Washington Wizards vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 1/23/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Washington Wizards vs Utah Jazz

Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: KJZZ

The Washington Wizards (6-36) are hitting the road to Delta Center on Thursday where they will attempt to defeat the Utah Jazz (10-31).

The Wizards stepped onto the hardwood against the Lakers and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 111-88 in their last game. Concerning personal fouls, the Wizards ended up with 18 while the Lakers racked up 11 personal fouls. They converted 11 out of their 34 shots from 3-point range. Los Angeles ended up shooting 77.8% at the free throw line by making 14 of their 18 tries. Furthermore, Los Angeles pulled down 50 rebounds (7 offensive, 43 defensive) and added 8 blocked shots. Los Angeles distributed 30 dimes and had 6 steals for this game. In terms of defense, Washington allowed 47.8% from the field on 43 out of 90 shooting. They also doled out 25 assists for this game in addition to forcing 11 turnovers and getting 8 steals. Concerning pulling down boards, they earned 46 with 9 of them being offensive. From the charity stripe, the Wizards buried 9 of 13 attempts for a rate of 69.2%. Washington finished the game with a 35.8% field goal percentage (34 out of 95) and knocked down 11 of 43 3-pointers.

Bilal Coulibaly is one player who was a contributor in this matchup. Coulibaly ended up going 46.7% from the floor and also totaled 4 assists. He played for 32 minutes and pulled down 6 rebounds. He ended up walking away with 17 points on 7 of 15 shooting.

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Washington will enter this game with a mark of 6-36 on the season. They are turning it over 16.1 times per contest and as a group are committing 20.6 fouls per game. As a team, Washington is pulling down 44.1 boards per game and is sitting with 1,047 dimes for the campaign, which has them ranked 23rd in basketball in terms of passing. The Wizards are hitting 33.3% from downtown (532 of 1,599) and 77.1% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 108.1 points per outing (25th in basketball) while going 43.9% from the field.

When they are on the defensive end, the Wizards have forced 13.4 turnovers per game and they draw 18.0 fouls. They rank 25th in the NBA in allowing assists with 1,196 conceded for the season. The Wizards defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 47.6% (1,858 of 3,900) and they concede 48.7 rebounds per contest as a squad. They concede 36.3% on shots from beyond the arc and they are 30th in the league in opponents PPG (122.5).

For their last game, the Jazz took a defeat with a final score of 123-119 when they played the Pelicans. The Jazz recorded 44 defensive boards and 19 offensive rebounds totaling 63 in this matchup. They gave up possession of the ball 13 times, while recording 5 steals in the matchup. The Pelicans were called for 24 personal fouls in this matchup which got the Jazz to the free throw line for 30 attempts. They were able to knock down 24 of those for a clip of 80.0%. In the matter of 3-pointers, Utah buried 11 out of 46 attempts (23.9%). At the conclusion of this game, the Jazz walked away from this one shooting 42 out of 106 from the field which gave them a rate of 39.6%. The Jazz allowed the Pelicans to convert 41 out of 92 tries from the field which gave them a rate of 44.6% for the contest. They finished 36.6% from downtown by shooting 15 out of 41 and ended up shooting 26 out of 29 from the free throw line (89.7%). In regard to rebounds, Utah allowed New Orleans to grab 45 in all (6 on the offensive glass).

Keyonte George ended up being a factor for the Jazz for the game. George accumulated 23 points in his 38 mins on the court and had 7 dimes for the matchup. He converted 6 out of 20 in this matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 30.0%, and accounted for 4 rebounds.

Utah has a win-loss mark of 10-31 on the season. As an offense, the Jazz are shooting 45.6% from the field, which ranks 20th in the NBA. Utah has accounted for 4,569 pts for the campaign (111.4 per game) and they snag 45.4 rebounds per contest. They are assisting teammates 25.0 times per game (21st in basketball) and they turn the ball over 17.7 times per contest. The Jazz commit 18.9 personal fouls every game while shooting 79.1% from the charity stripe.

The Jazz on defense are ranked 28th in the league in points given up per game with 118.2. They are forcing their opponents into 12.0 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 47.6% from the floor (24th in the league). The Utah defense allows 35.8% on 3-point shots (590 of 1,650) and their opposition makes 75.9% of their shots from the charity stripe. They surrender 28.5 dimes and 42.6 rebounds per contest, which ranks them 27th and 6th in the league.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Washington

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