19th October 2022 - preview, prediction & picks:
Denver Nuggets @ Utah Jazz
21:00 ET / 19:00 local
Vivint Center. Salt Lake City, Utah
Expected lineups/team news:
Nuggets:
PG - Jamal Murray
SG - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
SF - Michael Porter Jr.
PF - Aaron Gordon
C - Nikola Jokić
Murray’s ACL issue appears to the holding up and he looks set to start for the Nuggets. It kept him out for the full ’21/’22 season and we expect him to come back strong and play a huge role for Denver this season.
DeAndre Jordan also looks set to play backup to Jokić
Jazz:
PG - Mike Conley
SG - Colin Sexton
SF - Jarred Vanderbilt
PF - Lauri Markkanen
C - Kelly Olynyk
Huge turmoil for Utah Jazz in the offseason. Multiple-player trades and a new head coach.
Will Hardy was hired and is now leading the Jazz. He seems well-equipped to lead the team. Fans can expect the team to be disciplined and ready to play hard.
2021/22 standings:
Denver: 2nd in Northwest - 6th in Western - 10th in NBA
Utah: 1st in Northwest - 5th in Western - 9th in NBA
Head-to-head
2021/22:
DEN 0 - 4 UTA
Regular season
DEN 84 - 121 UTA
NBA Playoffs
DEN 15 - 15 UTA
Last game:
Nuggets 104 - 108 Jazz
Rest days:
DEN: >3
UTA: >3
Home/away (H/A) last 3 games
DEN: - - -
UTA: - - -
NBA Championship odds:
Rationale:
All that turmoil has frightened the betting markets away form Utah and they give them almost no chance of the NBA Championship overall. In this matchup, things are a little tighter. But not much. Denver are still the red-hot favourite here.
Prediction:
Here at The Jump Hub, we’re backing the:
OVER 218.5 @ 1.87
2-star pick **
