Oklahoma City Thunder at Utah Jazz NBA Predictions

• Thursday, February 9th, 2012

  By  Blade Armstrong

  

  What a week it has been for the Oklahoma City Thunder as they beat Portland and Golden State on Monday and Tuesday and then played Thursday night in Sacramento. The Thunder could be a bit weary for Friday night’s game in Utah. Let’s take a look at this matchup and make our NBA predictions.

  Live Betting

  This is the late game on ESPN on Friday night and it will include live in-game betting. The Thunder will probably be road favorites at the sportsbook even though this is a tough spot for them in terms of their schedule. It should be an interesting game for live betting with some good opportunities.

  Jazz 10-5 ATS at Home

  Utah has been a solid team at home against the spread this season with a point spread mark of 10-5. Utah is probably not as good as their 13-11 straight up record as they have played six more home games than road games this season.

  The Jazz are 5-7 all-time against the Thunder since they moved to Oklahoma City. The Thunder have won 6 of the last 10 meetings and they are 5-4-1 ATS. Oklahoma City has lost six of their last ten in Utah but they are 8-2 ATS. Normally the Jazz are favored at home against the Thunder but that shouldn’t be the case on Friday with the Thunder having the best record in the Western Conference.

  NBA Predictions

  We know this is a tough spot for the Thunder but the Jazz are not a good team. Utah has benefited from a lot of home games and they are just barely above .500 overall. When the season is over the Jazz will probably have a losing record. Because of the scheduling spot we’ll pass on the side but we do like the total. The last four meetings in this series in Utah have gone over the total. The Thunder are the third highest scoring team in the league and the Jazz are not bad either at 10th. We’ll look for a high scoring game and take this contest over the total.

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