The Utah Jazz are coming off a 119-79 thumping of Golden State Tuesday night. They'll play on no rest, but coach Quin Snyder used no player more than 28 minutes in yesterday's contest. I think the Jazz will be able to keep this a close game with the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference on the line.

Utah has won six straight and scored plenty of points during that stretch while Portland is slumping at the wrong time, heading into this contest off four straight defeats. The Blazers shot just 33 percent from the floor in an 88-82 loss at Denver Monday night.

8* play on Utah Jazz.