Team records:<\/strong>
\nUtah: 38-22 SU, 36-21-3 ATS
\nPhoenix: 39-24 SU, 37-25-1 ATS <\/p>\nLast Game Out: Carlos Boozer led the way for the Jazz with 20 points, six boards, and four steals in the Jazz’s 108-104 loss to the Clippers, The Suns took over in the second half and cruised to a 127-101 victory over the Clippers.<\/p>\n
Jerry Sloan must think it\u2019s Groundhog Day. Sloan is still smarting from last season\u2019s 2-7 finish that knocked the Jazz into the No. 8 playoff spot and predictable ouster by the Lakers in the first round. <\/p>\n
He sees some of the same things happening this season. After ripping through the league (13 of 14 and 17 of 19), the Jazz have now dropped 3 of 5 (Kings, Clippers, Hawks). <\/p>\n
Of particular concern is a wrist injury to PG Deron Williams that has contributed to shooting problems. <\/p>\n
Williams\u2019s matchup with Steve Nash should be interesting as both he and Nash are at less than 100 percent.<\/p>\n
Betting Trends<\/strong>:<\/p>\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Phoenix’s last 6 games when playing Utah
\nPhoenix is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
\nPhoenix is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
\nPhoenix is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah’s last 5 games
\nUtah is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Phoenix
\nThe total has gone OVER in 5 of Utah’s last 6 games when playing Phoenix
\nUtah is 19-5 SU in its last 24 games <\/p>\n
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This is a nasty matchup for the Heat, home or road. Jermaine O\u2019Neal can go into a shell when things go bad, and the Heat\u2019s front line can\u2019t come close to matching the Lakers\u2019. Bryant is well-rested, having played only 30 minutes in a rout of Indiana on Tuesday. If you play the totals, 188.5 looks about a few 3-pointers shy for two teams that come into this game rested. The Suns look like they\u2019re getting their second wind after a mid-season sag, and they\u2019ve covered the number 7 straight times. As they say, never bet on a streak to end.<\/p>\n
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\nLawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our experts weigh in with this week\u2019s best Thursday night hoops NBA picks for gambling on all the action…tonight on the hardwood we get the Utah Jazz vs. Phoenix Suns…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[4045,25237,25238,25235,25236,20992,20991,9273,9921,20993,20994,21934,25234],"class_list":["post-19748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nba","tag-free-nba-picks","tag-jazz-suns-odds","tag-jazz-suns-picks","tag-jazz-vs-suns","tag-jazz-vs-suns-predictions","tag-nba-parlay-betting","tag-nba-parlay-picks","tag-nba-selections","tag-online-nba-predictions","tag-thursday-night-nba","tag-thursday-night-nba-picks","tag-thursday-night-picks","tag-utah-jazz-vs-phoenix-suns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107097,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19748\/revisions\/107097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}