Utah Jazz vs Oklahoma City Thunder 11/24/2021 NBA Picks, Best Bets, Tips and Prediction

Game: Utah Jazz vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Location: Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, OK

TV: Bally Sports OK

The Utah Jazz (11-6) are traveling to Paycom Center on Wednesday where they will take on the Oklahoma City Thunder (6-11).

The Jazz played the Grizzlies and took a loss by a score of 119-118 in their last contest. In reference to fouls, the Jazz left the arena with 20 and the Grizzlies had 7 fouls. They made 13 of 35 attempts from 3-point land. Memphis went 81.5% from the free throw line by converting 22 of 27 shots. Additionally, Memphis had 34 boards (16 offensive, 18 defensive) and earned 10 rejections. Memphis earned 50 assists and had 24 steals for this contest. In the matter of defending, Utah allowed their opponent to shoot 44.2% from the floor on 42 out of 95 shooting. They also doled out 26 assists for this contest in addition to forcing the other team into 4 turnovers and earning 5 steals. When discussing hauling in boards, they collected 46 with 10 of them being of the offensive variety. From the charity stripe, the Jazz buried 19 of their 25 tries for a percentage of 76.0%. Utah ended the contest with a 47.1% FG percentage (41 out of 87) and made 17 of 43 three-point attempts.

Rudy Gobert is someone who was a major contributor in this matchup. He racked up 23 points on 9 of 10 shooting. He was on the court for 33 mins and also collected 13 rebounds. Gobert ended up shooting 90.0% from the field but had no dimes when the game ended.

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Utah heads into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 11-6 this season. They turn it over 15.3 times per contest and as a unit they commit 18.8 personal fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Utah is pulling in 47.4 boards per contest and is sitting with 372 dimes this season, which is 25th in the NBA in terms of passing. The Jazz are connecting on 34.3% on 3-pointers (245 of 714) and 78.4% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 112.5 points per contest (2nd in the league) while hitting 46.8% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Jazz have forced 12.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 20.1 personal fouls. They are 1st in the NBA in giving up assists with 352 surrendered so far this year. The Jazz defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 43.6% (668 of 1,531) and they concede 41.6 boards per contest as a squad. They are giving up 31.7% from 3-point land while they are 6th in basketball in opponents PPG (103.4).

When they last stepped on the court, the Thunder went home defeated by a final of 113-101 when they faced the Hawks. The Thunder were able to pull down 34 defensive boards and 16 offensive boards for a total of 50 for the matchup. They also coughed up the ball 8 times, while getting 5 steals for the game. The Hawks committed 7 personal fouls for this contest which got the Thunder to the free throw line for 14 attempts. They were able to convert 13 of them for a clip of 92.9%. In terms of shots from beyond the arc, Oklahoma City knocked down 10 of 38 tries (26.3%). When this game wrapped up, the Thunder went 39 out of 97 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 40.2%. The Thunder allowed the Hawks to make 42 out of their 87 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 48.3% in the game. They finished 41.2% from beyond the arc by shooting 14 out of 34 and finished the game at 15 out of 16 from the free throw line (93.8%). When talking about attacking the glass, Oklahoma City allowed Atlanta to grab 36 overall (8 on the offensive side).

Ty Jerome pitched in for the Thunder in this contest. He knocked down 4 out of 7 in the game for a field goal percentage of 57.1%, and tallied 1 rebound. Jerome earned 15 points in his 16 minutes on the court and earned 4 dimes for the contest.

Oklahoma City has a win-loss record of 6-11 on the season. The Thunder are committing 17.2 personal fouls every game and they shoot 73.3% from the charity stripe. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 20.2 times per game (30th in the league) and they are turning it over 14.5 times per game. Oklahoma City has accumulated 1,678 pts for the year (98.7 per contest) and they grab 48.5 boards per contest. As an offense, the Thunder are shooting 40.8% from the floor, which ranks them 30th in the NBA.

The Thunder defensively are ranked 17th in the league in points per game surrendered with 106.0. They are forcing 13.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 43.4% from the field (8th in basketball). The Oklahoma City defense gives up 35.7% on 3-point attempts (241 of 675) and their opponents are knocking down 79.8% of their free throw attempts. They have conceded 24.5 assists and 48.3 rebounds every game, which is 22nd and 28th in the league.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Oklahoma City

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