The Los Angeles Lakers look to remain unbeaten when they hit the road to take on the Utah Jazz. The game has an early 5 PM ET start and will air on KJZZ, Jazz+, Spectrum SportsNet, and Spectrum SportsNet+.

The Lakers are 2-0 to start the season with victories over the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers. Both games were at home, marking this contest as the first time they’ll be on the road this year. They’ll return home for one game on Tuesday.

The Jazz are 1-1 this year, bouncing back from an opening night blowout loss to the Memphis Grizzlies to narrowly defeat the New Orleans Pelicans in their home opener. This is the second of five straight games at home.

This is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.

Walker Kessler is AVAILABLE but will continue to wear a left finger splint. He has played in both games this season. This will be his return to Utah after being traded by the team to the Lakers in the offseason. Kessler spent his first four seasons with the Jazz before the offseason deal. He appeared in just five games with Utah last season before undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery.

Cameron Carr is OUT with a right oblique strain. The Lakers’ first-round pick in the 2026 draft has yet to make his NBA debut. He is listed as day-to-day.

Adou Thiero is OUT with left knee effusion and swelling. He has yet to make his season debut after playing in 25 games last season as a rookie and averaging 1.9 points, 1.1 rebounds, and 0.4 assists. He is listed as day-to-day.

The Lakers have started Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, Walker Kessler, Ziaire Williams, and Matisse Thybulle in the first two games. Quentin Grimes, Sandro Mamukelashvili, and Collin Sexton have been the top players off the bench with Kevon Looney getting some minutes as well.

Jusuf Nurkic is OUT with a right 2nd plantar plate tear. On October 2, it was announced that he would miss at least four weeks with the injury.

Trey Alexander and Harrison Ingram are both OUT on G-League two-way deals.

Utah started Lauri Markkanen, Jaren Jackson Jr, Keyonte George, Darryn Peterson, and Ace Bailey in the first two games. Jaxon Hayes, Svi Mykhailiuk, Isaiah Collier, Brice Sensabaugh, and Kyle Filipowski are the top players off the bench.