Although Utah Jazz were playing without their point guards Ricky Rubio, Dante Exum, and Raul Neto, the thing turned out pretty well for them on Friday night against the Los Angeles Lakers. 
It would have gone the other way, if not for Mitchell Donovan’s amazing ball handling skills.
The Friday night game of basketball between LA Lakers VS Utah Jazz ended with Jazz win as they defeated the Lakers by 113-95. Mitchell Donovan took the lead of Utah as he scored 33 points with his career-high 9 assists for h team.
Mitchell made up for his missing teammates with his fury of game-changing plays on both ends of the court.
Mitchell said, “my biggest thing is to make the right reads. That has been my first thing since I got here. Just continue to play under control and continue to find guys.”
As for the LA Lakers, they were led by Michal Beasley who scored 17 points while Brandon Ingram scored 15 points and Kyle Kuzma added in his 11 points with 8 rebounds for the Lakers.
Los Angeles Lakers are now 23-20 on the season and have now lost sixth of their last nine games playing without LeBron James. James is out of the play due to his groin injury he suffered back on Christmas game.
Coach Luke Walton said, “We could not get pour rhythm going tonight. We just couldn’t find it. Once we were struggling to score some points, we let that affect all of our energy. However, it is also a good learning experience for the boys.”
Jazz coach Quin Snyder said, “We guarded and we defended well. We still have ways to work on our scoring off the defense.”
Up next, Utah Jazz will host a game against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night while LA Lakers will host a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night.
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