A pair of strong defensive teams meet. Utah is third in the NBA in points allowed and 26th in points scored. Utah is 5-0 UNDER the total on the road. Utah is limiting foes to league lows of 83.0 points per game and 26.6 percent 3-point shooting since the All-Star break. Opponents are shooting 38.6 percent overall against the Jazz since the break. That level of defensive intensity was evident in Friday's 89-83 win at Philadelphia, which shot 38.0 percent. Utah is on a 25-9 run UNDER the total. Brooklyn's Deron Williams and Joe Johnson are having trouble making shots. Their playoff hopes have been been hurt in consecutive home defeats, 115-91 to Charlotte on Wednesday and 108-100 in overtime to Phoenix on Friday. Brooklyn shot 37.3 percent in those games. The Nets are 7-3 UNDER the total against the Western Conference and 20-7 UNDER after a spread loss. Play UNDER the total here.
This pick was released to clients on March 08, 2015 at 9:24AM ET.
NBA
Utah at Brooklyn
March 8, 2015
6:05 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Game Total UNDER 186.5 -110 (risk 1.5 to return 2.86)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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