Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Clippers: Five Things to Watch For

Mar 25, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers (25) guards Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) in the second half of the game at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 25, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers (25) guards Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) in the second half of the game at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
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Mar 25, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers (25) guards Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) in the second half of the game at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 25, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers guard Austin Rivers (25) guards Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) in the second half of the game at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

As the Utah Jazz prepare to take on the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs tonight, there are several questions surrounding the team that could determine whether Utah is successful or not.

The first round playoff match-up between the Los Angeles Clippers and Utah Jazz is one of the most intriguing and evenly matched of this season’s postseason slate. Not only are the two teams the four and five seed, respectively, but each finished with an identical record and have several other similarities that would indicate that these upcoming contests will all be anybody’s game.

I already went over in detail yesterday three keys for the Jazz to come away victorious. While it’s certainly going to be a battle for Utah, they have the personnel and talent to beat the Clippers as long as they are able to pull off the proper execution.

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Today, with the start of the Jazz-Clippers series mere hours away, I wanted to look at instead some of the biggest questions facing the Jazz, the answers to which could very well impact their success or failure in the series.

These following questions are issues that are still very much up in the air for the Jazz, and are items that they’ll need to either figure out or have go their way all series long (or at least for four of the seven games, I suppose) if they are to indeed arise victorious.