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Utah Jazz vs. Portland Trail Blazers
The Utah Jazz and the Portland Trail Blazers will meet on the court at Moda Center at the Rose Quarter on Saturday in a battle of division rivals.
Oddsmakers opened the Trail Blazers as -3-point favorites versus the Jazz, while the game's total opened at 223.
In their last action, Portland was a 109-107 loser at home against the Nets. They failed to cover the -3-point spread as favorites, while the combined score (216) was profitable news for UNDER bettors.
Utah won its last outing, a 134-133 result against the Suns on November 18. The Jazz covered in that game as a +1-point underdog, while the 267 combined points took the game OVER the total.
Utah:
Team record: 11-6 SU,11-6 ATS
Utah is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Utah's last 6 games
Utah is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Portland:
Team record: 10-5 SU,11-4 ATS
Portland is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games
Portland is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Portland's last 20 games
Next up:
Utah at Los Angeles Monday, November 21
Portland at Milwaukee Monday, November 21