Utah Jazz vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction, Preview and Odds - 03/06/2022

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET, Sunday, March 6, 2022

Venue:  Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK 

Where to Watch:  BSOK

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Jazz -12.5, Thunder +12.5; Over/Under:  226.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Jazz -13, Thunder +13; Over/Under:  226.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Jazz -13.5, Thunder +13.5; Over/Under:  226.5 points

 

Utah Jazz:  39-23 (1st place, Northwest Division)

Oklahoma City Thunder:  20-43 (5th place, Northwest Division)

 

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Utah Jazz:  8-2 last 10

Oklahoma City Thunder:  3-7 last 10

 

 

 

The Jazz are coming into this game with a 39-23 record overall and they are 17-13 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have won 3 of their last 4 games but are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game which snapped a 3 game winning streak that they were on. Their 3 wins in that span were against the Dallas Mavericks, the Phoenix Suns, and the Houston Rockets while their loss came against the New Orleans Pelicans in their last game. Donovan Mitchell led the team in points in that game with 14 while Hassan Whiteside off the bench was next on the team with 13 points. Jordan Clarkson led the team in assists in that game with 4 while Whiteside led the team in rebounds with 12. They were 34.8% from the field, 26.8% from 3-point range, and 65.4% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 113.7 PPG and their defense is averaging their opponents to average 107.6 PPG against them. The Jazz have an ATS record of 27-34-1 this season and their O/U record is 30-31-1.

 

 

The Thunder are coming into this game with a 20-43 record overall and they are 9-22 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. Their last win was against the Denver Nuggets while their 2 losses in that span came against the Sacramento Kings and the Minnesota Timberwolves in their last game. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the team in points in that game with 33 while Isaiah Roby was next on the team with 21 points. Gilgeous-Alexander led the team in assists in that game with 7 while Roby led the team in rebounds with 10. They were 43% from the field, 25.7% from 3-point range, and 85.7% from the free throw line with their shooting in that game. Their offense is averaging 102.1 PPG and their defense is averaging their opponents to average 109.2 PPG against them. The Thunder have an ATS record of 37-22-4 this season and their O/U record is 30-33.

 

 

The Jazz have been playing very well in their recent games winning 3 straight but they are coming off of a loss in their last game where they were smashed by the Pelicans by over 30 points and the Jazz had all of their starters playing in the game. They did not play well at all in that game and they will be looking to bounce back here against one of the worst teams in the NBA. The Thunder have lost 2 of their last 3 games and they are also coming off of a loss at home by over 30 points but they are missing most of their starters right now and a lot of their bench depth as well. Their best player, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, just returned from an injury and now he has no one to play with as most of his teammates are out now. The Thunder are nothing without him but even with him in this particular situation, it will not go well for them. The Jazz are going to have a point to prove in this game after that blowout loss in their last game and they will try to blow out the Thunder in their own massive win here. The Jazz should win this game against a very shorthanded Thunder team by close to 20 points.

 

Utah Jazz Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction:  Our NBA Pick for Sunday, March 6, 2022 (7:00 pm ET start time) is Jazz 128 Thunder 104.

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Utah Jazz: 18-24 ATS vs. division opponents. 4-12 ATS off a road loss by 10 points or more. 15-9 OVER as a road underdog.

Oklahoma City Thunder: 39-22 ATS in all games. 16-11 ATS as a home underdog. 10-4 OVER in the second half of the season.

 

 

Utah Jazz:  None.

Oklahoma City Thunder:  A. Wiggins (SG) Ques Sun - Ankle injury. D. Favors (PF) Ques Sun - Back injury. K. Williams (SG) Out indefinitely - Knee injury. T. Jerome (SG) Out indefinitely - Hip injury. M. Muscala (PF) Mid March - Ankle injury. L. Dort (SG) Out indefinitely - Shoulder injury. J. Giddey (SG) Out indefinitely - Hip injury. J. Robinson-Earl (SF) Mid March - Foot injury.

 

 

 

"They played at a high level. Out of 82, there are going to be nights like this. That doesn't necessarily mean we can't look at a game and do some things better. … It's us being able to understand we need to pass the ball four or five times – move it and move it again. I thought we held it." - Quin Snyder on his team’s loss against the Pelicans on Friday night.

 

 

"Just credit Minnesota. They're obviously a really good team, and I thought their foot was on the gas. I thought they were the more aggressive team." - Mark Daigneault on his team’s loss against the Timberwolves on Friday night.

 

 

 

PG     Mike Conley

SG     Donovan Mitchell

SF     Bojan Bogdanovic

PF     Royce O’Neale

C      Rudy Gobert

 

PG     Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

SG     Tre Mann

SF     Aleksej Pokusevski

PF     Darius Bazley

C     Isaiah Roby

 

 

PPG: D. Mitchell (25.9)

APG: M. Conley (5.3)

Reb/G: R. Gobert (14.8)

 

PPG: S. Gilgeous-Alexander (23.8)

APG: J. Giddey (6.4)

Reb/G: J. Giddey (7.8)

 

Coaches:

Utah Jazz: Quin Snyder (8th season)

Oklahoma City Thunder: Mark Daigneault (3rd season)