The Lakers are really lucky that the Jazz keep losing. But they need to take advantage of this and get their act together fast, especially this coming week where they play 4 consecutive games on the road.
12 games left for Utah and LA, and I think Utah has the better schedule at this point: they only have 4 road games left and only 5 games against playoff-bound teams (BKN, DEN, @GSW, OKC and MEM). On the other hand, LA has 6 road games left and 7 games against playoff-bound teams (@GSW, @MIL, MEM, @LAC, GSW, SAS, HOU).
Looks like this playoff race is going down the wire...