Washington Wizards vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 12/22/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Washington Wizards vs Utah Jazz

Date: Thursday, December 22, 2022

Location: Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: AT&T Sportsnet Southwest-Rocky Mountain

The Utah Jazz are welcoming the Washington Wizards at Vivint Arena on Thursday.

The Wizards played the Suns and notched a win by a score of 113-110 in their last contest. Concerning fouls, the Wizards ended up walking away with 14 while the Suns finished the game with 23 fouls. They knocked down 13 of their 32 attempts from distance. Phoenix walked away from this one shooting 78.9% from the charity stripe by burying 15 of 19 attempts. Furthermore, Phoenix totaled 44 boards (15 offensive, 29 defensive) and had 4 blocks. Phoenix dished out 26 dimes and had 2 steals in the matchup. In regard to defending, Washington allowed the other team to go 46.1% from the field on 41 out of 89 shooting. They also doled out 22 assists in the game in addition to forcing the opposition into 14 turnovers and getting 9 steals. Pertaining to grabbing boards, they compiled 41 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Wizards converted 26 of 37 tries for a percentage of 70.3%. Washington ended the contest with a 47.5% field goal percentage (38 out of 80) and buried 11 of their 27 3-pointers.

Kyle Kuzma is one guy who played a role for the game. He scored 29 points on 10 out of 19 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 37 minutes played and also totaled 6 rebounds. Kuzma finished the contest at 52.6% from the floor and totaled 6 dimes.

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Washington enters this contest with a mark of 12-20 this year. They have an average of 110.7 points per outing (25th in the league) while shooting 47.3% from the floor. The Wizards are hitting 34.7% on three-point attempts (356 of 1,027) and 76.0% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Washington is pulling down 43.7 boards per game and has tallied 792 dimes on the year, which ranks 11th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. They are losing possession via turnover 13.6 times per contest and as a team are committing 19.8 fouls per game.

Defensively, the Wizards are able to force 12.8 turnovers per game while drawing 19.5 fouls. They are ranked 12th in basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 773 surrendered this year. The Wizards are allowing a field goal percentage of 46.5% (1,327 of 2,853) and they concede 43.8 rebounds per game as a squad. They concede 37.5% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 16th in basketball in PPG allowed (113.6).

In their last game, the Jazz went home victorious with a score of 126-111 against the Pistons. The Jazz earned 31 defensive boards and 12 offensive boards for a total of 43 in this game. They also coughed up the ball 12 times, while recording 7 steals in this contest. The Pistons were called for 19 fouls in the matchup which got the Jazz to the charity stripe for 19 attempts. They were able to make 12 of the free throws for a percentage of 63.2%. In regard to 3-point attempts, Utah buried 20 out of 46 tries (43.5%). In all, the Jazz went 47 for 93 from the field which gave them a rate of 50.5%. The Jazz allowed the Pistons to convert 41 of 81 tries from the field which gave them a percentage of 50.6% for the contest. They finished 36.0% from beyond the arc by hitting 9 out of 25 and finished the game at 20 of 27 at the free throw line (74.1%). When talking about how they attacked the glass, Utah permitted Detroit to collect 43 in total (9 on the offensive side).

Lauri Markkanen ended up having an impact for the Jazz for this contest. He buried 13 of 20 for this contest for a rate of 65.0%, and accumulated 5 rebounds. Markkanen totaled 38 points in his 36 mins of playing time and earned 1 assist in the matchup.

Utah has a win-loss mark of 18-16 this year. The Jazz have committed 21.3 fouls every game and they go 77.1% from the free throw line. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 26.4 times per game (8th in the league) and they are turning it over 15.8 times per game. Utah has totaled 3,976 points for the year (116.9 per contest) and they average 43.5 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Jazz are connecting on 47.4% from the field, which is ranked 12th in the NBA.

The Jazz on the defensive side of the court are 24th in the league in PPG surrendered with 116.0. They are forcing their opponents into 14.7 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 47.9% from the floor (23rd in basketball). The Utah defense allows 34.8% on 3-point shots (360 of 1,034) and their opponents are converting on 78.5% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have relinquished 23.3 assists and 44.2 rebounds per contest, which ranks 6th and 20th in basketball.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Washington

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