The Utah Jazz (7-6) overcame a 13-point fourth quarter deficit last night to beat the Sacramento Kings (3-9) 104-102. Gordon Hayward nailed a 22-foot game winner following a Sacramento turnover. AccuScore predicted a score of 102-95 for last night’s game. The data suggested taking the Kings and the points last night, and that’s exactly what the right decision ended up being. If you were just looking at the money lines, AccuScore data predicted 75 percent of the time that Utah would be the right choice. The two teams get to do it all over again tonight, this time in Sacramento. We’ll most likely get another close game and it’ll come down to if Utah can pick up their ever-so-unpopular level of play on the road.
AccuScore simulated the game 10,000 times and the Kings won 52.3 percent of the time. The average score in those simulations was 100-99.9, in favor of Sacramento. At the time of publication, the Jazz are 1.5 point favorites. The Jazz covered that spread in just 43.6 percent of ...
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Metta Chronicles:
PLAYERS:
Gordon Hayward,
Derrick Favors,
Marvin Williams,
Al Jefferson,
Paul Millsap,
Jamaal Tinsley,
Tyreke Evans,
DeMarcus Cousins,
Aaron Brooks,
Marcus Thornton,
Jimmer Fredette
TEAMS: Utah Jazz, Sacramento Kings
TEAMS: Utah Jazz, Sacramento Kings
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