Oklahoma City Thunder vs Utah Jazz Picks and Predictions | NBA Best Bets For 1/18/24

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Utah Jazz Picks and Predictions | NBA Best Bets For 1/18/24

Welcome waiter talk Studios I’m here to tell you why you’re going to play against why you’re going to fade a 15 and four Utah Jaz team against a team that’s playing their third game in four days at altitude being the Oklahoma City Thunder now a focus on tonight’s matchup

Could send around 100 different things 100 different scenarios etc etc team a versus Team B who do I like and why but the focus on tonight’s preview is about an NBA troop playing a third game in four days Oklahoma City over the last two years have been one of the best

Teams in the second legs of backto backs and in third games in four days they’re the best team in third game in four days this year despite having a three and three record across those six because of their point differential um a team that’s basically versally tied two games

Behind the top spot in the western conference with the the Minnesota timber wols so again tonight’s situation the Thunder a third game in four days comes in a play tonight um and they play Team 15-4 two days rest and winners of six straight the Thunder first situation

This year third game in four days came against Portland early in the season and they won that game 134 to 91 in Portland the second in Denver a game the Thunder one again 11993 a third game in 4 days and the Joker was 9 for 10 from the

Field in that contest they held Denver to 93 points the third and four situations for OKC happened within a a stretch of games of four games in six days two third games in four days a stretch over the New Year’s holiday in which the Thunder played those four

Games in six days two Road games one in Atlanta one in Brooklyn the Atlanta game at the Mercedes-Benz venue they lost in a closely contested game that they were in for the whole time same applies to the to the game they played in in Brooklyn against the Nets at the Barkley

Center a game they lost um a game they lost uh by 11 or 13 I think but they were in this game the entire time the fifth game now they’re two- two they’re two- two on the season in third games in four days they go back home for

Two game set or if you want to call that a home stand a set not really two games but that said they played Portland two days later they played Orlando they won both games the Portland game was a third game in four days they held Portland to

100 points a team is supposed to be fatigued tired playing a third game in four days no chance Portland had no chance Oklahoma City at home wins holding Portland to 100 points now that last Homestead I just mentioned the two games Portland Orlando two days later they headed west to La for two

Games a back two games two games two days first game LA Lakers second game LA Clippers and they lost the Lakers in a defensive battle a hard fought game that they played a lot of players a lot of minutes in and the end came up short in

The Clippers game they were in it the whole time the whole time against arguably the best team in in in the NBA right now in my opinion the best team and they’re built for postseason play this is a team that right now I have some Futures on to win the whole thing I

Like the Futures want to play some more but uh that takes uh not never mind it takes more money than I have so to our quest to our task to our understanding why we are going to step in front of a 15-4 Utah team why okay see it’s deep

They’re so deep what coach Den does and his staff is in the second games second legs of AC back they play multitude players in the third game in four days they do the same thing they give you an example this Clippers game that happened Tuesday which was a second game second

Leg of a back toback and the third game in four days they played 15 of their 15 available players not this St have 15 of 15 available players 12 of the 15 played 10 plus minutes why does this matter it doesn’t necessarily matter for the game that

Hand you don’t want to back the Thunder every time they have a second leg of a back toback or a third game four days I’m not saying that but their advantages to knowing what a team does in certain situations and in this situation I would

Say if you knew and I’ll give you an example here if you knew that Jaylen Williams and Lou Dort we’re going to play 19 minutes a piece and that’s what they did in this Clippers game when the two average 32 and 29 respectively Williams 32 a game 32 minutes D 29

Minutes a game how does that change the way you attack player props use your imagination I think you know what I’m talking about so tonight’s situation the Thunder third game in four days they were supposed to be playing a Utah team that was on the second leg of a back

Toback that didn’t happen so the scenar has changed a little bit why did it not happen because last night’s game between Golden State and Utah canceled why was it canceled I’m sure all of you know that the Warriors finally broke the silence on the tragic passing mosovich

Mosovich Deon mosovich is the coach for Golden State a very good coach and the people I know in Golden State um say he’s a better man than he was Coach and he’s a hell of a good coach so our condolences to the Mich family a young

Man everyone liked knew and spent a lot of time with if if you worked around him or and knew his family so that said again our condolences so before I issued my final take on this jazz versus Thunder I want to note Utah is playing really well they really are um and and

While it may be difficult for some of you to stand in front of him I’m going to tell you why first off will hardy been terrific making all making every single move he makes is the right move so far and a coach of the year candidate

Of plus 2500 DraftKings right now do you think this team’s going to make the postseason if you think Utah can make the postseason that 25 200 plus 2500 is in play guys it’s in play for Coach of the Year for Will Hardy so the riddle of

The top five teams in the NBA right now over the course of the last month everyone you talk to a Weekend Warriors or at least the the the Joe would tell you that that jazz are there right they’re 15 and four across the last 19 games 14.4 differential spread difference that

Means they’re 14 points better than the the books have set their spread at and uh that’s that’s pretty staggering if you want to if you ask me they aren’t in the top five of teams over the last month even though they’re 15 and4 with the largest differential New Orleans the

Top Boston second Clippers the third team OKC Thunder are the four fourth best team over the last month why cuz they’re so deep they’ve played a lot of games they are so deep and they’re so well coached and they have such great young talent that uh fatigue doesn’t

Come into play in fact I think they get better on the second leg of back-to-backs and third game in four days um their depth is ridiculous you take their top reserves put them in the one two and three spots on the floor with Williams and ham with four and five

They have plus 21.4 rating net rating the defense 78 points six defensive efficiency rating for those second unit or the second rotation they’re versatile they’re Elite outside of having a true five they’re as good as any team in theba NBA and they’re better than the Jazz Leaps and Bounds the Jazz are

Playing well and the and the Thunder is still given four and a half tonight at the time of this taping thunderus 3 and A2 total of 244 extra day’s rest avoiding the second leg of a back Tob back for Utah not enough for me OKC minus the number over the total of 244

And a top player prop Chad holgren over 17 a 12 points minus5 at DraftKings I’m Tony Finn can’t wait till tomorrow

Join us for an exhilarating NBA matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Utah Jazz on 1/18/24.

The game will take place on the Utah Jazz home court, promising an intense showdown between these two powerhouse teams.

To catch all the action on TV, tune in to NBA TV.

Stay updated on the latest developments by following the teams on Twitter using their official hashtags: #OklahomaCityThunder and #UtahJazz.

As of now, the current spread for the game is OKC -3.5

Don’t miss out on this thrilling encounter between the Thunder and the Jazz, as both teams bring their A-game to the court. Keep an eye on your favorite players and enjoy the excitement of NBA basketball at its finest.

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