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Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans
The Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Pelicans will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Smoothie King Center.
Oddsmakers opened the Jazz as -7.5-point favorites versus the Pelicans, while the game's total opened at 234.
The Pelicans were a 117-114 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Spurs. They failed to cover the -2.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (231) made winners of UNDER bettors.
Utah won its last outing, a 124-109 result against the Magic on February 27. The Jazz covered in that game as a -9.5-point favorite, while the 233 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Utah:
Team record: 27-7 SU,25-8-1 ATS
Utah is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games on the road
Utah is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games on the road
Utah is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games when playing New Orleans
New Orleans:
Team record: 14-19 SU,14-19 ATS
New Orleans is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of New Orleans's last 5 games at home
New Orleans is 4-12-1 ATS in its last 17 games when playing Utah
Next up:
Utah at Philadelphia Wednesday, March 3
New Orleans home to Chicago Wednesday, March 3