Charlotte and Utah meet for out-of-conference contest

Sat, Jan 27, 2024
NBA News (AP)

Utah Jazz (23-23, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Charlotte Hornets (10-33, 13th in the Eastern Conference)

Charlotte, North Carolina; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Jazz -9.5; over/under is 237

BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte and Utah face off in non-conference action.

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The Hornets have gone 5-15 at home. Charlotte is 6-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Jazz have gone 8-17 away from home. Utah is the Western Conference leader with 46.7 rebounds per game led by Lauri Markkanen averaging 8.7.

The Hornets average 108.6 points per game, 10.6 fewer points than the 119.2 the Jazz allow. The Jazz average 13.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 fewer makes per game than the Hornets give up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Miles Bridges is scoring 20.8 points per game with 7.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists for the Hornets. LaMelo Ball is averaging 15.6 points and 3.1 rebounds while shooting 40.8% over the last 10 games for Charlotte.

Markkanen is averaging 23.8 points and 8.7 rebounds for the Jazz. Collin Sexton is averaging 2.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Utah.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hornets: 2-8, averaging 105.9 points, 41.7 rebounds, 23.6 assists, 5.8 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 43.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 120.6 points per game.

Jazz: 7-3, averaging 128.7 points, 47.6 rebounds, 31.0 assists, 6.2 steals and 6.3 blocks per game while shooting 51.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 120.1 points.

INJURIES: Hornets: Gordon Hayward: out (calf), Mark Williams: out (back).

Jazz: None listed.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.