on the shoulder of Small Forward Lebron James who is coming off a dominant performance against the Houston Rockets on Sunday night where he scored 37 points with six rebounds, eight assists, and three steals.

Coming into tonight, James is averaging and leading the team with 26.4 points and 6.5 assists per game.

Behind him is Power Forward Anthony Davis who is averaging 22 points per game and 11.7 rebounds, the highest on the team.

This will be the first matchup between the Jazz and Lakers for the 2023 season. Last year, the Lakers were .500 against Utah as they split the season series at 2-2.

Los Angeles will be entering tonight's game as winners of their last two as they won a nail-biter against the Rockets on Sunday night that featured an Austin Reaves three-pointer to give LA the go-ahead lead in the fourth with just 23 seconds left.

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THOMAS MURRAY

Thomas works as a staff writer for All Lakers. He received his B.A. in Journalism from Cal State Long Beach in 2022. While in college, he undertook various roles such as being a sports editor for the Daily 49er, a sports anchor for Beach TV, and a high school sports writer for the Long Beach Press-Telegram. Recently, he served as an editor for the Rox Pile. Kobe Bryant is his favorite basketball player of all time.

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