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NBA Basketball Predictions – Boozer, High-Scoring Jazz, Host Lowly Clippers

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The Utah Jazz will look to record consecutive victories and extract some serious revenge when they host the lowly Los Angeles Clippers at EnergySolutions Arena tonight.

The Jazz have alternated wins and losses in each of their last seven games while the Clippers had dropped thee of four heading into Friday night.

Saturday, March 6, 9:00 PM ET
TV: FSN Prime Ticket – Fox

L.A. Clippers (25-36 SU, 28-32-1 ATS, 29-31 O/U)
Utah (39-22 SU, 37-21-3 ATS, 35-25 O/U)

Here is a look at the key head-to-head trends surrounding this contest.

  • Favorite is 6-1 ATS in the last 7 meetings.
  • Home team is 20-7 ATS in the last 27 meetings.
  • Clippers are 1-6 ATS in the last 7 meetings.
  • Clippers are 0-8 ATS in the last 8 meetings in Utah.

L.A. 411
The Clippers were routed by Phoenix 127-101 on Wednesday night while failing to cover the pro basketball betting odds as a 4-point home underdog to fall to 1-3 ATS over their last four games. Chris Kaman scored a team-high 24 points in the loss while Eric Gordon added 21 points.

Utah 411
The Jazz beat the very same Suns 116-108 the very next night to cash in as 1.5-point road underdogs as they scored a whopping 41 points in the final period.

Deron Williams scored a team-high 27 points while Carlos Boozer posted a double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds.

Analysis: I don’t think there’s much doubt that the Utah Jazz are going to win this game and win it big as they possess one of the most explosive offenses in the league. The Clippers average six points per game less than the Jazz while allowing four points per game more than the Jazz.

The Clippers surprised Utah 108-104 on March 1 to snap a six-game losing streak to the Jazz and cash in as 6.5-point home underdogs.

Tonight, I like Utah to return the favor and win this contest by 10 points or more, a feat they accomplished in each of their six straight wins before falling to the Clippers in their last meeting.

I expect the Jazz to be favored by 8-13 points in this contest, but I wouldn’t worry, I just don’t see Utah not routing the Clippers at home in this one.

The favorite has gone a consistent 6-1 ATS in the last seven meetings and the Clippers have gone 1-6 ATS in the last seven meetings against the Jazz overall. The Clippers have also gone a winless 0-8 ATS in the last eight meetings in Utah.

Play the Jazz to win and cover the NBA point spread while the final score plays Over the set O/U total to move to a perfect 4-0 in the last four meetings between these two teams. 

NBA Expert Picks: Jazz to Cover ATS/Over Set O/U Total