In a contest featuring one of the hottest squads in the league versus one that is sputtering, the Houston Rockets (34-35), winners of seven in a row, and 9-1 in their past 10 games, battle the Utah Jazz (29-41), who’ve dropped four straight and are 2-8 in their past 10. The Rockets are favorites by 11 points for this contest at Toyota Center on March 23, 2024. The matchup’s point total is 228.5.
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Spread: Jazz (+11) to Cover
- The model and DraftKings both have the Rockets taking home the win, but the model has them winning by slightly less (8.2 points). Lean towards taking the Jazz.
- Utah has a 37-33-0 record against the spread this season.
- The Jazz have covered the spread twice when an underdog by 11 points or more this season (in seven opportunities).
- Houston’s ATS record is 38-29-2 this season.
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Total: Over 228.5
- The DraftKings point total for this matchup is just 3.3 points lower than the model projection.
- A total of 31 times so far this year, Houston and its opponent have combined to score more than 228.5 points.
- So far this year, 48 Utah’s games have featured over 228.5 points scored.
- Rockets games have hit the over 32 out of 69 times this season.
- A total of 37 Jazz games this year have gone over the point total.
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Moneyline Winner: Rockets (-600)
- Prediction: Rockets 120, Jazz 112
- This season, Houston has been favored 25 times and won 20, or 80%, of those games.
- Utah has been an underdog in 52 games this season and has come away with the win 16 times (30.8%) in those contests.
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Jalen Green Points Prop: Over 26.5
- Jalen Green posts 19.2 points, 3.3 assists and 5.0 rebounds per contest.
- The 26.5-point prop bet for Green on Saturday is 7.3 higher than his season scoring average (19.2).
- This season, Green has scored beyond the points prop number in 31 of 70 games with a set total.
- On offense the Jazz are the 11th-ranked squad in the NBA (116.8 points per game). Defensively they are fourth-worst (120.5 points allowed per game).
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