Atlanta Hawks vs Utah Jazz 11/09/2021 NBA Odds and Predictions

The Atlanta Hawks head west to take on the Utah Jazz at the Vivint Arena on Tuesday night.

Atlanta is off to a slow start, at just 4-7. They are in 4th place in the Southeast Division, 3.5 games behind division leaders Miami. The Hawks are also just 12th in the Eastern Conference but are just four games off the early pace.

Meanwhile, Utah is hitting the note early on. The Jazz are 7-3 on the season and in first place in the Northwest division with a one-game lead over the Denver Nuggets. They are tied for second place in the Western Conference, just two back of the red-hot Golden State Warriors.

Utah has won seven out of its last 10 games played against Atlanta including a 116-98 win over the Hawks in Atlanta just last November 4th.

Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta heads to this matchup having lost three straight games and five out of their last six games. The Hawks haven’t shown the form that enabled them to reach the Conference Finals last season.

Trae Young leads the Hawks with 23.3 points and 9.6 assists per game. Clint Capela is averaging a double-double with 10.4 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game. John Collins is the team’s second-leading scorer at 16.0 points while also averaging 9.2 rebounds per game. Cam Reddish, Bogdan Bogdanovic, and DeAndre Hunter are also scoring in double figures.

Atlanta is ranked 16th in scoring at 107.8 points per game and is just 17th in passing at 22.9 assists per contest. They are the 4th best rebounding team in the league at 48.6 boards grabbed per contest but are in the bottom 10 in scoring defense at no. 23 with 110.0 points per game allowed.

Utah Jazz

The Jazz have been hitting their stride early in the season. Despite losing their last two games, the Jazz are still 7-3 and one of the top teams in the Western Conference right now.

Donovan Mitchell leads the Jazz with 25.9 points and 5.3 assists per game while Bojan Bogdanovic is averaging 16.9 points per game and Mike Conley 16.1 points per contest. Rudy Gobert is Utah’s defensive anchor with averages of 16.1 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game while scoring 15.2 points per game while reigning Sixth Man of the Year Jordan Clarkson is scoring 14.4 points per game.

Utah is the no. 4 scoring team in the league at 111.7 points per game scored. They are 2nd in rebounding at 48.7 boards grabbed per contest but are just 29th in passing at 19.9 assists per game. The Jazz are 6th in scoring defense at points per game allowed.

Who Wins?

Atlanta is 1-6 SU in their last six games played. The Hawks are 1-6 SU in seven road games played this season, and 1-14 SU in their last 15 November games played. Utah is 7-3 SU in their last 10 games played.

The Jazz are 7-1 SU in their last eight games played at home, and 13-5 SU in their last 18 games against the Southeast division. Head to head, the Jazz have won seven out of their last 10 meetings against Atlanta.

The Hawks are off to a slow start and have stumbled off the blocks. Meanwhile, the Jazz have been hitting the note to start the season. These teams played just last November 4th in Atlanta and Utah took that game via an 18-point winning margin, holding down the Hawks to just 98 points scored.

The Jazz are coming off back-to-back losses with Mike Conley sitting out Sunday’s defeat against the Magic due to load management. He should be back to play in this game and the Jazz should be back to their winning ways as well.

Prediction: Utah Jazz

Other Bets to Make

Atlanta is 1-6 ATS in their last seven games played. The Hawks are 0-9 ATS in their last nine games played on the road, 0-5 ATS in their last five games as underdogs, 0-5 ATS in their last five games as road underdogs, 0-5 ATS in their last five road games against an opponent with a winning home record, 0-4 ATS in their last four games against an opponent with a winning straight up record, and 0-8 ATS in their last eight road games.

Utah is 2-4 ATS in their last six games played. The Jazz are 6-1 ATS in their last seven games against an opponent with a losing straight up record, 6-2 ATS in their last eight games as home favorites, 6-2 ATS in their last eight home games, 7-3 ATS in their last 10 Tuesday games, and 6-4 ATS in their last 10 head to head meetings against the Hawks,

The Jazz have lost two in a row and they have not been good at covering the spread this season at 6-4 ATS. But Atlanta is worse at 3-8 ATS this year and they have not covered the spread in any of their seven road games played this season.

Atlanta’s struggles on the road are real and they will be facing a Jazz team that will be trying to return to the winning column after back-to-back losses. With Mike Conley expected to play after sitting out Sunday’s loss, the Jazz should get a boost.

Two of Utah’s three home wins this year have been by double digits and the third one was by six points. Eight should be doable against the Hawks who are in the bottom 10 in scoring defense.

Prediction: Jazz -8

The total has gone over in four out of the last five games played by the Hawks. The over is 4-3 in Atlanta’s seven road games played this season, and 4-0 in their last four games on the road against an opponent with a winning home record. However, the under is 5-0 in their last five Tuesday games,

4-0 against an opponent with a winning straight-up record, and 9-4 in their last 13 games as betting underdogs.

The total has gone under in five out of the last seven games played by the Jazz. The under is 6-1 in their last seven games played against the Eastern Conference, 5-2 in their last seven games as betting favorites. The total has also gone under in four out of the last five head-to-head meetings between these two teams. The under is also 5-1 in their last six head-to-head games played in Utah.

The Hawks are in the bottom half of the league in scoring at 107.8 points per game scored this season and have been held to below 110 points in five out of their seven losses. Three-point shooting was a big weapon for Atlanta last season but so far this year, they have shot just 34.5% and are in the middle of the league in three-point shooting.

The Jazz have the 6th best scoring defense in the league at 102.6 points per game allowed and have given up fewer than 110 points seven times in their last 10 games played. . They are also the second-best rebounding team so they won’t give the Hawks many second-chance points. Offensively, the Jazz score 111 points per game this season but with the way they are playing defense, it’s not going to make this a high-scoring game.

Prediction: Under 221.5

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