Utah Jazz at Oklahoma City Thunder Betting Odds


Opening Line: Jazz +1.5 / Thunder -1.5 O/U 204

Time: 7 PM EST Sunday March 14, 2010 on FSOKHD

Tonight in an important Western Conference match up for both teams the Oklahoma City Thunder host the Utah Jazz. The Jazz are in the 4th position in the West and only lead the 5th place Thunder by 1.5 games and each wants to get in the top 4 in the conference so they can host a 1st round playoff series.

Utah is coming off a loss and 6-4 in their last 10 games and the Thunder are streaking, as they have won 4 straight and are 7-3 in their last 10 games.

This season the Thunder are 21-11 at home and 38-26 ATS and the Jazz are 17-15 on the road and 40-22-3 ATS.

Both teams played on Friday night, as the Jazz lost to the Milwaukee Bucks 95-87 while the Thunder beat the New Jersey Nets 104-102.

To say the Jazz have to play better than they did in their last loss is an understatement, as they were 0-10 from 3-point land and they committed 16 turnovers.

The Jazz come into this game banged up, as F Andrei Kirilenko (12.1 ppg) is questionable with a calf injury and star PG Deron Williams (18.5 ppg) should play tonight, but has an injured shoulder.

Oklahoma City has won both games that they have played against Utah this season.

Williams has really struggled in the losses to the Thunder, as he has only combined to score 24 points in the 2 games.

Kevin Durant (29.7 ppg) has been a scoring machine this season and he will get his points tonight, but the Jazz D has to keep the other Thunder players from putting up big numbers.

Both teams are solid on the boards, as each has a rebounding differential of +2.5 rpg and the team that can win the battle of the boards has a great chance to win this game.

The Thunder really have to key on Carlos Boozer (19.4 ppg 11.3 rpg) and not allow him to score easy buckets in the paint or control the glass.

Betting Trends

Utah is 15-5-1 ATS in their last 21 road games, 6-1-1 ATS in their last 8 games as a road underdog, and has an Over record of 5-1 in their last 6 road games.

Oklahoma City is 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games as a favorite, 13-6 ATS in their last 19 home games vs. a team with a winning road record, and has an Over record of 5-2 in their last 7 games.

In 4 of the last 5 games between these 2 teams in Oklahoma City the total has gone Under.

Our Selection : Pass


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