Jazz vs Pelicans prediction, picks and odds for tonight’s NBA game

The ten-win Utah Jazz and ten-win New Orleans Pelicans will meet on Friday night. The Pelicans are in much better recent form having won three of their last four, while the Jazz have lost four of their last five.

But despite that, we expect Utah to be able to play within the massive +11 spread for tonight’s Jazz vs. Pelican’s Predictions.

Continue reading for free NBA picks for their matchup on Friday, January 17.

Jazz vs Pelicans Prediction

My best bet
Pelicans -11 (-110 at bet365)

My analysis

The tank race this year to “Capture the Flagg” has been tight so far, with the Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans doing their best to improve their lottery odds after collecting just 10 wins so far.

But the Pelicans have actually looked like a semi-competitive team lately, winning three of their last four and their lone loss coming by one point against the Celtics.

Having Dejounte Murray, CJ McCollum and Zion Williamson on the court together certainly helps, even if it means Williamson can only play so many games and for so many minutes for what is considered “Return to Competition Reconditioning” after not to have played for two months.

He sat out the Pelicans’ last game for that reason, but is available tonight, which should help the Pelicans take care of the spiraling Jazz, who have now lost four of their last five and nine of their last 12.

Granted, it’s only been ten days, but since Zion’s return, the Pelicans have at least looked like an average team in the league. They rank exactly 16th in offensive, defensive and net rating during that time, and their competence with the ball has improved significantly (top ten in assist to turnover rate).

11 points on the spread might seem like a lot in a game of two 10-win teams, but the Pelicans are a very different team than the Jazz.

Jazz vs Pelicans parlay in same game

Pelicans -10.5

Zion Williamson over 23.5 points

Dejounte Murray over 7.5 assists

Zion Williamson will play tonight, and he has a chance to put up some points against a Jazz defense that has given up the fourth-most points to opposing centers.

Admittedly he is not a traditional center and plays on the wing Yves Missi which profiles closer to one, but Missi has only shot 4.3 shots per game in the three games he has played with Zion since returning, nearly half the average he posted in December while Williamson was out.

Utah has also been pretty bad at disrupting the passing lanes of opposing point guards, as their 10.5 assists per game allowed. match is the second worst average this year. That should bode well for Dejounte Murray tonight.

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Jazz vs Pelicans odds

Jazz vs Pelicans live odds

Jazz vs Pelicans opening odds

• Spread: Utah +11 (-110) | New Orleans -11 (-110)
• Moneyline: Utah +450 | New Orleans -600
• Over/Under: Over 231.5 (-110) | Under 231.5 (-110)

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Jazz vs Pelicans spread and Over/Under analysis

• Despite having just ten wins to their name, the Jazz have played to a 20-18-1 ATS record this year, good for the seventh-best coverage rating.
• Conversely, New Orleans has gone just 18-24 ATS, which is good for the eighth-worst coverage grade.
• The Pelicans have been better as home favorites after going 3-3 ATS in that split, and have covered four straight heading into tonight.
• Utah has gone 21-17-1 in Over this year (seventh), and 13-8 that way on the road (fourth).

Jazz vs Pelicans trend

New Orleans has gone 23-18-1 in the Over (sixth) and 13-8 in the Over at home (fifth). Find more NBA betting trends for Jazz vs. Pelicans.

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