{"id":26406,"date":"2012-11-27T22:10:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T03:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26406"},"modified":"2012-11-27T22:10:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T03:10:27","slug":"pro-basketball-predictions-utah-jazz-vs-new-orleans-hornets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-basketball-predictions-utah-jazz-vs-new-orleans-hornets-26406\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Basketball Predictions: Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Hornets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Utah Jazz at New Orleans Hornets
\nWednesday, 11\/28\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSNO
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 191.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 191.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Utah Jazz have been terrible when playing away from Salt Lake City this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Utah has won four of its last five games, including a 105-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets as three-point home favorites on Monday night, while going OVER the total for a third straight contest.\u00a0 The Jazz are 2-7 on the road due to scoring 96.7 points per game and allowing 102.1 points per game in that situation.\u00a0 \u201cWe still got to go on the road and prove we can beat teams on the road,\u201d commented Jazz forward Derrick Favors.\u00a0 The franchise has lost all five of its games away from home against Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Utah is 0-5-1 ATS after scoring 100 or more points in its previous game.<\/p>\n

The Jazz are led by center Al Jefferson on the offensive end, as he\u2019s averaging 16.4 points and 10.9 rebounds per game.\u00a0 He scored a game-high 28 points in 33 minutes last time out, while recording eight double-doubles in 15 games this season.\u00a0 The franchise is 40-23 all-time against Wednesday night\u2019s opponent, including a 17-15 mark on the road.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that it has lost four of the last six meetings overall in the series.<\/p>\n

New Orleans ended its four-game road trip with a 105-98 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers as 13-point road underdogs on Monday night, which also snapped a seven-game overall losing streak.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s been tough for us the whole week, and at the end of the road trip to get this win, it\u2019s going to build some confidence,\u201d commented Hornets guard Greivis Vasquez.\u00a0 He scored 13 points and dished out 10 assists in a 88-86 win over the Jazz on Nov. 2.\u00a0 New Orleans is 8-1 ATS at home versus a team with a losing road record, which is important to consider when making your pro basketball predictions.<\/p>\n

The Hornets will be playing their sixth straight game without top overall pick Anthony Davis, who is sitting out with a left ankle injury.\u00a0 New Orleans is getting tremendous production out of Ryan Anderson, who was the recipient of last year\u2019s Most Improved Player Award, as he\u2019s averaging 17.7 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.\u00a0 He\u2019s also hitting 3.5 three-point field goals per game, which makes him one of the best perimeter shooters in the league.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Hornets due to the underdog covering seven consecutive games in this series, while the Jazz are 1-4 ATS in their last five trips to New Orleans.<\/p>\n

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Utah Jazz at New Orleans Hornets Wednesday, 11\/28\/12, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FSNO Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Utah -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Utah -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 191.5 Current Total:\u00a0 191.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Utah has won four of its last five games, including a 105-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets as three-point home favorites on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":15727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[676,5659,1849,836,838,3693],"class_list":["post-26406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-al-jefferson","tag-anthony-davis","tag-derrick-favors","tag-new-orleans-hornets","tag-utah-jazz","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26406","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=26406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26407,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26406\/revisions\/26407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}