Utah Jazz vs New York Knicks Prediction, 1/30/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Utah Jazz vs New York Knicks

Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: MSG

Madison Square Garden is where the New York Knicks (29-17) will play the Utah Jazz (24-23) on Tuesday.

The Jazz faced the Hornets and earned the victory with a final of 134-122 in their last contest. Regarding personal fouls, the Jazz finished with 18 while the Hornets accumulated 22 personal fouls. They buried 13 out of their 32 tries from beyond the arc. Charlotte finished 71.4% at the charity stripe by burying 15 of 21 tries. Furthermore, Charlotte snagged 35 rebounds (9 offensive, 26 defensive) and earned 6 blocked shots. Charlotte doled out 35 dimes and had 7 steals for this game. With regard to defense, Utah allowed 51.1% from the floor on 47 out of 92 shooting. They also doled out 38 assists for the game as well as creating 10 turnovers and getting 6 steals. Concerning hauling in rebounds, they earned 49 with 15 of them being of the offensive variety. From the free throw line, the Jazz knocked down 13 of their 17 attempts for a rate of 76.5%. Utah finished the game with a 55.9% FG percentage (52 of 93) and converted 17 of their 41 shots from distance.

Lauri Markkanen is a guy who came through in the game. Markkanen finished the game at 66.7% from the field and also dished out 3 assists. He was on the court for 36 minutes and snagged 12 rebounds. He ended up finishing with 33 points on 12 of 18 shooting.

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Utah will enter this game with a record of 24-23 so far this season. They currently have an average of 117.9 points per outing (11th in the NBA) while connecting on 47.1% from the floor. The Jazz are connecting on 35.8% on three-point shots (623 of 1,741) and 82.2% from the free throw line. As a team, Utah is grabbing 46.7 rebounds per contest and has tallied 1,336 dimes for the season, which has them ranked 5th in the NBA in terms of passing. They turn the ball over 15.9 times per contest and as a squad are committing 19.6 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Jazz are forcing 12.8 turnovers on a nightly basis while drawing 20.2 fouls. They rank 30th in the league in giving up assists with 1,360 relinquished this year. The Jazz are allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 47.9% (2,070 of 4,324) and they concede 42.1 boards per game as a unit. They concede 37.8% on three-point shots and they are ranked 23rd in the NBA in opponents PPG (119.3).

When they last stepped on the court, the Knicks got the victory with a final of 125-109 when they faced the Heat. Concerning cleaning the glass, New York permitted Miami to get 38 overall (8 offensive). They went 37.8% from behind the 3-point line by connecting on 14 of 37 and walked away from this one shooting 13 of 16 at the free throw line (81.3%). The Knicks permitted the Heat to make 41 out of 88 tries from the field which had them sitting at 46.6% in the game. When the final whistle blew, the Knicks shot 45 out of 87 from the field which had them sitting at 51.7%. In terms of shots from beyond the perimeter, New York converted 17 out of 33 tries (51.5%). They were able to knock down 18 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 69.2%. The Heat were called for 18 fouls in this matchup which took the Knicks to the charity stripe for a total of 26 tries. They also coughed it up 7 times, while recording 6 steals in the matchup. The Knicks collected 35 defensive rebounds and 11 offensive boards for a total of 46 for this contest.

Jalen Brunson pitched in for the Knicks for the contest. He converted 12 of 22 for this contest giving him a field goal percentage of 54.5%, and tallied 5 rebounds. Brunson earned 32 points in his 38 mins of playing time and totaled 8 dimes in this matchup.

New York has a record of 29-17 this season. In terms of offensive execution, the Knicks are shooting 46.9% from the field, which ranks 20th in basketball. New York has scored 5,307 pts so far this season (115.4 per game) and they average 46.2 rebounds per game. They are earning an assist 24.0 times per contest (29th in the league) and they are giving up possession 13.7 times per game. The Knicks commit 18.4 personal fouls every game and they go 78.1% from the charity stripe.

The New York defense surrenders 36.0% from downtown (582 of 1,616) and opponents are connecting on 76.9% of their foul shots. They have conceded 26.0 dimes and 40.5 boards per contest, which ranks 11th and 2nd in the league. The Knicks on the defensive end are ranked 2nd in basketball in points allowed per game with 109.8. They are forcing 13.0 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.7% from the floor (10th in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Utah

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