The New Orleans Pelicans (10-32) play the Utah Jazz (10-29) as 8.5-point favorites on Friday, January 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET on Gulf Coast Sports and KJZZ.

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Pelicans vs. Jazz Game Info & Odds

• Date: Friday, January 17, 2025
• Time: 8:00 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: Gulf Coast Sports and KJZZ
• Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
• Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
• Venue: Smoothie King Center

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Pelicans vs. Jazz Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Pelicans 114 – Jazz 113

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Spread & Total Prediction for Pelicans vs. Jazz

• Pick ATS: Jazz (+ 8.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Pelicans (-1.3)
• Pick OU:

  Under (228.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 226.9

• The Jazz have put together a 21-18-0 ATS record this season as opposed to the 18-24-0 mark from the Pelicans.
• New Orleans and its opponents have exceeded the over/under 54.8% of the time this season (23 out of 42). That’s less often than Utah and its opponents have (22 out of 39).
• As a moneyline favorite this season, the Pelicans are 5-6, a better record than the Jazz have posted (9-29) as moneyline underdogs.

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Pelicans Performance Insights

• The Pelicans are averaging only 108.3 points per game (fifth-worst in NBA), but they’ve played better at the other end of the court, where they are surrendering 117 points per game (25th-ranked).
• New Orleans ranks 24th in the NBA with 42.9 rebounds per contest, but it is allowing 46.1 rebounds per game, which ranks fourth-worst in the league.
• The Pelicans are delivering 25 dimes per game, which ranks them 21st in the NBA in 2024-25.
• New Orleans ranks 15th in the NBA with 13.8 turnovers per game this year. Meanwhile, it ranks 11th with 14.1 forced turnovers per contest.
• The Pelicans are draining 12 treys per game (fifth-worst in NBA), and they sport a 34.1% three-point percentage (25th-ranked).

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Jazz Performance Insights

• The Jazz are 20th in the NBA in points scored (110.9 per game) and fifth-worst in points allowed (117.6).
• On the boards, Utah is 10th in the league in rebounds (45.1 per game). It is fourth-best in rebounds conceded (42.2 per game).
• With 24.9 assists per game, the Jazz are 22nd in the NBA.
• Utah is the worst squad in the league in turnovers per game (17) and worst in turnovers forced (11.5).
• The Jazz make 14 3-pointers per game and shoot 36.2% from beyond the arc, ranking 11th and 15th, respectively, in the league.

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