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Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans
The Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Pelicans will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Smoothie King Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Pelicans as -8.5-point favorites versus the Jazz, while the game's total opened at 235.5.
The Pelicans were a 116-115 loser in their most recent outing at home against the Grizzlies. They failed to cover the -5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (231) made winners of OVER bettors.
Utah won its last outing, a 130-118 result against the Spurs on December 26. The Jazz covered in that game as a -3-point favorite, while the 248 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Utah:
Team record: 13-18 SU,17-14 ATS
Current Streak: won 3 straight games.
Utah is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Utah is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Utah's last 9 games
New Orleans:
Team record: 17-14 SU,17-13-1 ATS
New Orleans is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games
New Orleans is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games at home
New Orleans is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Utah
Next up:
Utah home to Miami Saturday, December 30
New Orleans home to Los Angeles Sunday, December 31