Utah Jazz vs Oklahoma City Thunder betting tips and predictions for Wednesday’s NBA game. The Jazz is looking to complete the regular season sweep over the Oklahoma City Thunder as the two teams clash for the 4th and final time. Read on for all our free predictions and betting tips.
Utah Jazz
Even though they beat the Memphis Grizzlies last night after overtime, the talk around the Utah Jazz has been the relationship between Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. This team has blown multiple 25-point leads over the past 10 days or so and many are pointing to those 2 players and saying they can no longer co-exist on the same team. So it’ll be an interesting offseason for Utah, but before that, they still have a chance to turn things around in the postseason which they are entering as the 5th seed as things stand.
That would put them up against the Dallas Mavericks, which is not a bad match-up for them. There’s still work to do though, the Nuggets are just a half game behind them so anything can still change. The Jazz hasn’t covered the spread in 8 games in a row, but at home, they are 13-1 SU in their last 14 games.
Oklahoma City Thunder
A total of 9 players have been listed on the injury report for the Oklahoma City Thunder ahead of this game, this team is doing anything they can in order for them to lose as many games as possible to get a higher pick in this year’s draft.
The players, on the other hand, are giving their maximum effort and it’s paid off for them with 2 wins in a row over Phoenix and Portland. However, beating the Jazz will be a challenge as they’ve lost all 3 meetings so far this season by 13, 6 and 21 points while playing those 3 games with their best players at their disposal, which isn’t the case tonight.
Bettors have been happy with the way OKC has performed lately, they’ve covered in 9 of their last 11 games and against tonight’s opponent they are 12-3 ATS in the last 15 games, so all is not lost here.
I fancy the Jazz to win here, but covering a 18-point spread could be difficult. It’s been a while since they’ve beaten someone by that many points, this Thunder team doesn’t have much to lose as they are already near the bottom of the West. Let’s go with the road team to cover here.
Utah Jazz vs Oklahoma City Thunder Predictions & Odds
The 3 meetings this season have averaged just 208.6 points per game, mainly because the Thunder were able to score just 97 points per game in those meetings. The total has gone under in 2 of 3 games, if we expand that to the last 10 meetings then the O/U numbers are 2-8 in favour of the under. Just 202.9 points per game were averaged during those last 10 meetings and I think tonight’s game could see a similar outcome. The Jazz played an overtime game last night which cost them a ton of energy, that could be something that slows them down a bit here.
Their last 12 of 18 games have all gone under the total, including their last 9 of 12 played on a Wednesday. The Thunder have also gone under in 4 o of their last 6, including 4 of 5 vs Northwest Division opponents. With the last 7 head-to-head played in Salt Lake City all cashing on the under, I think that is the way to go in tonight’s game as well. Back the under.
