The Utah Jazz (5-8) and Los Angeles Lakers (10-4) meet Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. Tip-off is scheduled for 10:30 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NBA odds around the Jazz vs. Lakers odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.

The Utah Jazz continue to stonewall trade talks for Lauri Markkanen, according to NBA insider Matt Moore of Fansided. Markkanen is off to a terrific start this season.

The Utah Jazz, through their bundle of moves to ship off multiple tenured veterans from this summer, sent away one of their prominent pieces in the backcourt, Collin Sexton, to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Jusuf Nurkic, ending Sexton's tenure in Salt Lake City after three years, and shaking up the backcourt rotation for this season.