Detroit Pistons vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 1/3/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Detroit Pistons vs Utah Jazz

Date: Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: KJZZ

The Detroit Pistons (3-30) are headed to Delta Center on Wednesday where they will attempt to defeat the Utah Jazz (15-19).

The Pistons faced off with the Rockets and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 136-113 in their last contest. In relation to personal fouls, the Pistons walked away with 21 and the Rockets totaled 19 personal fouls. They also made 15 out of their 35 shots from distance. Houston ended up shooting 79.2% from the free throw line by knocking down 19 of 24 tries. On top of that, Houston collected 39 rebounds (6 offensive, 33 defensive) and had 4 blocks. Houston recorded 34 assists and had 11 steals for this game. Pertaining to the defense, Detroit let their opponent shoot 56.0% from the floor on 51 out of 91 shooting. They also recorded 27 assists in this game while forcing the other team into 9 turnovers and having 3 steals. With regard to getting rebounds, they collected a total of 37 with 10 of them being offensive. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Pistons made 20 of 27 attempts for a rate of 74.1%. Detroit ended having earned a 48.2% field goal percentage (40 of 83) and converted 13 of their 29 shots from distance.

Alec Burks is someone who came through for this contest. Burks shot 54.5% from the floor and earned 2 dimes. He was on the court for 23 minutes played and also snagged 2 rebounds. He had 21 points on 6 out of 11 shooting.

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Detroit heads into this one with a win-loss mark of 3-30 for the season. They average 110.4 pts per game (26th in the NBA) while shooting 46.7% from the floor. The Pistons are shooting 34.0% on shots from downtown (335 of 984) and 78.7% from the free throw line. As a unit, Detroit is snagging 43.4 rebounds per contest and has racked up 844 assists so far this season, which ranks 17th in the NBA in terms of passing. They turn it over 16.4 times per game and as a unit are committing 22.8 fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Pistons are able to force 12.2 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 18.8 fouls. They currently rank 14th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 853 surrendered on the year. The Pistons defensively are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 49.1% (1,449 of 2,951) and they relinquish 42.8 boards per game as a squad. They are conceding 38.0% from 3-point land while they are 26th in the league in PPG allowed (121.7).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Jazz got the victory with a final of 127-90 against the Mavericks. The Jazz were able to snag 46 defensive boards and 7 offensive boards for a total of 53 in this game. They also turned it over 12 times, while getting 9 steals in this game. The Mavericks were called for 15 fouls in the game which took the Jazz to the free throw line for 18 tries. They were able to convert 17 of the free throws for a rate of 94.4%. In terms of shots from distance, Utah converted 12 of 44 tries (27.3%). When the final whistle was blown, the Jazz shot 49 for 96 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 51.0%. The Jazz permitted the Mavericks to make 37 of 93 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 39.8% in this matchup. They finished the game shooting 27.5% from beyond the arc by shooting 11 out of 40 and ended up going 5 out of 10 at the charity stripe (50.0%). When talking about rebounding, Utah permitted Dallas to collect 41 overall (8 offensive).

Simone Fontecchio ended up having an impact for the Jazz in this contest. He knocked down 10 of 16 in the game for a rate of 62.5%, and accounted for 6 rebounds. Fontecchio racked up 24 points in his 29 mins of playing time and tallied 2 assists in this game.

Utah has a win-loss mark of 15-19 so far this year. The Jazz have committed 19.6 personal fouls every game and they hit 82.1% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 27.6 times per game (8th in the league) and they turn it over 16.4 times per game. Utah has 3,869 pts on the campaign (113.8 per game) and they pull in 46.2 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Jazz are shooting 45.8% from the field, which ranks them 26th in basketball.

The Jazz are ranked 22nd in the NBA in points allowed per contest with 117.9. They have forced 13.2 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 48.0% from the field (19th in the league). The Utah defense surrenders 37.5% from downtown (476 of 1,270) and opponents are converting on 76.6% of their free throw attempts. They surrender 28.3 assists and 42.2 boards per game, which is 28th and 6th in the league.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Utah

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