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(25-19) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Utah Jazz (29-16)
Date: Monday January 23
Time: 9:00PM EST
Venue: Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah
NBA Moneyline Odds: Off
NBA Betting Odds: Utah -6.0
NBA Betting Total: 203
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The Utah Jazz beat the Indiana Pacers in their last outing, coming away winners with the final score 109-100 for Utah, while the Oklahoma City Thunder weren’t as lucky as they came away on the losing end of a tough loss to the star studded Golden State Warriors (final score 121-100.)
Oklahoma City Thunder
The Oklahoma City Thunder came away with a tough loss to the Golden State Warriors in their last outing, as the team gave up 121 points to the talented Golden State Warriors. But in the end that was a root cause to them coming away on the losing end of things.
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They allowed Golden State to shoot 54.1% from the field, and 47.6% from behind the arc. That’s just unacceptable if the team hopes to contend against the Western Conferences best teams.
I mean, Oklahoma City isn’t going to win many games allowing teams to shoot over 50% from the field and over 40% from deep. So they can’t allow that to happen against the Utah Jazz.
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Utah does a great job of scoring inside, or hitting mid-range jumpers. So OKC has got to prevent them from getting off open looks in the paint.
If they can do just that, and force Utah into taking tough, contested jump shots the team will have a chance at pulling away with the upset win.
Utah Jazz
The Utah Jazz were able to earn their 29th win of the season after they beat the Indiana Pacers in their last outing. Utah just came out of the gates looking like the better team, and they didn’t let that lead slip up the rest of the game.
Utah continued piling on the points despite the fact that they already led by a lot. The Jazz were able to outplay Indiana in almost every quarter expect for the final frame of action.
Indiana outscored Utah 28-24 in the fourth quarter, but the lead they’d gave up earlier on was too much to overcome as Utah pulled away ahead, winning the game 109-100.
Now the teams scoring might be what’s most talked about, but the defense was what allowed them to earn the “W”.
Utah held the Pacers stars in check all game, and because of that the Jazz were able to get the upper hand.
Paul George scored 19 points, while Myles Turner pitched in 13 points himself. Holding both of them to below 20 points apiece really stunted the Pacers offense, and because of that they weren’t able to get a win.
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However, Utah has got to do that again if they plan to beat OKC. The Jazz can’t allow Russell Westbrook to get hot.
So they need to key in on him, and force the others into being more shot creators on the offensive end, because if Utah can hold Westbrook in check, they’ll be able to beat a strong Oklahoma City team.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Home team is 14-5 ATS in the last 19 meetings.
- Jazz are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 vs. NBA Northwest.
- Thunder are 2-5 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Utah.
- Thunder are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
- Thunder are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of greater than .600.
Free Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Utah Jazz NBA Prediction:
The Oklahoma City Thunder continue to overly rely on Russell Westbrook to do everything on the offensive end of the floor. So because of that, look for Utah to come out on top, due to the overall talent differential on both teams.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: -6.0
The Utah Jazz are the better team on both ends of the floor. So look for them to have a good game against a weaker Oklahoma City team. The Jazz should easily hit the spread and win by 6, so don’t be surprised when they do.
NBA Free Score Prediction: Utah 110 – Oklahoma City 100
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