Coming off a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Milwaukee Bucks are poised to get back in the winning column as they travel to Utah to take on the Jazz in their second game of a four game road trip.

Unfortunately, Salt Lake City has not been too kind to the Bucks as they have lost 22 out the past 25 games played there and haven’t won there since a 119-112 victory in 2001-2002.

In last night’s contest, the Bucks had a seven-point lead heading into the final period but played terrible on defense, allowing 36 unanswered points, and the depleted Lakers, one of the worst teams in the league, knocked off the Bucks, 101-93.

Ersan Ilyasova led the team with a double-double of 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 13 points and nabbed eight boards while Michael Carter-Williams scored eight points in his second game with Milwaukee. Jordan Clarkson scored 16 on 7 of 9 shooting while three other players (Jeremy Lin, Jordan Hill, Wayne Ellington) accumulated 14 points.

Meanwhile, the Jazz manhandled Denver on the road, 104-82, Friday night and led by as many as 29. Derrick Favors registered 21 points and 10 boards while Gordon Hayward had 15.

The last time these two teams played on January 22, the Jazz just edged out the Bucks en route to a 101-99 victory in Milwaukee as Enes Kanter, who has been traded since then to Oklahoma City, played a pivotal role in that game with 23 points and 16 rebounds. Hayward scored 13 of his game-high 24 points in the fourth quarter and went 10 of 12 from the free-throw line, the same as the entire Bucks team. Also, Utah was on fire from downtown, hitting 14 out of 31 while the Bucks only mustered five out of 13.

The Jazz are third best in the league with a rebounding margin of plus-3.9 and center Rudy Gobert has 36 boards and 12 blocks in his last three games.

Besides keeping the Jazz off the glass, one of the key factors will be limiting the amount of turnovers and ball security because in a surprising statistic, Carter-Williams is third worst in the NBA with 4.2 turnovers per contest and both of these teams are solid on defense. Milwaukee remains the only team to force 10 or more turnovers per game and has held opponents to 41.8 percent since January 24, third best in the league, while Utah is right behind them, limiting the opposition to 41.9 during the same span.

In their previous matchup, Favors missed the game due to personal reasons, but Utah has no significant injuries while O.J. Mayo could miss his third consecutive game with a sore right hamstring.

Milwaukee is a decent road team, as it has 15 wins to go with 15 losses while the Jazz are competitive at home with a modest 12-16 record. Also, the Bucks are 6-9 in the second game of back-to-backs while Utah is 6-7.