Free NBA Pick: Kings vs. Pelicans NBA Odds
Looking for Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans free NBA picks & NBA odds? NBA betting sees the Jazz taking on the Pelicans on Friday, March 4th, 2022 at Smoothie King Center. Cappers Picks provides complimentary expert handicapping picks on all NBA basketball matchups so stay tuned for more FREE daily NBA hoops predictions like this Jazz- Pelicans matchup.
2022 NBA Handicapping
(39-22) Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans (26-36)
Date: Friday, March 4th
Time: 8:00 PM EST
Venue: Smoothie King Center
NBA Moneyline Odds: Jazz -154 | Pelicans +152 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Jazz -3.5
NBA Betting Total: 228.5
Friday, March 4th, finds the Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans playing for the fourth and final time this season. Utah is up 2-1 through the previous three games having won on November 27th (127-105) and January 3rd (115-104) while the Pelicans won November 26th (98-97).
Both teams last played on Wednesday with Utah needing overtime to beat the Rockets 132-127 while the Pelicans beat the Kings 125-95 to extend their win streak to three games in a row.
Last season the clubs played three times with the Jazz winning two of the three contests. The Jazz holds the all-time record with 43 wins in 68 matches versus the Pelicans.
Utah Jazz
The Jazz went through a rough stretch losing 11 of 13 games but have flipped the switch winning nine of 10. The last win didn’t come easily as the Jazz took the Rockets for granted allowing them to erase an 18 point deficit and needed overtime to clinch the game.
Although they lost ground on the top seed with that stretch of bad games they remain fourth in a home-court seed holding a 2.5 game edge over the Mavericks and within striking distance of third, two games back of the Grizzlies.
In the victory versus the Rockets, the two stars did the damage with Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert both registering double-doubles. Mitchell led all scorers with 37 points plus 10 assists while Gobert offered 27 points and 17 rebounds.
Bojan Bogdanovic (18), Mike Conley (15), and Jordan Clarkson (14) were the other double-figure contributors.
Utah feasted in the paint scoring 68 points and outrebounded the Rockets 49 to 35. On the negative side, they continue to cough up the ball turning it over 18 times leading to 21 Rockets points.
Jared Butler (ankle) is questionable for Friday.
New Orleans Pelicans
The last 12 games for the Pelicans have been their most successful stretch of the season with the team registering an 8-4 record. Part of that stretch began before the trade deadline.
Since acquiring CJ McCollum the Pel’s are .500 yet he’s quickly acclimated and his leadership on and off the court is palpable.
New Orleans sits 10th a game up on the Blazers and trailing the Lakers by the same margin (1.0 game). With the latter flailing it’s conceivable they’ll surpass one LA team but unlikely have enough time to catch the Clippers who sit in eighth, 6.5 games up on the Pels.
Larry Nance Jr. (knee) is out indefinitely. Kira Lewis Jr. (ACL) is lost for the season and Williamson (foot) continues to be away from the team as he works to come back from his surgery.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Jazz are 7-3 in the last 10 head to head matches
- The Jazz is 6-4 ATS in their last 10 meetings.
- Over Under is 7-3 in the team’s last 10 head to head matchups
- New Orleans is 9-4 ATS in their last 13 games.
- Utah is 6-3 ATS in their last 9 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 11 of New Orleans’ last 15 games.
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah’s last 5 games.
Free Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans NBA Analysis:
On the season the Pels rank 21st offensively (109.4) and 18th defensively (110.9), however during the above noted recent 12-game stretch rank fifth both offensively (117.6) and defensively (108.9).
The elephant in the room of course is imagining where this team could be with Zion Williamson.
Utah ranks first offensively (116.2) and 12th defensively (109.5).
The battle will be in the paint where the Jazz score 48.4 points per game (8th) while the Pelicans limit opponents to 44.7 points (7th) and grab 11.5 offensive rebounds (5th).
To be fair, I still haven’t bought into the Jazz stock and while they should get the win I like the Pelicans to steal this one.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Pelicans +3.5
If you’re looking for more NBA picks like this Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans matchup we’ll be providing 4* free NBA predictions on the blog during the entire NBA season, and check out our Experts for guaranteed premium & free NBA predictions!
Register here for a FREE NBA Betting Account Now for Daily Free Picks & More Special Offers!
