My handicap here can be summed up this way: The Clippers are the superior team and the Jazz won't have star center Rudy Gobert.

The Jazz managed to ambush the Clippers in Game 1 with Gobert missing nearly the entire game. But the Clippers regrouped and took advantage of Gobert's absence to win Game 2 by eight points.

Both DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin had big games with the Jazz minus Gobert. Griffin scored 24 points while Jordan made 9 of 11 shots from the field and pulled down 15 rebounds. The Clippers outscored the Jazz by 22 points in the paint and outrebounded them by eight.

Chris Paul has been dominant at point guard. If the Clippers get anything from streak shooters J.J. Redick and Jamal Crawford - who are a combined 12 for 37 in the series from the floor - they could win handily.