Low rated play tonight there were lots I liked but couldn't really pull the trigger on other plays. Despite Carlos Boozer being out I still like this play in Utah against the Blazers who are a struggling road team right now especially without their best player in Brandon Roy. Boozer was limited a little over a week ago in Portland and the Jazz still won by 11. The last game in Utah the Jazz beat up on the Blazers pretty good when they had Roy and Oden.
Jazz just have too much offense for Portland to stop and even without Boozer I think Milsap and Okur give the Blazers too much trouble in the paint to keep this one close. Juwon Howard is not the same player he was 20 years ago or however long he's been in the NBA (little joke there). Right now the Jazz are super hot averaging 110.2 ppg in their last 5 and that's more than 8 points better than season average and they are playing better defense too. The Jazz shot 60% or better in both match ups against the Blazers and there was still room for improvement from the FT line where they shot just 62% on 60+ trips.
Blazers are 0-4 ATS in their last 4 in Utah and the favorite is 8-0 ATS in the last 8 meetings.
