7:40 pm
November 28

Jazz @ Nets

Who will WIN this matchup?

Utah Jazz (9-12)

@ Brooklyn Nets (8-13)

 

Current odds:

Utah Jazz: (-160)

Brooklyn Nets: (+140)

 

• The line for this game is Jazz by 3.5 points.

• Consistency has been a major issue for the Utah Jazz, who will try to find a more even approach when they begin a three-game road trip at the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday. One day after routing Sacramento 133-112 on the road, the Jazz returned home to suffer a 33-point loss to the Indiana Pacers on Monday, part of the team’s 2-6 swoon. Included in that stretch is a solid win at Boston and a 50-point loss at Dallas, making for a bewildering ride for a team that hoped to be contending in the Western Conference.

• The Nets had an inconsistent effort of their own in a 127-125 loss to Philadelphia on Sunday, building a 20-point lead before collapsing late and losing on a last-second 3-pointer. The result gave Brooklyn four straight losses at home, including the first two games on its current four-game homestand.

• Utah tied for the NBA lead in scoring defense (99.8 points allowed per game) last season en route to 48 wins, but it is giving up an average of 110 points during the 2-6 stretch. “Winning games is getting stops,” forward Jae Crowder told reporters after the Pacers shot 58.3 percent from the floor in Monday’s rout. “I don’t remember the last time we had three stops in a row.” It didn’t help matters that the Jazz were operating without leading scorer Donovan Mitchell, who has missed two straight games due to bruised ribs and remains day-to-day.

• D’Angelo Russell bounced back from a difficult night against Minnesota on Friday to score a season-high 38 points in the loss to the 76ers. He shot 16-of-28 from the field and also had eight rebounds, eight assists and just one turnover, but the outstanding individual line meant little after the painful finish. “It’s tough, we played 45 minutes of that game and lost it to that one shot, but we gave ourselves a chance,” Russell told reporters as his team fell to 3-6 at the Barclays Center.

• Nets SG Allen Crabbe missed all four of his shots in 25 scoreless minutes Sunday and is shooting 30.6 percent from the field on the season.

• Jazz C Rudy Gobert averages 15.8 points and 12.5 rebounds on the road.

• The teams split two meetings last season as the home team won both games.

4/10
Confidence
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Utah Jazz
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