Seattle at Utah

Utah has had an up-and-down season, but the good runs have been much longer the lulls. They started 17-5, only to hit the wall and proceed to go 7-9. Then they went on a 19-5 run, and now have lapsed again going 7-9. These are signs of inexperience and fragility within a team. When they are good, they are almost unbeatable, when they are not, they are very beatable and they are not good right now. There are four losses to teams with losing records during this stretch, which almost equals the total losses in the 22, and 24 game good stretches. Seattle hasn't been a model of consistency themselves, but has averaged 104-points per game (PPG) in their last seven, and should be able to score enough to keep this game close. The Jazz have covered just 1 of their last 12 games, so we have to ride the Sonics here.