Thunder vs Jazz (1-18-24) NBA Expert Predictions, Basketball Picks & Best Bets

Thunder vs Jazz (1-18-24) NBA Expert Predictions, Basketball Picks & Best Bets

We got the Oklahoma City Thunder heading to Utah to square off against Utah Jazz right now the Jazz uh plus three and a half Point home dogs plus 130 on the money line uh 243 and a half is the total uh I I mean I’m on the Jazz here

Plus three and a half I I think they’re a live dog um you know they’ve just been red hot first off uh six-game winning streak and they it’s not just you know lwh hanging fruit like they’ve had some quality wins nuggets bucks Sixers uh OKC kind of trending in the

Wrong direction um the Josh giddy situation continues to kind of be a cloud over this Thunder team I guess police aren’t you know they dro the investigation NBA still looking into it I got to imagine that’s got to be somewhat of a distraction um you know regardless of the outcome

Uh but you know Jazz again I like playing them as a home dog this feels like a good spot Lori marketing’s playing really well so it’s me it’s a good situation spot good price just a lot of reasons uh to bet on the Jazz and then know the the elevation in Utah that

No one ever seems to uh you know figure in their handicapping when they’re talking numbers here so yeah all day here on the Jazz plus three and a half Chris how say you Jazz Thunder yeah I’m seeing almost 120 live viewers here so I appreciate everybody listening

And Following the show I my buddy said that he Googled like best free picks today the other day and our show is one of the first ones that come up so it’s all pretty cool yeah I appreciate appreciate the support everybody so you know this is one of those angles and

Positions where I’m almost getting mad already beforehand you know like if this doesn’t hit you know like we don’t like we don’t know you know nobody knows what’s going to hit right before the game happens right so if you ever hear a handicap or talk like that you should

Probably go the other way but think there’s a lot of evidence along with the Jazz I also support the jazz tonight especially at a plus number at home but I think there’s a lot of evidence that this game is also going to go over tonight we’ve seen some drop in the

Total I’m not sure why that is but like we’ve talked about many times the NBA Marketplace especially early in the season can be you know it can be very off right so we don’t always have to follow that line movement anyway uh if I talk too long about this please cut me

Off but these Jazz I love this Jazz team right now I mean they’re averaging 131 points per game their last five games over the last week or so they’re the number one offensive team in the NBA and it’s reminiscent of of Will Hardy who kind of came up you know through like

Coaching assistant trees and this is what he’s known for he creates chemistry on teams and it’s happening for these for this version of the Jazz and we’re seeing it now at a very high level at home their assist ratios through the roof they’re scoring efficiency everything is through the roof and now

You get an OKC team who finally gets a day of rest right at I mean it’s been a pretty tough schedule for them I know that SGA hasn’t been very good so that’s kind of the one concern tonight the last two games didn’t quite look like himself

But now he has a day of rest as well he’s not on the injury report we know the prolific nature of the OKC Thunder and how good they can be offensively anyway and I think if they’re going to be tired at all on this long road trip

We’re going to see that on the defensive end you know when two explosive teams come together it’s usually fireworks we usually see a ton of points you know that first game 254 points the Jazz didn’t even shoot the ball that well 31.6% or so from Beyond The Arc uh 48%

Or so from the floor this is a much better Jazz team now they’re even better at home averaging about 135 points for last three games so love the over love the Jazz and I’m already mad about it if it doesn’t hit I like it Chris is getting pre-ad

There’s nothing more Northeast than than already like I can’t wait to get mad I can’t wait to get mad uh you you mentioned something that I I didn’t I didn’t touch on in my handicap the assist uh ratio like they’re just moving the ball well I mean John Stockton would

Be proud of this uh Jazz team just uh and and ey test too like honestly you put them on League Pass they’re just a fun team to watch uh shark how say you on Thunder Jazz yeah I like that comment from Chris you know this is totally anecdotal and off and off this

Conversation but Julian Edelman had a great quote about how you have to make yourself happily miserable to succeed you can’t be a nice person to succeed so Chris I’m right there with you I’m jacked up here on a suddenly not so casual thursty Thursday here not o clock

Delta Center let’s talk this game and I think this is a beautiful beautiful conversational point because this is where the bounce back fires me up people think Oklahoma City has to bounce back because they just lost two in a row and this is where I think it’s really

Important to know when to zoom in or zoom out this te team you have to zoom out they’ve been far too hot all year we talked about it the last time we faded them they’re trending to the number one record in the league from last year that’s not where they’re destined to end

Up this year they’re still 27 and 13 on the campaign they’re running a 65 or higher perc cover rate they started 10 and3 ATS on the road which is just so far beyond uh sustainability and they are one in five since so they are showcasing a normalization in their

Average as I mentioned they did just lose two straight in LA but they have to go to Minnesota after this for a massive Revenge rivalry game within their generation so this still holds look ahead element and it holds look ahead element more because they’ve dominated

Utah for the last five matchups 4 and 0 straight up in ATS dating back to March 3rd last year average win margin 16.75 points per game blowouts and you saw it in the only one this year 134 120 Utah had to outscore them 45 to 23 in

The fourth quarter to get to 14 points they were down by 30 the whole game and books are telling us the story here that line was minus 12 and a half this comes in at minus three I will say this I used to say this on my previous show people

Get fired up Chris fired me up why books moving the line from 12 and a half to three if this team has been blowing them out for a year and a half it’s because Utah is a juggernaut you guys mentioned it the coaches improved they’re 11-2 at

Home against the West they were supposed to be on a backto back they’re not due to the Warriors assistant coach passing away rip to him full rest quadruple Revenge game Short Line Utah stand the hell up Salt Lake City tonight three-way collaboration play the shark Shan green and Chris Farley let’s go

Yeah yes exact I’m ready to run through a brick wall here uh Sean in the chat saying Jazz have been catching uh teams in bad spot that ends tonight I I guess I would say and and I saw he was on the Thunder always feel free to to um you

Know chir back or or or give the counter points I think it is good to talk out both sides uh to that point I think the I think the Jazz historically catch teams in bad spots and that’s why historically not only this year but in general been a good home dog because a

Lot of times you’re either especially now that the nuggets have been good you’re a lot of times they either played the nuggets the night before or two nights before or you know we’ve seen so many times the teams play the double La uh home stand or you know Play La play

The Clippers play the Lakers get get into whatever else you’re doing in La then go to the Jazz which is a lot of times the last leg of the spot at elevation and you hit the freaking wall and and you know Thunder what is it six games and nine nights uh you know

Definitely part of the handicap there as well so I think Utah is just kind of positioned geographically and the way the schedule breaks down to catch these teams uh sleeping especially especially when they’re a young team playing good ball so uh we’re all in on the Jazz what

Could go wrong lock it up for everyone on the show Jazz plus three and a half Chris also adding the over to 43 and a Half [Applause] let’s get

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Utah Jazz NBA game picks for January 18th, 2024.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will travel to face the red hot Utah Jazz tonight. Oklahoma City are 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games against Utah. The Thunder are favored by the NBA odds. Who should you back to make the winning NBA pick?

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