The Utah Jazz (24-20) look to get their seventh straight home victory tonight as they host the Houston Rockets (24-22) in a game that could play a big role in playoff seeding later on. Utah is coming off a grueling 114-110 OT victory against Indiana, while Houston enters tonight’s game after beating Brooklyn 119-106 on Saturday. Utah and Houston have split the season series so far with the home team winning easily both times.
AccuScore simulations have the Jazz as fairly heavy favorites, with approximately a 63 percent chance at getting the win. The average score after 10,000 simulations is 103-100, but Utah does have a 54 percent chance of covering the -3.5 spread. Taking Utah on the money line (they’re 18-5 straight up in their last 23 games at home against Houston), and going under on the total score (206.5) are probably the two best bets in this game. There’s a 57 percent chance the total stays under 206.5; the total has gone under in 4 of Utah’s last 5 games against Houston.
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PLAYERS:
Randy Foye,
James Harden,
Chandler Parsons,
Jeremy Lin,
Carlos Delfino,
Omer Asik,
Patrick Patterson,
Marcus Morris,
Toney Douglas,
Greg Smith,
Al Jefferson,
Paul Millsap,
Gordon Hayward,
Derrick Favors,
Marvin Williams,
DeMarre Carroll,
Jamaal Tinsley,
Alec Burks,
Enes Kanter,
Earl Watson
TEAMS: Houston Rockets, Utah Jazz
TEAMS: Houston Rockets, Utah Jazz
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