The Utah Jazz (5-5) play the visiting Toronto Raptors (7-5) at the EnergySolutions Arena. The game gets underway at 9:00 pm ET on Wednesday, Nov. 18 and will air on RT and TSN.
The Jazz won a close one over the Hawks 97-96 on Sunday. Derrick Favors was the team’s high scorer with 23 points on 11-for-20 shooting. The Raptors, meanwhile, are coming off a 115-110 loss to the Warriors on Tuesday. Kyle Lowry accumulated 28 points, six rebounds, and three assists.
The aggressive Raptors offense seems poised to make an impact from the foul line. They rank second in the NBA at getting to the stripe (free throw attempt rate of 36.5), while Utah is among the league’s most foul-prone squads (giving up a 30th-ranked free throw attempt rate of 38.4).
The Jazz are a small two-point favorite in this game and the Over/Under (O/U) is set at 190 points. The Jazz enter the game with records of 5-5 Straight Up (SU) and 7-3 Against The Spread (ATS). They have a record of 3-4 SU and 5-2 ATS versus the Eastern Conference. Teams really have to fight for three-pointers against the Jazz, who have allowed only 7.0 three-pointers to opponents per game. The Jazz are fifth in the league in steals with 9.4 per game.
Across the court, the Raptors head into the game with records of 8-4 ATS and 7-5 SU. Toronto has records of 3-2 SU and 4-1 ATS against the West. The Raptors are getting to the foul line at a high rate, with an NBA-best 286 free throws made (23.0 per game).
This is the first meeting of the season for the Jazz and the Raptors. The last time they played Toronto came out on top, taking the head-to-head record to an even 5-5 SU over the past 10 meetings. They are even ATS in their last 10 meetings as well.
Predictions: SU Winner – Tor, ATS Winner – Tor, O/U – Under
Notes
Utah is 5-1-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah’s last 5 games at home.
Utah is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home.
Utah is 14-5 SU in its last 19 games when playing Toronto.
Utah is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Toronto.
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Utah’s last 7 games when playing Toronto.
Utah is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Toronto.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah’s last 5 games when playing at home against Toronto.
Utah is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Toronto.
Utah ranks 28th in points per game with 95.5, while Toronto ranks ninth in points allowed with an average of 98.6 given up.
On average, Utah puts up 90.5 points per home game (ranked 30th), while Toronto gives up 100.6 points per away game (ranked 11th).
The Utah Jazz are 5-2 in games where they allow fewer than 100 points, while the Toronto Raptors are winless (0-2) when they don’t hit the century mark.
Utah is winless (0-3) in games where it gives up 100 or more points, while Toronto is 7-3 when it hits the century mark.
The Jazz have an offensive rating of 100.3 (ranked 19th). The Raptors rank 13th for their defensive rating of 100.8.
With 95.2 possessions and 1.003 points per possession, the Utah Jazz perform worse on both metrics than the Toronto Raptors. Toronto averages 98.1 possessions and 1.046 points per possession.
Utah has an average effective field goal percentage of 47.4%. Toronto is a poor 2-4 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
Utah makes an average of 18.7 assists per game (ranked 29th). Toronto ranks higher in assists with 18.8 (ranked 27th).
The Utah Jazz average 6.4 blocks per game for a rank of fourth. The Toronto Raptors rank lower (24th), earning 4.0 blocks each game.
The Utah Jazz rank eighth in offensive rebounding, while the Toronto Raptors rank 12th in defensive rebounding.
Making 9.4 steals per game, Utah is ranked fifth in the NBA. Toronto has a winning 3-1 record when it allows at least 9 steals.
