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(18-14) Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz (16-18)
Date: Tuesday December 25
Time: 10:30PM EST
Venue: Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, UT.
NBA Moneyline Odds: OFF
NBA Betting Odds: Jazz -3
NBA Betting Total: 216
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Portland Trail Blazers
Portland hosted Utah on Friday night and treated the fans to a thirty-point loss, punctuated by a -15 fourth quarter.
Utah just shot the lights out, going 16-for-31 from three-point land and shooting over fifty-five percent, overall. Donovan Mitchell even shot 1-for-10 and scored just three points all night.
Meanwhile, the Blazers shot just a fraction of a percentage over forty. The five primary bench players were outscored by an average of twenty-three points.
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On Sunday, Portland survived a tight game at home against Dallas, 121–118. The Blazers blew an eight-point lead at the start of the fourth quarter but managed to win overtime behind thirty-three total points from Damian Lillard and another twenty-two from CJ McCollum.
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The Bosnian Beast, Jusuf Nurkic, added his fifteenth double-double of the season. Nurkic is averaging a double-double, in fact, with over fourteen and ten on the season. He matches up quite nicely with Rudy Gobert.
Utah Jazz
Utah made a run at the Thunder on Saturday night but couldn’t overcome a twelve-point fourth quarter deficit. Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert had twenty points apiece and the other three starters all hit for at least a dozen.
Paul George went off for forty-three points on a night Russell Westbrook only scored eight points. Westbrook still got twelve rebounds and nine assists, though it would have been nice if he didn’t take seventeen shots a night he was struggling.
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Rudy Gobert played thirty-four minutes and he’s going to have to stay in there and play a lot of minutes if Utah is to turn things around this season.
I don’t really see a backup big on Utah’s bench. Derrick Favors can play some five when Gobert goes to the bench, but he’s a starter, too.
Remember early last season when Gobert went out and the Jazz fell apart. So far, he’s stayed healthy this season but it’s a lot of minutes for the big fella to play without much of an insurance policy.
Aside from the fact that the Jazz hasn’t consistently played well this season (it hasn’t won more than three games in a row yet), lack of big man depth should be its biggest concern moving forward.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Under is 10-1 in POR last 11 vs. NBA Northwest.
- POR are 1-7 ATS in their last 8 road games.
- Under is 7-1 in POR last 8 vs. Western Conference.
- Under is 12-4 in UTA last 16 Tue. games.
- Head to Head: Favorite is 9-3 ATS in the last 12 meetings.
- Head to Head: Home team is 9-3 ATS in the last 12 meetings.
Free Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz NBA Prediction: Utah at home.
The Jazz just owned Portland out in Oregon and its still tough at home, though the numbers don’t reflect as much this season. I like Utah to win and cover three.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Utah -3
NBA Free Score Prediction: Portland 98 – Utah 105
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