{"id":12187,"date":"2011-01-05T09:15:06","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T14:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=12187"},"modified":"2011-01-05T09:15:06","modified_gmt":"2011-01-05T14:15:06","slug":"pro-basketball-betting-atlanta-hawks-at-utah-jazz-expert-picks-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-betting-atlanta-hawks-at-utah-jazz-expert-picks-predictions-12187\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Betting: Atlanta Hawks at Utah Jazz Expert Picks & Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Hawks at Utah Jazz
\nWednesday, 1\/5\/11, 9:00 PM EDT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Utah Jazz are seeking to sweep the Atlanta Hawks in the season series tonight in Salt Lake City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta tallied a 108-102 victory over Sacramento on Tuesday night and will now look to avoid being swept in the season series against Utah tonight.\u00a0 The Hawks are looking to close their four-game road trip with a third consecutive victory and were able to rest key players down the stretch against the Kings due to a 22-point fourth quarter lead.\u00a0 \u201cI wanted to give our starters a rest since we play at Utah on Wednesday,\u201d said coach Larry Drew.\u00a0 \u201cBut we stopped running, stopped defending and stopped executing.\u201d\u00a0 The team has a 23-14 overall record, including a 7-6 mark against the Western Conference.\u00a0 The defense has been key to the squad\u2019s recent play, allowing just 89.6 points per game over the last 10 contests.\u00a0 Atlanta is 1-4 ATS versus the Northwest division and make sure to check the NBA lines page for movement.<\/p>\n

The Hawks offense has been solid throughout the season, ranking sixth in the league in field goal percentage, ninth in free throw percentage and seventh in assists.\u00a0 Atlanta desperately needs star guard Joe Johnson to start elevating his play, as fans have been upset with his performance since signing a major deal in the offseason.\u00a0 \u201cJoe is Joe,\u201d said Drew.\u00a0 \u201cI know people are saying things about him being in a mini-slump or whatever, but he\u2019ll be fine.\u00a0 And I know once he gets all the way back from that elbow surgery, he\u2019ll do what we know he can do.\u201d\u00a0 Johnson managed to score 28 points in last season\u2019s win in Utah.<\/p>\n

Utah is 24-11 overall and has compiled a 13-6 mark at EnergySolutions Arena heading into this exciting matchup.\u00a0 The Jazz pulled off a 102-97 win over the Pistons last time out by outscoring their opponent by a 13-6 margin in the final three minutes of the game.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re definitely confident in the fourth,\u201d said point guard Deron Williams.\u00a0 \u201cI just want to see us be confident in the first.\u00a0 You know, stop messing around.\u201d\u00a0 Guard Raja Bell hit a key three-pointer in the final minute and sank two crucial free throws to help pull out the win.\u00a0 Utah is 7-1-1 ATS versus the Southeast division.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are 48-39 all-time against the Hawks, including a 31-12 record at home and 17-27 mark on the road.\u00a0 Utah is 16-2 against Atlanta at tonight\u2019s venue.\u00a0 It\u2019s very important that the club scores over the century mark in contests due to a 17-1 record when reaching 100-plus points on the season.\u00a0 The team is also 19-4 when allowing under 100 points and 5-7 when giving up that many points to the opposition.\u00a0 Utah held Atlanta to 86 points on the road en route to a victory on November 12.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in the Hawks being 2-6 ATS in Utah, while the favorite is 12-4 ATS in the last 16 meetings.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on the best plays anywhere and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports take care of you today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Hawks at Utah Jazz Wednesday, 1\/5\/11, 9:00 PM EDT Atlanta tallied a 108-102 victory over Sacramento on Tuesday night and will now look to avoid being swept in the season series against Utah tonight.\u00a0 The Hawks are looking to close their four-game road trip with a third consecutive victory and were able to rest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[834,3652,2897,838,3693],"class_list":["post-12187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-atlanta-hawks","tag-energysolutions-arena","tag-joe-johnson","tag-utah-jazz","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12189,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12187\/revisions\/12189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}