5:10 pm
November 13

Heat @ Jazz

Who will WIN this matchup?

Miami Heat (7-5)

@ Utah Jazz (8-4)

 

Current odds:

Miami Heat: (+235)

Utah Jazz: (-275)

 

• The line for this game is Jazz by 7 points.

• Utah didn’t have to wait long for a chance at avenging a loss to Miami. A week after losing to the Heat during a rough weekend in Florida, the Jazz will host them in a Saturday afternoon showdown in Salt Lake City. Both teams come into this earlier-than-usual tipoff (3 p.m. Mountain Time) in hopes of getting back on track. The Heat have lost three in a row since beating Utah, and four of five, while the Jazz have dropped three of four games.

• Miami most recently lost to the Lakers and Clippers on consecutive nights in Los Angeles after beginning a five-game Western trip with a defeat in Denver. Kyle Lowry, trying to get back into a groove after an ankle injury, was a bright spot in Miami’s 112-109 loss to the Clippers on Thursday with 25 points. Lowry scored 22 points in the fourth quarter as the Heat gave themselves a chance to win.

• Lowry had a triple-double of 20 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in the Heat’s 118-115 win over Utah a week ago. The Jazz nearly spoiled that outing for him, storming back from 19 points down with five minutes remaining to have a chance in the final seconds.

• Donovan Mitchell scored 37 points for the Jazz, who lost the next day in Orlando. Miami escaped with the victory when he missed a 3-pointer that would have tied the game with 8.9 seconds remaining. Mitchell scored eight points in the final minutes of the fourth quarter to spark Utah’s surge.

• Jazz coach Quin Snyder considered the loss a learning experience against a solid squad, which shot a blistering 60.3 percent from the field, including 11 of 21 from 3-point range.

• The Jazz and Heat have made headlines this week for the wrong reasons. Miami center Markieff Morris exchanged hard body blows with Denver’s Nikola Jokic on Monday, and Utah’s Rudy Gobert got into a tussle with Indiana’s Myles Turner in Thursday’s 111-100 loss. Morris, who received a $50,000 fine for his part in the melee, missed Miami’s ensuing two games in L.A. due to whiplash from Jokic’s hit.

6/10
Confidence
StreakSmarter Pick
Utah Jazz
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