NBA Best Bets: Pelicans vs. Jazz Picks for January 17
Published 9:34 pm Thursday, January 16, 2025
The Utah Jazz (10-29) are 8.5-point underdogs against the New Orleans Pelicans (10-32) at Smoothie King Center on Friday, January 17, 2025. The game tips at 8:00 PM ET on Gulf Coast Sports and KJZZ.
Our computer predictions below will assist you in choosing the best bets available for Friday’s game.
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Pelicans vs. Jazz Game Info
- When: Friday, January 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
- Where: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana
- TV: Gulf Coast Sports and KJZZ
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Pelicans vs. Jazz Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Jazz (+ 8.5)
- New Orleans has covered the spread 18 times in 42 games.
- Utah’s record against the spread is 21-18-0.
- Against the spread as 8.5-point underdogs or greater, the Jazz are 8-7.
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Pick OU:
Under (228.5)
- Pelicans games this season have featured more combined points than this contest’s total of 228.5 points 19 times.
- The Jazz have played 20 games this season that finished with a combined score higher than 228.5 points.
- The average point total in New Orleans’ games this season is 224.1, 4.4 points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
- Utah’s games this year have had a 227.3-point total on average, 1.2 more points than this matchup’s over/under.
- The Jazz are the league’s 23rd-highest scoring team this season compared to the 14th-ranked Pelicans.
- The Pelicans are the league’s 29th-ranked scoring defense while the Jazz are the 18th-ranked.
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Moneyline Pick: Pelicans (-375)
- This season, the Pelicans have been favored 11 times and won five, or 45.5%, of those games.
- The Jazz have come away with nine wins in the 38 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- New Orleans has not entered a game this season with shorter moneyline odds than -375.
- Utah has yet to win this season when listed as an underdog of +300 or worse on the moneyline this season.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Pelicans have a 78.9% chance to win.
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