Energysolutions Arena

Clippers at Utah, 6 PDT, Prime Ticket Site -- EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City. Radio -- 710. Records -- Clippers 0-2, Jazz 1-0. Record vs. Jazz (2007-08) -- 1-3. Update -- If all goes well, this should be the last game that the Clippers' Marcus Camby misses because of a bruised right heel. The Jazz beat the Denver, 98-94, in the opener for both teams. Utah guard Deron Williams (sprained left ankle) is expected to be out for this game as well as Monday against the Clippers at Staples Center.

When: 6 PST. Where: EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City. On the air: TV: Prime Ticket; Radio: 980. Records: Clippers 22-6, Jazz 15-15. Record vs. Jazz: 1-0. Update: The Clippers have defeated the Jazz in three consecutive games, two in Utah. The Jazz is still tough at home, with a 9-3 record in Salt Lake City. Jazz guard Mo Williams, a former Clipper, is not expected to play. He has been sidelined indefinitely because of a right thumb injury.

Lakers tonight AT UTAH When: 6 PST. Where: EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City. On the air: TV: Channel 9; Radio: 710, 1330. Records: Lakers 40-13, Jazz 32-18. Record vs. Jazz: 1-1. Update: The Lakers lost at Utah by eight points the last time they played there in December, as Kobe Bryant made seven of 24 shots. The Jazz has won 10 consecutive games at home. -- Broderick Turner

  SALT LAKE CITY - Good thing for the Clippers there are 48 minutes in an NBA game. They needed, and used, every one of them Monday night against the Utah Jazz. It's also a good thing for the Clippers that they have one of the best benches in the NBA, and that their starters know how to close out games when given a reprieve. So it all ended up good for the Clippers, a 105-104 victory over the Jazz at EnergySolutions Arena leaving L.A. with a good vibe after delivering the Jazz its first home loss of the season.

LAKERS TONIGHT AT UTAH Time: 6 PST On the air: TV: Channel 9; Radio: 710; 1330. Where: EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City Records: Lakers 6-4; Jazz 6-3. Update: The Lakers had no trouble with Utah two weeks ago at Staples Center, winning 96-71 despite playing their third game in as many days. The Lakers held the Jazz to 28.2% accuracy through three quarters in that game. Center Al Jefferson made two of 16 shots. —Mike Bresnahan

His Clippers teammates constantly encourage Blake Griffin to shoot the basketball when he's open. They know Griffin puts in the extra time working on his jump shot with Clippers shooting coach Bob Thate. They all know that the defense is doing all it can to limit Griffin's dunks and post-ups down low. So when he has that 15-foot jump shot, Griffin's teammates have just one thing to tell the All-Star power forward. "Every game, every practice, before every game, a lot of guys will come up and be like, 'Shoot it. We see you working on it every day. Shoot it,'" Griffin said.

Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak is never one to smash the glass and start hitting the panic button. He isn't doing it now despite the team's 1-4 start. He recognizes the issues surrounding the team. The Lakers are dead last in the Western Conference despite the largest payroll in the NBA - $100 million in player salary, plus $30 million more in projected luxury taxes. "Expectations are high, there's no doubt. The city is impatient," Kupchak said Thursday in a phone interview with The Times.

SALT LAKE CITY - Try as they might, the Lakers could not squeeze the Detroit Pistons into their carry-on luggage. They instead packed more of the same haphazard play and sorry excuses that accompanied their 0-3 start. Welcome to 1-4, the Lakers' most humble beginning since they had the same record 19 years ago during a sub-.500 season that required three coaches and a few buckets of antacid to get through. If the Lakers intend to win in Miami in June, then success in Utah in November should be as simple as boarding a chartered plane.

SALT LAKE CITY -- After three weeks of training camp, Clippers Coach Vinny Del Negro felt it was time to rest three of his starters rather than play them against the Utah Jazz on Saturday night. Blake Griffin, Caron Butler and Willie Green hadn't missed any practices or exhibition games, Del Negro said, but he wanted to rest their bodies. So it was left up to regular starters Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan to pull along new starters Travis Leslie, Matt Barnes and Ronny Turiaf during the Clippers' 99-91 loss to the Jazz at EnergySolutions Arena.

PHOENIX AT UTAH: 7:30 p.m. PDT Tuesday. TV: TNT. The resurgent Suns and Jazz are jostling with fading Houston for the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs. It could be a last hurrah of sorts for Phoenix point guard Steve Nash, who has said he would consider playing elsewhere next season if the Suns don't significantly upgrade their roster. But Phoenix has already looked like a different team while winning eight of 12 games to move back into playoff contention. The Suns have won both meetings against the Jazz this season, including a 107-105 victory earlier this month at EnergySolutions Arena.

Reporting from Salt Lake City - The Lakers gathered Sunday in a meeting room inside their Philadelphia hotel to watch the Super Bowl. It might be the last game the players get to spend with Coach Mike Brown for a while. Brown could be suspended by the NBA for making contact with a referee in the fourth quarter of the Lakers' 96-87 loss to Utah on Saturday at EnergySolutions Arena. Upset by a no-call on Earl Watson after the Jazz guard knocked Pau Gasol over while making a steal, Brown bounded onto the court and appeared to bump referee Zach Zarba . The gesture earned Brown two technical fouls and his first ejection of the season.