Denver Nuggets vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 4/9/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Denver Nuggets vs Utah Jazz

Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: KJZZ

The Denver Nuggets (54-24) are on their way to Delta Center on Tuesday where they will take on the Utah Jazz (29-49).

The Nuggets faced off with the Hawks and went home with a win by a final score of 142-110 in their last contest. Denver wrapped up the contest having earned a 60.2% FG percentage (53 of 88) and converted 23 of their 41 shots from beyond the perimeter. From the free throw line, the Nuggets made 13 of their 16 shots for a rate of 81.3%. With regard to grabbing rebounds, they earned a total of 47 with 6 of them being on the offensive end. They also distributed 38 assists in this contest while forcing the other team into 16 turnovers and having 9 steals. In terms of defense, Denver let their opponent shoot 42.5% from the field on 37 out of 87 shooting. Atlanta doled out 30 dimes and had 8 steals in the matchup. Furthermore, Atlanta snagged 38 boards (11 offensive, 27 defensive) and had 7 blocked shots. Atlanta finished 82.8% when shooting free throws by knocking down 24 of 29 tries. They buried 12 of 37 shots from 3-point range. When it comes to personal fouls, the Nuggets ended up with 21 while the Hawks accounted for 18 personal fouls.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is a guy who came through in this game. Caldwell ended up going 75.0% from the field and recorded 1 assist. He played for 28 minutes and totaled 2 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 24 points on 9 out of 12 shooting.

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Denver comes into this game with a win-loss record of 54-24 so far this season. They turn it over 11.6 times per contest and as a squad are committing 18.2 personal fouls every game. As a team, Denver is pulling down 40.7 rebounds per contest and has 2,291 dimes on the year, which has them ranked 3rd in the league in terms of passing the rock. The Nuggets are connecting on 37.4% on 3-point shots (908 of 2,426) and 76.4% from the free throw line. They are averaging 114.7 points per outing (14th in the NBA) while hitting 49.5% from the floor.

Defensively, the Nuggets are able to force 11.4 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 18.0 personal fouls. They are ranked 8th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 2,013 surrendered so far this season. The Nuggets defense is allowing a FG percentage of 46.2% (3,165 of 6,852) and they concede 39.0 boards per contest as a squad. They relinquish 35.5% on 3-pointers and they rank 6th in the league in points per game allowed (109.7).

In their last game, the Jazz walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 118-110 against the Warriors. When it comes to rebounds, Utah allowed Golden State to grab 47 in total (11 on the offensive side). They shot 40.0% from beyond the perimeter by connecting on 14 of 35 and finished the contest at 6 out of 6 from the charity stripe (100.0%). The Jazz allowed the Warriors to bury 49 out of 92 tries from the floor which had them sitting at 53.3% for the matchup. When the final whistle was blown, the Jazz finished the game shooting 39 out of 83 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 47.0%. Concerning three-point shots, Utah converted 15 of their 35 attempts (42.9%). They were able to convert 17 of the free throws for a rate of 81.0%. The Warriors earned 19 personal fouls in the game which got the Jazz to the free throw line for 21 attempts. They also gave up possession 11 times, while earning 4 steals in the game. The Jazz recorded 23 defensive boards and 6 offensive rebounds for a total of 29 in this game.

Johnny Juzang ended up being a major contributor for the Jazz in this game. Juzang accumulated 27 points in his 33 minutes on the hardwood and had 1 assist for the matchup. He buried 9 of 12 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 75.0%, and accounted for 2 rebounds.

Utah has a record of 29-49 for the season. The Jazz are responsible for committing 18.7 fouls every game and they connect on 83.0% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 27.4 times per contest (10th in basketball) and they are turning it over 14.8 times per contest. Utah has 9,039 points this season (115.9 per game) and they collect 43.4 boards per game. As an offense, the Jazz are shooting 46.7% from the field, which is 19th in the NBA.

The Jazz on defense are ranked 29th in the NBA in points given up per game with 120.8. They are forcing their opponents into 11.8 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 48.8% from the floor (22nd in basketball). The Utah defense concedes 39.7% on 3-point shots (1,154 of 2,904) and their opponents are knocking down 77.2% of their free throw shots. They have conceded 29.9 assists and 39.9 rebounds per game, which is 30th and 9th in the NBA.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Denver

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