The Utah Jazz head to the City of Brotherly Love to take on the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.
The Jazz are coming off a 20-point loss to the Toronto Raptors on Sunday and will be playing their third game in four days. On the other hand, the Sixers are fresh off a 119-116 win over the Indiana Pacers last Saturday. The Sixers are an unbeaten 9-0 SU at the Wells Fargo Center this season. Utah has won just once in their last four games while the Sixers have lost just once in their last eight games played.
Dug a Big Hole
The Utah Jazz dug themselves a big hole when they allowed the Toronto Raptors to build a massive 40-point halftime lead during their Sunday encounter. The Jazz pumped in 73 points in the second half of that games, including 49 in the 3rd quarter but that wasn’t enough as the Raptors beat the Jazz 130-110.
Donovan Mitchell leads the Jazz in scoring at 25.3 points per game this season. Bojan Bogdanovic is having a fantastic year at 22.1 points per outing while Rudy Gobert is putting up a double-double with 13.4 points and 13.9 rebounds per game. Mike Conley is coming off a 20 point game against the Raptors.
The Jazz are 24th in the NBA in scoring at 106.6 points per game. They are 15th in rebounding at 45.4 boards grabbed per contest and 27th in passing at 20.9 assists per game. Utah is ranked 5th in the league in scoring defense at 103.9 points per game allowed.
Perfect at Home
The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Indiana Pacers 119-116 on Saturday. Philly trailed 113-114 late in the game but they closed out the game with a 6-2 run with Ben Simmons forcing three steals in the final 13.9 seconds to help the Sixers remain perfect at home with their 9-0 SU record at the Wells Fargo Center.
Joel Embiid leads the Sixers in scoring and rebounding. The Process is averaging 22.8 points and 12.3 rebounds per game this season. Tobias Harris and Josh Richardson are putting up 18.1 and 16.1 points per game, respectively for Philly. Ben Simmons is averaging 12.9 points and 8.4 rebounds per game this season.
The Sixers are 18th in scoring at 108.9 points per game this season. They are ranked 10th in rebounding at 46.4 boards grabbed per contest and are 5th in passing at 26.2 dimes per outing. Philadelphia is 6th in scoring defense at 104.2 points per game allowed.
Who Wins?
The Jazz are 1-3 SU in their last four games played. Utah is 4-12 SU in their last 16 games played, and 4-1 SU in their last five games against the Atlantic Division. The 76ers are 7-1 SU in their last eight games played. Philadelphia is 10-0 SU in their last 10 games played at home, and 10-5 SU in their last 15 games played on a Monday. Head to head, the Sixers are 4-1 SU in their last five games played against the Jazz.
The Jazz are 3-0 SU this season in the second of back to back games and they are putting up 120 points per game in those games. However, Utah is just 4-6 SU on the road this season and they scoring just 103.1 points per game in those contests.
The Sixers have won three in a row and seven out of their last eight games played. Josh Richardson has missed the Sixers’ last two games with a hamstring injury and is listed as day to day for this contest. Richardson is the third leading scorer for the Sixers at 16.1 points per game this season.
The Jazz are playing their fifth game in eight days and they are 1-3 on this current road trip. The Sixers have been spotless at home this season and they have lost just once in their last eight games played. I expect another big game from Embiid here with Harris and Simmons helping him beat Utah on Monday night.
Prediction: Philadelphia 76ers
Other Bets to Make
Utah is 8-12 ATS in 20 games played this season and they are also 4-7 ATS in 11 road games played this season. Philadelphia is 1-4 ATS in their last five games played, and 5-1-1 ATS in their last seven games played against the Northwest Division. Head to head, the Sixers are 5-0 ATS in their last five games played against the Jazz. Philadelphia is also 6-3 ATS in their last nine home games against Utah.
Jazz
+5.5 (-110)
76ers
-5.5 (-110)
Odds from BetOnline as of 12/02/19
The Sixers have outscored the Jazz by an average of 7 points per game in their last three meetings. Utah plays terrific defense and the team has been bolstered by the addition of Bogdanovic. However, they are playing the second game of a back to back schedule and their fifth game in eight days. The Sixers are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games against an opponent with a winning record and 5-2 ATS in their last seven games against an opponent with a winning percentage of above .600.
Prediction: 76ers -5.5
The total has gone over in five out of the last six games played by the Jazz. The over is 5-1 in Utah’s last six games against the Eastern Conference. The total has gone under in five out of the last six games played by the 76ers. The under is 4-2 in Philadelphia’s last six games against the Western Conference. Head to head, the total has gone under in nine out of the last 12 games played by the Jazz and Sixers.
Over
207.5 (-110)
Under
207.5(-110)
Odds from BetOnline as of 12/02/19
These teams have combined to score an average of 193.9 points per game in their last 10 meetings and 216.66 points per game in their last three head to head games played. The Sixers are allowing below 100 points per game at home this season and the Jazz are one of the best defensive teams in the league. The under is 11-3 in Utah’s last 14 Monday games.
Prediction: Under 207.5