Utah Jazz vs Brooklyn Nets: Don Best NBA Odds & Trends for 3/24/2021

The Brooklyn Nets (30-14) will need a big game out of leading scorer Kevin Durant (29.0 ppg) if they want to hang with the favored Utah Jazz (31-11). Donovan Mitchell and the Jazz are double-digit favorites (-13) against the Nets on March 24, 2021. The matchup's point total is 227.

How to Watch

Time: 10:00 PM EST
TV Channel: ESPN

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Jazz vs. Nets Betting Data

Jazz Betting Data

• Utah has a 27-15 record against the spread this season.
• The Jazz's record against the spread as at least a 13-point favorite is below .500 at 0-1.
• Utah typically does not hit the over, only breaking the point total in 20 of 42 games (47.6%).

Nets Betting Data

• Against the spread this season, Brooklyn has a winning record: 23-21.
• Brooklyn hit the over in a majority of its matchups this season: 28 of 44 games (63.6%).

Point Total Insights

• Utah's games this year have gone over the point total for Wednesday's matchup point total (227 points) in 45.2% of opportunities (19 out of 42 matchups).
• 29 Brooklyn games this year (65.9% of its matchups) finished with a final score greater than Wednesday's point total of 227 points.
• The Jazz average 116.8 points per game against the Nets' 120.1, totaling 9.9 points over the game's total of 227.
• The 223.6 points per game these two teams allow to opponents on average this season are 3.4 fewer than the 227 total in this contest.
• On average, the over/under in Jazz games is 1.7 points fewer than the over/under of 227 points in this contest.
• The over/under for this game is 8.2 points fewer than the average over/under in Nets' games this season (235.2 points).

Previous Matchups

Utah has won a majority of its last 10 games against Brooklyn, going 8-2, while the Nets are 2-1 against the spread when playing the Jazz.

Jazz Players to Watch

• The Jazz scoring leader is Mitchell, who averages 25.4 per contest to go with 4.6 rebounds and 5.5 assists.
• Rudy Gobert leads Utah in rebounding, averaging 13.5 per game, while Mike Conley leads the team in assists, distributing an average of 5.5 in each contest.
• Mitchell leads the Jazz in three-point shooting, making an average of 3.3 shots per game from beyond the arc.
• Conley is Utah's leader in steals, averaging 1.4 steals per game, while Gobert leads them in blocks with 3.0 per contest.

Nets Players to Watch

• James Harden has tallied 7.9 rebounds and 11.2 assists per game, putting him atop the Nets leaderboards in those stat categories.
• Durant scores 29.0 points per game, putting him at the top of the Brooklyn scoring leaderboard. He also grabs 7.3 rebounds and adds 5.2 assists per game.
• Joe Harris is consistent from distance and leads the Nets with 3.4 made threes per game.
• Brooklyn's leader in steals is Harden with 1.3 per game, and its leader in blocks is Nicolas Claxton with 1.6 per game.

Injury Report

Jazz:

Udoka Azubuike: Out (Ankle)

Nets:

Kevin Durant: Out (Hamstring),

Kyrie Irving: Out (Personal),

Spencer Dinwiddie: Out For Season (ACL),

James Harden: Out (Neck),

Blake Griffin: Out (Rest),

Landry Shamet: Out (Ankle)