Predictions

The Jazz's catastrophic injury situation — three players out for the season including Kessler, Nurkic, and Jaren Jackson Jr., plus Markkanen and George out — leaves them with a shell roster that has zero composure or experience to compete with a battle-tested Cavaliers team fighting for playoff seeding, and the motivation/matchup chess here is entirely one-sided: Cleveland's veterans will impose their will on a depleted Utah squad with no answer at any position that matters.