Lakers release injury report for Sunday's game versus Jazz

One more regular-season game awaits the Los Angeles Lakers before they can begin what they hope will somehow be a long run through the NBA playoffs. They will host the Utah Jazz, who are tied for the Western Conference's worst record at 22-59, on Sunday, and they do have some incentive to win this game.

If they defeat the Jazz and the Denver Nuggets lose to the San Antonio Spurs, the Lakers will end up with the Western Conference's third seed. That would mean that, should they get past the first round of the playoffs, they would face the young Spurs, and not the defending world champion Oklahoma City Thunder, in the second round.

For Sunday's game between L.A. and Utah, LeBron James and Jaxson Hayes are listed as questionable. Hayes has missed L.A.'s last three games with a foot ailment. Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves will continue to sit.

Utah, a team that has been accused of tanking, will have eight players out on Sunday: Isaiah Collier, Kyle Filipowski, Keyonte George, Elijah Harkless, Jaren Jackson Jr., Walker Kessler, Lauri Markkanen and Jusuf Nurkić.

For the Nuggets, Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, Cameron Johnson and Christian Braun won't play versus San Antonio, and three-time MVP Nikola Jokić is questionable. That means that the Lakers getting the third seed is a distinct possibility.

This article originally appeared on LeBron Wire: Lakers release injury report for Sunday's game versus Jazz