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(14-16) Utah Jazz vs. Houston Rockets (14-14)
Date: Monday December 17
Time: 8:00PM EST
Venue: Toyota Center, Houston, TX.
NBA Moneyline Odds: OFF
NBA Betting Odds: Rockets -5
NBA Betting Total: 216.5
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Utah Jazz
The Jazz gave up forty-one points to the Magic in Mexico City, Utah’s first game in the country and its first loss: 96–89.
Donovan Mitchell led the Jazz with twenty-four points but recorded only one rebounds and one assist in the defeat. Derrick Favors had twenty-one; Ricky Rubio had fifteen and no other Utah player got into double-digits.
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Make that three losses in four for Utah, which, along with its opponent in this game, has proven to be one of the most disappointing teams in the early part of the NBA season. With games in Houston and Portland, along with home games against the Warriors, Trail Blazers, Thunder and 76ers in its next six, things are apt to get better soon.
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Overall, Utah’s team numbers are fairly middle of the road, with the exception of free throw percentage, which the Jazz lead the NBA in.
The concern for Quinn Synder’s team is the three-point shooting. Utah hoists the third-most bombs in the league but rank just seventeenth in terms of percentage. Kyle Korver hasn’t been enough to balance the efficiency.
Houston Rockets
After 120 wins over the last two season, combined, Houston is losing as much as it’s winning more than one-third of the way through the season now.
The Rockets have used a three-game winning streak to get back to .500, topping Portland the the Lakers at the Toyota Center, followed by a road win in Memphis on Saturday. James Harden had a thirty-two-point triple-double in the win.
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Harden’s shooting numbers this season are just about identical to his MVP season last year but his turnovers have shot up from 4.4 per game to 5.7 so he’s gone from bad to worse in a season.
I believe a lot of that has to do with Chris Paul’s lack of effectiveness. He looks slow and the numbers reflect as much. He’s posting a 48.9 effective field goal percentage, compared to 55.0 last season. He hasn’t had a figure this low since his second year in the league, in 2006-2007, when he was with the Hornets. He’s turning the ball over three times per game for just the second time ever in his career, too.
With a lack of depth and the Paul issue not likely to get any better and, in fact, probably bound to only get worse, the Rockets aren’t going to ever find the level they played at for the majority of last season.
NBA Betting Trends:
- UTA are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 vs. NBA Southwest.
- Under is 8-2 in HOU last 10 Mon. games.
- HOU are 6-2 ATS in their last 8 home games.
- HOU are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 vs. NBA Northwest.
- Head to Head: Over is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings in Houston.
- Head to Head: Favorite is 8-3 ATS in the last 11 meetings.
Free Utah Jazz vs. Houston Rockets NBA Prediction: Utah keeps it close enough.
Money is going to come in on Houston because some think it’s hitting that stride. I don’t buy it and I believe Utah keeps it close enough to cover back on US soil.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Jazz ATS
NBA Free Score Prediction: Utah 112 – Houston 116
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