The Portland Trail Blazers play host to the Utah Jazz at Moda Center on Saturday.

The Jazz (32-16) enter this matchup losing three-straight which is shocking when you look at their prior form. In fact, Utah won 19 of their previous 21 games before that which is easily one of the best stretches by any team all season long. The most recent losing streak is certainly concerning though. taking defeats against three Western Conference foes. The loss on Thursday against Denver was particularly frustrating, blowing a double-digit lead and allowing a shorthanded Nuggets team to go on a 27-1 second half run to prevail. The good news is that this appears to be a blip on the radar as opposed to a regular occurrence and there's a good chance that they'll rip off another winning streak rather shortly.

The Trail Blazers (22-27) picked up a win against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday, which gave them their fourth win in their last five games. Portland is currently 2.5 games back on the Memphis Grizzlies in eighth and that's an amazing fall-off from a club who finished third in each of the last two years. What makes it even more baffling is the fact that Damian Lillard and Hassan Whiteside are both having career years. Lillard has been especially good, averaging 48.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 9.8 assists on 56 percent shooting across his last four games. He pretty much matched those averages again against Los Angeles and it's scary just how good this guy is right now.

These teams have played once this season, with Utah prevailing, 121-115, on December 26. With that said, these teams have split the last three season series against one another.