Up next for the Lakers: Tuesday vs. Utah

By Mike Bresnahan

Dec. 27, 2011 12 AM PT

Time: 7:30.

On the air: TV: TNT; Radio: 710, 1330.

Where: Staples Center.

Records: Lakers 0-2, Jazz 0-0.

Record vs. Jazz (2010-11): 2-2.

Update: The Jazz finished 39-43 last season, a tumultuous time that included Coach Jerry Sloan’s resignation, the trade of top-notch point guard Deron Williams and a rare failure to secure a playoff spot. Utah is sturdy down low, with Al Jefferson, Paul Millsap and up-and-comer Derrick Favors.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Up next for the Lakers: Tuesday vs. Utah

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