New Orleans at Utah

Both of the teams are on the playoff bubble looking in. After rising to the sixth seed in the West last month, New Orleans has come crashing down to earth losing eleven of their last twelve games. Utah has lost six of eight to put their playoff hopes in serious jeopardy as well. Two of the last three matchups between these clubs have gone OVER the total. Four of New Orleans' last five games have gone OVER while Utah has been around 50% OVER/UNDER. While New Orleans AWAY games have averaged just 182 ppg since mid february, Utah HOME games have averaged 199 per game. Against losing teams, New Orleans finds a way to score. They are 20-9 OVER against such competition over the past two seasons. Utahs has found some offense of late, too, scoring 97.6 per game on 50% shooting over their last five games. Their defense has collapsed a bit during that stretch too. This total is set too low and we'll take the OVER.