NBA Picks and Betting Tips: San Antonio Spurs vs Utah Jazz

With San Antonio heading into this game as one of the better rebuilding teams around the league, they will play a Jazz team that have officially started their tank for a potential first overall pick. The Spurs narrowly lost their last match, 106-101, to the Houston Rockets, while the Jazz had a 17-point loss against the Kings during their last outing. As these two teams square of on November 1st at 6:30 A.M. IST, this game will take place in Delta Center of Salt Lake City. Below are our betting odds, top player predictions, key injuries, and vital previous trends to cultivate a potential outcome for this matchup. 

Key Betting Tips & Predictions

1. San Antonio Spurs vs Utah Jazz Moneyline Pick

As both teams are 5-5 in moneyline bets over their previous 10 matchups, this will break the tie with San Antonio having an advantage at -150. Seeing this, it shows they can win this game straight up and the Jazz will have a much smaller -67 line on their side. Both these squads look very different on paper now that the Utah is missing key pieces, which shows that San Antonio has an even bigger advantage throughout. With the Spurs having won 3 of the past 4 moneyline’s in this matchup, their hot streak should continue in convince fashion. 

2. San Antonio Spurs vs Utah JazzPoint Spread Pick

As the spread in this game for the Spurs is listed at -1.5, the Jazz currently have one given at +1.5. During their past 10 matchups against each other, the Spurs are 6-4 against the spread and should continue improving their record upon this. With Utah being without their best player in Lauri Markannen potentially, it would be a great decision to take the -1.5 for San Antonio as their offensive game with Victor Wembanyaba and Chris Paul has improved. Something the Jazz won’t be able to stop, the difference in this game could be a lot more than currently listed. 

3. San Antonio Spurs vs Utah Jazz Over/Under Pick (Total Points)

Total over/under is 218.5 at 1.91: As the Spurs will carry this line a lot, they have shown an amazing ability to score with ease as Harrison Barnes mid-range game will be key again. Having the size of Wembanyaba as well, both teams combined should be able to cross a 229 total from their previous outing. As they have hit over 227 points in their last 4 games, an improved Spurs three-point shooting and offense gameplan will help it make a middle of the pack scoring game. 

San Antonio Spurs vs Utah Jazz Top Player Props

Victor Wembanyaba Over 13 Rebounds at 1.85: As the Spurs enter this game with a huge advantage inside, it will be very hard to stop Victor Wembanyaba as he will be combined with Jermey Soachan and Harrison Barnes vs just one elite defender in Walker Kessler. Given that Lauri Markannen is potentially out, Wembanyba will use his size and length to grab all the boards, while being very aggressive on the offensive side once again and putting back a lot of layups. Against a much smaller team, he will be able to switch on a much smaller John Collins or Drew Eubanks and use his growing strength to body them for every single board. Seeing this, he could very easily go over his season average for getting rebounds. 

Jordan Clarkson over 16.5 points at 1.91: As the Jazz will rely upon Jordan Clarkson’s scoring off the bench to stay in this game, he will try to continue building on his 15.5 point per game average this season. Knowing that he will be against a much smaller Chris Paul, his ability to drive in will be something that gives him a lot of spaces to finish with ease. Being their main scorer during this game, there will be a lot of times the ball is in hands and should be a great replacement piece for Keyonte George’s struggles in scoring at times. This should be a game where Clarkson can really be able to consistently score and keep momentum high for the Jazz.

San Antonio Spurs vs Utah JazzInjury News & Impact

San Antonio Spurs Injury: With this Spurs roster still missing Devin Vassell due to injury, they are going to miss their key shooting guard as he would be able to dominate someone like the Jazz’s Colin Sexton with ease. As a player who averaged 19.5 points per game last season, his loss will force Victor Wembanyaba to have a much bigger scoring role throughout the game. 

Utah Jazz Injury: With Lauri Markannen having left the Jazz game against the Kings due to back spasms, this could be a key loss for Utah as their main scorer. Someone who has been averaging 18.0 points per game, he had been a stable force and did a lot of work in the paint as well. In addition, this team lost Taylor Hendricks, 5.0 rebounds, for the season and now will have to expect Walker Kessler to play extended minutes as the teams primary rebounder. 

Head-to-Head Trends

As the Jazz enter this game having won 2 of the past 3, the Spurs will look to change that after having a very new-look roster. As 3 of the last 4 games have had margins of within 12 points, these games always come down to who can execute late in the stretch. With Utah being 2-3 against the spread vs San Antonio, while the Spurs are 3-2, it will be interesting to see which unit can have a solid night on both ends of the floor. As both squads have score over 107 points each in their last 4 matchups, the Spurs 113 points per game scoring average should continue being similar in this matchup. 

Betting Insights & Public Trends

As the Spurs enter this game, 60.6% of the betters back them to win this game as they are favorites against the Jazz.

Final Prediction

As the Spurs enter this game showing much improvement from last year, even though Chris Paul hasn’t played at a similar level his veteran leadership has impacted this team a lot. With the Jazz clearly struggling on defense which has led to offensive issues, their two big pieces in Taylor Hendricks and Lauri Markannen could both be out. Seeing this, the backup center position will have to be filled up by John Collins, who Spurs backup Zach Collins could easily dominate with size in the paint. Even when their starting lineup is out there, Victor Wembanyaba will have a great performance against Walker Kessler since he really has great length to reach way over the new Jazz center. While Kessler does have great ability to block shots, seeing the elite scoring ability and movement of Wembanyaba is something that the Jazz won’t be able to defend as Drew Eubanks will also have to play more. With Chris Paul have a matchup that he can finally beat against Keyonte George, they will have to rely on Jordan Clarkson and Colin Sexton to keep this game very close. 

Our prediction: We picked the Spurs to win this game and hit the spread of -1.5, while hitting the over of 218.5 points at 1.91.