Golden State Warriors vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 10/25/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Golden State Warriors vs Utah Jazz

Date: Friday, October 25, 2024

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: KJZZ

The Utah Jazz (31-51 last year) host the Golden State Warriors (46-36 last season) at Delta Center on Friday.

The Warriors stepped onto the hardwood against the Trail Blazers and walked away with a win by a score of 139-104 in their last contest. Golden State ended having earned a 51.6% FG percentage (48 out of 93) and converted 20 out of their 48 shots from distance. From the charity stripe, the Warriors knocked down 23 of their 30 attempts for a rate of 76.7%. In regard to hauling in rebounds, they collected a total of 42 with 4 of them being of the offensive sort. They also dished out 27 assists in the game as well as creating 22 turnovers and earning 9 steals. With respect to the defense, Golden State let their opponent shoot 39.1% from the floor on 36 of 92 shooting. Portland recorded 25 dimes and had 12 steals for the contest. Furthermore, Portland snagged 51 rebounds (13 offensive, 38 defensive) and got 1 block. Portland finished 80.0% from the charity stripe by burying 24 of their 30 attempts. They buried 8 of 34 attempts from long range. When talking about fouls, the Warriors ended up finishing with 29 and the Trail Blazers finished the game with 23 fouls.

Buddy Hield is someone who came through in this contest. Hield ended up shooting 66.7% from the field and recorded 1 assist. He played 15 minutes and also snagged 5 boards. He ended up scoring 22 points on 8 out of 12 shooting.

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Golden State heads into this contest after finishing with a win-loss mark of 46-36 last season. They coughed up possession 14.3 times per game and as a unit committed 19.5 fouls every game. As a team, Golden State snagged 46.7 boards per contest and earned 2,402 assists last season, which was 4th in basketball in terms of passing the rock. The Warriors shot 38.0% on 3-pointers (1,211 of 3,191) and 78.0% from the free throw line. They had an average of 117.8 points per game (8th in the NBA) while connecting on 47.7% from the floor.

Defensively, the Warriors were able to force 13.0 turnovers per game and they drew 17.9 personal fouls. They gave up 35.9% from beyond the arc and they ranked 18th in the league in PPG from their opponents (115.2). The Warriors defensively gave up a shooting percentage of 46.6% (3,453 of 7,415) and they conceded 42.9 boards per game as a basketball team. They were ranked 16th in the league in giving up assists to their opponents with 2,187 surrendered last season.

For their last game, the Jazz took a loss by a final score of 126-124 when they faced the Grizzlies. When it comes to how they cleaned up the glass, Utah allowed Memphis to snag 45 in all (12 on the offensive side). They finished the game shooting 37.8% from 3-point land by going 17 of 45 and finished the game at 23 of 32 at the free throw line (71.9%). The Jazz allowed the Grizzlies to convert 43 of their 91 attempts from the field which had them at 47.3% in this contest. When the final whistle was blown, the Jazz shot 40 for 85 from the floor which gave them a rate of 47.1%. Pertaining to 3-point attempts, Utah converted 10 of 26 tries (38.5%). They were able to make 34 of the free throw tries for a rate of 75.6%. The Grizzlies were called for 23 fouls in the matchup which got the Jazz to the free throw line for 45 attempts. They coughed it up 10 times, while recording 4 steals in this contest. The Jazz earned 31 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive boards totaling 43 in this matchup.

Lauri Markkanen was important for the Jazz in this matchup. Markkanen earned 35 points in his 35 mins of playing time and had 2 dimes for this game. He made 9 out of 15 in this game for a field goal percentage of 60.0%, and had 9 rebounds.

Utah had a mark of 31-51 last year. The Jazz were responsible for committing 18.6 fouls every game and they shot 83.0% from the free throw line. They dished out assists 27.2 times per contest (10th in basketball) and they turned it over 15.7 times per game. Utah accounted for 9,484 pts throughout last year (115.7 per game) and they collected 45.5 rebounds per contest. On the offensive side of the court, the Jazz hit 46.7% from the floor, which ranked 19th in the league.

The Jazz on the defensive end were ranked 29th in the NBA in PPG given up with 120.5. They forced their opponents into 12.3 TO's per game and let teams shoot 48.7% from the field (22nd in the league). The Utah defense allowed 39.5% on three-point shots (1,213 of 3,070) and opponents connected on 77.1% of their shots from the free throw line. They conceded 29.8 dimes and 42.2 boards every game, which was ranked 30th and 6th in basketball.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Utah

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