Oklahoma City Thunder vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 4/11/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Utah Jazz

Date: Friday, April 11, 2025

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: KJZZ

The Oklahoma City Thunder (66-14) are en route to Delta Center on Friday where they will play the Utah Jazz (17-63).

The Thunder stepped onto the hardwood against the Suns and went home with a win by a final score of 125-112 in their last game. In relation to fouls, the Thunder walked away with 18 and the Suns recorded 17 fouls. They also made 15 out of their 42 shots from distance. Phoenix finished shooting 68.4% from the charity stripe by knocking down 13 of 19 attempts. On top of that, Phoenix collected 38 boards (9 offensive, 29 defensive) and got 2 rejections. Phoenix earned 31 assists and had 10 steals for the matchup. When discussing defense, Oklahoma City allowed their opponent to shoot 48.3% from the field on 42 of 87 shooting. They also dished out 24 dimes for the contest as well as forcing 15 turnovers and having 11 steals. In regard to grabbing rebounds, they collected a total of 44 with 8 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Thunder converted 23 of 27 shots for a percentage of 85.2%. Oklahoma City wrapped up the contest having earned a 52.3% FG percentage (45 out of 86) and knocked down 12 of their 30 3-pointers.

Jalen Williams is someone who was a major contributor in this contest. He ended up walking away with 33 points on 13 of 23 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 36 minutes and pulled down 7 rebounds. Williams finished shooting 56.5% from the floor and also earned 5 dimes.

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Oklahoma City comes into this contest with a record of 66-14 this season. They are losing possession via turnover 11.8 times per contest and as a group they are committing 19.9 fouls every game. As a unit, Oklahoma City is grabbing 44.6 rebounds per contest and has accounted for 2,145 assists on the year, which ranks 12th in the NBA in terms of passing the ball. The Thunder are shooting 37.6% on shots from beyond the arc (1,159 of 3,084) and 81.9% from the free throw line. They average 120.3 points per contest (4th in the league) while going 48.1% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Thunder have forced 17.1 turnovers per contest and they draw 18.2 fouls. They give up 34.6% on 3-point shots and they are 3rd in the NBA in PPG allowed (107.7). The Thunder are giving up a field goal percentage of 43.8% (3,035 of 6,936) and they concede 44.7 rebounds per game as a group. They are 6th in the league in giving up assists with 1,973 conceded on the season.

For their last game, the Jazz got the win with a final of 133-126 against the Trail Blazers. Concerning rebounding, Utah allowed Portland to pull down 43 in total (14 offensive). They went 24.4% from downtown by hitting 11 of 45 and finished the game at 19 of 28 from the free throw line (67.9%). The Jazz allowed the Trail Blazers to make 48 out of their 104 tries from the floor which had them sitting at 46.2% in this matchup. At the conclusion of this game, the Jazz shot 50 out of 98 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 51.0%. When talking about shots from beyond the perimeter, Utah converted 15 of 36 tries (41.7%). They were able to knock down 18 of those for a percentage of 81.8%. The Trail Blazers were called for 23 personal fouls for the game which took the Jazz to the free throw line for a total of 22 shots. They coughed up the ball 24 times, while earning 14 steals for the game. The Jazz were able to collect 40 defensive rebounds and 16 offensive rebounds totaling 56 in this matchup.

Kyle Filipowski ended up being important for the Jazz for this game. Filipowski accumulated 30 points in his 34 minutes on the court and had 5 assists for this game. He knocked down 13 of 17 in the matchup for a field goal percentage of 76.5%, and accumulated 18 rebounds.

Utah has a record of 17-63 on the year. As an offense, the Jazz are hitting on 45.6% from the field, which ranks 21st in the league. Utah has totaled 8,959 pts on the year (112.0 per contest) and they average 45.3 rebounds per game. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 25.6 times per contest (20th in the league) and they are giving up possession 17.3 times per game. The Jazz are committing 19.0 personal fouls per game while shooting 77.3% from the charity stripe.

The Utah defense concedes 35.7% on 3-pointers (1,182 of 3,307) and their opponents are making 76.4% of their foul shots. They have allowed 29.6 dimes and 44.1 boards per game, which is ranked 30th and 16th in basketball. The Jazz are ranked 30th in the league in points allowed per game with 121.0. They have forced 11.8 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 47.9% from the floor (26th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Oklahoma City

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