The Utah Jazz (16-14) face the New Orleans Pelicans (18-9) on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at Vivint Arena. It starts at 9:00 PM ET on SportsNet RM and BSNO.
The Pelicans are just a 2-point favorite against the Jazz when the Pelicans and Jazz face off in a game projected to be a hard-fought matchup.
Pelicans vs. Jazz Betting Odds
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- Spread: New Orleans -2
- Moneyline: New Orleans -125, Utah +105
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Pelicans at Jazz odds, spread, & more
- Pick ATS: Jazz (+ 2)
- Prediction:
Pelicans 116 – Jazz 114
- New Orleans has come away with 13 wins in the 18 contests it has been listed as the favorite in this season.
- This season, New Orleans has come away with a win 10 times in 15 chances when named as a favorite of at least -125 or shorter on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that New Orleans has a 55.6% chance of pulling out a win.
- Utah has compiled an 11-8 record in games it was the underdog on the moneyline (winning 57.9% of those games).
- Utah has gone 10-7 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +105 or longer (58.8%).
- Utah has an implied moneyline win probability of 48.8% in this game.
- The Pelicans score just 1.7 more points per game (117.0) than the Jazz allow (115.3).
- New Orleans is 11-4 against the spread and 11-4 overall when scoring more than 115.3 points.
- Utah is 11-5 against the spread and 9-7 overall when giving up fewer than 117.0 points.
- The Jazz’s 117.4 points per game are 6.4 more points than the 111.0 the Pelicans allow.
- Utah is 14-5 against the spread and 14-5 overall when it scores more than 111.0 points.
- New Orleans’ record is 14-5 against the spread and 17-2 overall when it allows fewer than 117.4 points.
- The Pelicans are the NBA’s fifth-ranked scoring team (117.0 PPG), while the Jazz rank 20th in points per game allowed (115.3) in the league.
- The second-ranked scoring NBA team (117.4 PPG) is Utah, while the New Orleans squad ranks ninth in the league defensively (111.0 PPG).
- The Pelicans have out-scored their opponents by a total of 161 points this season (6.0 points per game on average), and the Jazz have put up 62 more points than their opponents on the year (2.1 per game).