If it wasn't bad enough Gordon Hayward left for the Boston Celtics, now the Jazz have lost Rudy Gobert, Raul Neto, and Derrick Favors to injury. The impressive start has taken a back seat to a 1-5 stretch over their last six games. Despite all that, this team defends well enough to stay in a lot of games, and over their last 12 contests they are 9-3 ATS. Houston has been scary good, out to an NBA best 24-4 start, and putting 13 straight in the Win column. The issue for bettors is, these streaks tend to over-value a team and Houston has covered just one of their last five despite winning them all. Line is bloated here, and Utah has been good taking a lot of points. Make the play on Utah.
This pick was released to clients on December 18, 2023 at 11:57AM ET.
NBA
Utah at Houston
December 18, 2017
8:05 PM Eastern
1 unit on Utah +11.5 (-103) (risk 1 to return 1.97)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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