The Utah Jazz will take on the Sacramento Kings in a surprisingly important matchup. Utah and Sacramento are currently tied with 5 wins in the lottery standings and a loss tonight would be huge for both teams in positioning.

Per odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, the Jazz are -2.5 home favorites (-125 ML) over the Kings for what will be their second meeting of the year against Sacramento. Impressively enough, it'll also be Utah's first time as betting favorites in 11 games.

Utah Jazz (1-0, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (0-1, 10th in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Friday, 10 p.m. EDT Kings -3.5; over/under is 232.5 BOTTOM LINE: Sacramento faces Utah in a matchup of Western Conference ...

The Jazz flew into Sacramento fresh off a tune-up exhibition game against a local senior center decisive win over the Los Angeles Clippers, ready to test themselves against the Sacramento Kings, another California team with an eclectic assortment of players.

SACRAMENTO (ABC4 Sports) – Coming off a surprising blowout victory in its season opener, the Utah Jazz looked poised to pull out an improbable road victory Friday night in Sacramento. But Domantis Sabonis scored off a rebound with 6.4 seconds left in a ...