The Denver Nuggets (43-20) are big favorites, by 12.5 points, over the Utah Jazz (28-35) on March 9, 2024 at Ball Arena. The Jazz are sputtering right now, going 2-8 in their past 10 games. The matchup’s point total is 228.
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Spread: Jazz (+12.5) to Cover
- The model and DraftKings both have the Nuggets taking home the victory, but the model has them winning by slightly less (11.0 points). Lean towards taking the Jazz.
- Utah has a 35-28-0 record against the spread this season.
- The Jazz have been an underdog by 12.5 points or more this season twice, and failed to cover both times.
- Denver is 28-33-2 ATS this season.
- The Nuggets are 3-3 ATS this season when playing as at least 12.5-point favorites.
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Total: Over 228
- The model predicts a total 3.4 points higher than the one set by DraftKings for this game.
- A total of 25 times so far this year, Denver and its opponent have combined to score more than 228 points.
- There have been 46 Utah’s games this season with more than 228 points scored.
- In the Nuggets’ 63 games this season, the combined scoring has gone over the point total 24 times.
- In the Jazz’s 63 chances this season, the combined scoring has gone over the point total 35 times.
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Moneyline Winner: Nuggets (-800)
- Prediction: Nuggets 121, Jazz 110
- Denver has won 39, or 73.6%, of the 53 games it has played as the favorite this season.
- Utah has been chosen as underdogs in 45 games this year and has walked away with the win 15 times (33.3%) in those games.
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Jamal Murray Points Prop: Over 22.5
- Jamal Murray puts up 20.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, shooting 47.7% from the floor and 41.4% from downtown with 2.4 made 3-pointers per contest.
- Murray’s 20.7 points per game are 1.8 fewer than Saturday’s over/under.
- This season, he is 19-for-49 at hitting the over on the over/under set for him in terms of points.
- The Jazz score 117.7 points per game and give up 120.4, making them ninth in the NBA offensively and 25th on defense.
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Jordan Clarkson Points Prop: Under 17.5
- The Jazz are receiving 17.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game from Jordan Clarkson this season.
- The 17.2 points Clarkson scores per game are 0.3 less than his prop total on Saturday (17.5).
- Clarkson has gone over on his points prop total 18 times this season out of 52 games with such a prop.
- On offense, the Nuggets are posting 114.4 points per game (16th-ranked in league). They are allowing 110.4 points per contest at the other end (seventh-ranked).
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