Pau Gasol's arrival sparked the Los Angeles Lakers' longest winning streak of the season, however he got injured last week and his team has lost a couple of games since. The Lakers are also without Andrew Bynum, so that gives them a weak front court. Pau and Andrew are both close to 7'' tall. There opponents tonight are the utah Jazz and they have several big players in Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirelelnko and Mehmet Okur. Therefore i am choosing the Utah Jazz to win this game.

It will also be an interesting matchup between Kobe Bryant and Deron Williams. Those two should keep the game moving in a fast tempo. My final pick for this game is the Utah Jazz winning by a margin of at least 10 points.