Utah Jazz vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 1/20/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Utah Jazz vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Monday, January 20, 2025

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: Gulf Coast Sports

The Utah Jazz (10-29) are traveling to Smoothie King Center on Monday where they will attempt to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans (10-32).

The Jazz played the Hornets and went home with a loss by a final score of 117-112 in their last game. Regarding personal fouls, the Jazz finished with 18 while the Hornets racked up 16 personal fouls. They converted 12 out of their 39 tries from three-point range. Charlotte finished the game shooting 71.4% at the charity stripe by converting 15 of 21 attempts. Moreover, Charlotte grabbed 45 boards (11 offensive, 34 defensive) and got 4 blocks. Charlotte recorded 27 dimes and had 6 steals for the matchup. When talking about defense, Utah let their opponent shoot 52.9% from the field on 45 out of 85 shooting. They also dished out 30 assists in this game in addition to forcing 18 turnovers and having 5 steals. Pertaining to rebounding, they earned a total of 36 with 9 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Jazz converted 10 of 17 attempts for a percentage of 58.8%. Utah finished the contest with a 46.2% FG percentage (43 of 93) and made 16 out of their 43 3-point attempts.

Keyonte George is a player who was a major factor in this contest. George walked away from this one shooting 40.9% from the floor and recorded 6 assists. He was on the court for 31 mins and collected 4 boards. He scored 26 points on 9 out of 22 shooting.

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Utah heads into this matchup with a win-loss mark of 10-29 this season. They average 110.9 points per game (20th in the NBA) while hitting 45.7% from the field. The Jazz are hitting 36.2% on shots beyond the perimeter (545 of 1,507) and 79.0% from the free throw line. As a unit, Utah is pulling down 45.1 rebounds per game and has tallied 970 assists for the year, which is 25th in the league in terms of passing. They are turning it over 17.8 times per game and as a unit are committing 18.8 fouls every game.

On defense, the Jazz are able to force 11.9 turnovers per game and they draw 19.7 personal fouls. They are conceding 35.5% on shots from beyond the arc and they are ranked 26th in basketball in PPG allowed (117.6). The Jazz defensively are allowing a shooting percentage of 47.7% (1,696 of 3,556) and they concede 42.2 boards per game as a group. They are 24th in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 1,107 surrendered for the year.

For their last game, the Pelicans took home the win by a final score of 119-116 when they faced the Mavericks. In relation to cleaning up the glass, New Orleans allowed Dallas to collect 45 overall (8 on the offensive glass). They shot 34.3% from downtown by going 12 out of 35 and finished the contest at 18 of 25 at the charity stripe (72.0%). The Pelicans permitted the Mavericks to bury 43 of 90 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 47.8% in this game. Overall, the Pelicans ended up going 43 for 97 from the floor which had them at 44.3%. When discussing 3-pointers, New Orleans buried 13 of their 39 attempts (33.3%). They were able to make 20 of the free throw tries for a clip of 83.3%. The Mavericks committed 17 personal fouls in this matchup which took the Pelicans to the charity stripe for a total of 24 tries. They turned it over 10 times, while recording 11 steals in the matchup. The Pelicans earned 34 defensive boards and 15 offensive boards totaling 49 for the game.

Dejounte Murray ended up having an impact for the Pelicans for this contest. Murray earned 30 points in his 33 minutes of playing time and tallied 7 assists in this contest. He made 10 of 22 in the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 45.5%, and had 7 rebounds.

New Orleans has a win-loss record of 10-32 for the campaign. When it comes to executing on offense, the Pelicans are connecting on 44.2% from the floor, which is ranked 29th in the NBA. New Orleans has accounted for 4,547 pts this year (108.3 per game) and they pull in 42.9 boards per game. They are dishing out assists 25.0 times per game (21st in the league) and they cough up possession 14.5 times per contest. The Pelicans have committed 18.2 personal fouls every game and they shoot 76.9% from the free throw line.

The Pelicans defensively are ranked 25th in the league in points per game surrendered with 117.0. They are forcing 15.0 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 48.2% from the field (28th in the league). The New Orleans defense gives up 36.5% on shots from behind the 3-point line (589 of 1,615) and opponents are connecting on 79.3% of their shots from the free throw line. They have surrendered 28.0 dimes and 46.1 total rebounds per game, which ranks them 25th and 27th in the NBA.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Utah

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