The Utah Jazz won and covered the spread in two of three regular-season meetings with the Clippers. The Jazz dropped Game 1 of their first-round series against Memphis, but they were dominant in the next four games to complete a gentleman's sweep, and I think they learned their lesson and have too much respect for the Clippers to come out flat in the opener of this series. The Clippers are coming off a tough seven-game series against the Mavs, and this is a big step up in competition.

8* play on Utah Jazz.