With Anthony Davis gone and Mark Williams not coming to LA as expected, Jaxson Hayes should continue to start. He gets to play with Luka Doncic on Monday for the first time. The Jazz give up the sixth-most points to opposing centers. Coming off a nine-point, 12-rebound performance vs. Indiana, look for Hayes to record at least 14 combined points and rebounds against Utah.

John Collins will return after sitting out the second game of a back-to-back set Saturday. Prior to that, he had scored at least 19 points in four straight games. For the season, he has averaged 18.2 points per game. He scored 18 points over 29 minutes the first time he faced the Lakers this season, then followed that up with 21 points over 36 minutes in their rematch. The Lakers should struggle with their interior defense now that Anthony Davis gone, so Collins has the potential to shine in this matchup.

FanDuel. Walker Kessler has cleared this line in 14 of the last 19 games. Even with the Jazz relatively healthy (only Collin Sexton will be out), this reads as a solid spot for Kessler. The Lakers are thin in the middle after the botched Mark Williams trade. Even if the Lakers choose to run smaller lineups, Jazz coach Will Hardy has remained steadfast with his big man’s minutes.

The Lakers have beat the Jazz three straight times but Utah has covered the last two games. The Jazz played well in their last two road games but lost the cover very late in both. They're playing very well and efficient lately and the Lakers will be a challenge for them with LeBron James and Luka Doncic making his debut with the LA. The Lakers have won and covered five straight. Lakers to get the cover late.

It appears as if Luka Doncic will make his Lakers debut tonight, even if he begins the game on the bench. Still, lots going on lately for the Lake Show with the Doncic/Anthony Davis deal, the rescinded trade for Charlotte's Mark Williams, and LeBron James missing Saturday's game vs. the Pacers. All of these distractions, and the Lakers are continuing to roll, with Austin Reaves scoring 45 in the win over Indiana. LA is scoring at a brisk 126 ppg clip across this win streak now at five games. Meanwhile, defense is no strength of the Jazz. Utah is over three straight into tonight while allowing a whopping 131 ppg. Play Jazz-Lakers Over.

Act now on this number. It is steaming back towards his normal 7.5/8.5, as it should. I don't think Luka Doncic is looking to be the star of the show in his debut and will look to pass to his Lakers' teammates, who are shooting over 40% from deep in their past five games. Jaxson Hayes' size allows for a great lob threat and more assists for Luka. I don't think we'll have the pleasure of this 6.5 line much longer.

So ESPN is moving its entire programming schedule around again praying Luka makes his debut. I'm guessing they won't get fooled again and LBJ will be back. Lakers still covered pretty easy Sat without either. Lakers have won and covered 5 in a row and covered 8 of 10 and have covered 2 of 3 favored by more than 10 points. Utah played them tough twice so I don't see them taking this lightly. Jazz have covered just 3 of last 9. UTA has NBA's worst D rating over last 12 games (2-10) and 27th in net rating in that span (-8.5) and Lakers might hang 140 on them. They've allowed 123+ in 9 of last 12 games.