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Utah Jazz vs. Portland Trail Blazers
The Utah Jazz and the Portland Trail Blazers will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at Moda Center at the Rose Quarter.
Oddsmakers opened the Trail Blazers as -3-point favorites versus the Jazz, while the game's total opened at 224.5.
In their last action, Portland was a 132-108 loser on the road against the Mavericks. They failed to cover the +12.5-point spread as underdogs, while the combined score (240) was profitable news for OVER bettors.
Utah lost its last outing, a 124-113 result against the Cavaliers on December 23. The Jazz covered in that game as a +14-point underdog, while the 237 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Utah:
Team record: 7-21 SU,13-15 ATS
Utah is 4-13 SU in its last 17 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Utah's last 8 games
Utah is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Portland:
Team record: 9-20 SU,15-14 ATS
Portland is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
Portland is 1-8 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Portland's last 9 games
Next up:
Utah home to Philadelphia Saturday, December 28
Portland home to Dallas Saturday, December 28