Utah Jazz vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 4 (3/4): NBA

Utah Jazz vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 4 (3/4): NBA

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Odds
Time 8 p.m. EST
Jazz money line -149
Jazz spread -3.5
Pelicans money line +148
Pelicans spread +3.5
Over / under 228.5
 
 
 
2021-2022 season stats
  Utah Jazz New Orleans Pelicans
Record 36-22 26-36
Road / home record 17-12 14-17
Streak W3 W3
Points per game 114.1 107
Points allowed per game 107.3 108.9
Rebounds per game 46 45.2
Rebounds allowed per game 41.6 42
Over / under record 30-30-1 25-37
 
Preview

New Orleans Pelicans will meet Utah Jazz on Friday in New Orleans, this will be the fourth encounter between both teams. First game was in Utah and ended in a 98-97 Pelicans win then they played in Utah again and this time the Jazz won 127-105 and last game was in New Orleans and ended in a 115-104 Jazz win.

Utah Jazz have been playing great since they got all their players back and finally became a healthy team again winning 9 of their last 10 games only losing to the Lakers and beating teams like the Mavericks, Suns, Warriors, Nuggets and the Brooklyn Nets in this 10 game period. they are coming off an overtime win against Houston Rockets 132-127.

New Orleans Pelicans are playing some really good basketball right now, the best they have been in this season for sure as they are coming off a 30 points win over the Kings, a 28 points win over the Lakers  and 15 point win over the Suns before that! this is one of these teams that the trade really helped them play better and be more motivated to start winnig again and get to a better playoffs position. the trio of McCollum, Jonas and Ingram is really entertaining to watch offensively and defensively as well.

Utah Jazz are 6-3 ATS in last 9 games, 9-1 straight up last 10 games, the O/U is 4-1 to the over last 5 games for the Jazz and Utah is 1-4 ATS in thier last 5 games against opponents in the Southwest Division.

New Orleans are 9-4 ATS last 13 games, They are 8-4 straight up last 12 games, Pelicans games have gone under the total 11 of their last 15 games but they are 7-3 last 10 games to the Over against the Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans are 9-4 ATS last 13 games against opponents in the Northwest Division.

Utah Jazz don't have any new injuries while Zion Williamson, K.Lewis JR and L.Nance JR are all still out for New Orleans Pelicans

Head to Head

Last 10 games had been going Utah's way with 7 wins compared to only 3 wins for the Pelicans, Utah covered 6 of these 10 games. the O/U though is 7-3 to the Over so the over worth a look here as well, they have already played 3 times this season with the Jazz taking last 2 games with a 11 point and 22 point wins, Pelicans won first one by a point. Two of these three games ended in an under.

Prediction
I like New Orleans Pelicans plus the points here, they have been playing really well after the trade of CJ McCollumm and especially after the All star break, not just winning but they have been blowing everyone out as well including the Lakers, Kings and the Suns! i like them to take the momentum to this game and keep it close if not win outright vs the Jazz. So give me the in form home team here.
Pick: Pelicans +3.5 (-110)

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