Sportsbooks of 11 of their past 13, the Utah Jazz have been capitalizing on the struggles of injury-plagued teams in their race for the postseason. Utah goes up against another beleaguered squad on Wednesday when it welcomes the Boston Celtics to town. UNDER bettors are loving the Jazz at home, as eight of Utah’s past 10 at Vivint Smart Home Arena have gone below the closing total.
Sportsbook opened the Jazz as 6.5-point home favorites with a total of 194.5.
- The Celtics are 3-7 SU in their last 10 games against teams with winning records.
- The Jazz are 23-4 SU in their last 27 games.
- The Celtics are 3-1 ATS in their last four games against the Jazz.
Utah will play five of its final eight games at home starting tonight and has a great opportunity to move up the standings as a result. The Jazz, who are only 1 1/2 games behind the fourth-place Oklahoma City Thunder, are getting contributions from just about everywhere on the roster, but newly acquired small forward Jae Crowder has been fantastic in Salt Lake City so far. Crowder has scored in double figures in five of the past seven games.
Boston is playing without star point guard Kyrie Irving for the rest of the season after the Duke product underwent knee surgery last week. Regardless, the Celtics are Sportsbooks of their last four games after topping Phoenix 102-94 on Monday. Jayson Tatum is behind Ben Simmons and Jazz standout rookie Donovan Mitchell in the Rookie of the Year race but scored a team-high 23 points on 10-of-18 shooting vs the Suns and is averaging 18.8 points on 56.9 percent shooting over the last five tilts.
While the Jazz have been going UNDER at home, the Celtics have also been going UNDER totals with ease lately. Five of the Celtics’ previous six contests have gone UNDER.
Sportsbook Odds & Computer Pick
Those looking to pick the visitors as their prediction to cover in this one found the Boston Celtics listed as 6.5-point underdogs earlier at Sportsbook. Meanwhile, the OVER/UNDER total betting line for this game was set at 195.5 at Sportsbook but may have moved since the betting odds opened.
OddsShark prediction models pick the Jazz to win this game 108-95. View the computer score prediction and who will win the pick on the moneyline for all upcoming NBA matchups here.
Boston Celtics vs Utah Jazz Matchup
Team Betting Records & Power Rankings
The Utah Jazz are 42-32 so far on the NBA season, and 39-34-1 vs the spread betting line. The Boston Celtics, meanwhile, are 51-23 and 45-27-2 ATS. OVER/UNDER bettors have seen Utah go 34-39-1 and Boston go 36-37-1 on the total. Stay Informed: follow us on Twitter for odds specials, betting line moves and Utah vs Boston injuries news.
It's a betting matchup between the No. 3-rated Jazz and the No. 11-ranked Celtics, according to the NBA Power Rankings here at OddsShark.
Statistical Matchup
In rebounding, the battle of the boards features Utah's No. 21-rated NBA squad against Boston's No. 8-rated roster. When it comes to long-range shooting, Utah rates No. 13 in the league with 10.77 treys per game, while their foes tonight rank No. 6 with 11.73 per outing.
Recent Outings Betting Recap
Boston earned a 102-94 victory over Phoenix on Monday, getting 23 points from Jayson Tatum at Talking Stick Resort Arena.
The Jazz got 21 points from Donovan Mitchell as Utah ran past Golden State 110-91 on Sunday at Oracle Arena.
- Boston is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games
- Boston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Boston's last 6 games
- Boston is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
- Utah is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
- Utah is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah's last 5 games
- Utah is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Next Betting Matchups
Boston home to Toronto, Saturday, March 31
Utah home to Memphis, Friday, March 30
