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Game time: December 20, 2022 at 7:00 PM ET

Venue: Little Caesars Arena — Detroit, MI

Article updated Dec 19, 10:14 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Utah is on the road playing Detroit at the Little Caesars Arena stadium on Tuesday, 12/20/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Utah -3.5 was the opening favorite and current line is Utah

Game outlook

Utah is on the road playing Detroit at the Little Caesars Arena stadium on Tuesday, 12/20/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Utah -3.5 was the opening favorite and current line is Utah -2.5.

Utah Highlights

With a power ranking of 20, Utah is ranked #5 in offense (scoring an average of 117.22 per game), #23 in defense (allowing an average of 116.00 points to be scored against them per game) and are 17-16 (18-15 ATS) this season.

Detroit Highlights

Detroit Pistons has a power ranking of 21 and are #22 for offense (scoring an average of 111.31 per game), #29 for defense (giving up an average of 116.00 points per game) and 8-24 (15-14-3 ATS) overall. Utah went 2-1 (3-0 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Detroit.

Curated Picks & Predictions

From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be UTA 111.75, DET 116.75. 51% of SportsJaw predicts Detroit Pistons to cover. OddsShark predicts Utah will win, detroit will cover, and the total will go over.

split down the middle on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Jazz 122 to Pistons 130.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Jazz 122 to Pistons 130.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NBA Predictions

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SportsJaw Jazz vs Pistons archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Jazz vs Pistons matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Utah Jazz-160 → -141Moved
  • Moneyline · Detroit Pistons+135 → +123Moved
  • Spread · Utah Jazz-3.5 (-110) → -2.5 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · Detroit Pistons+3.5 (-110) → +2.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over233 (-110) → 228.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under233 (-110) → 228.5 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

Utah Jazz
5-5-7 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 5-5-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Detroit Pistons
3-0 matchup record · 5-4-1 ATS · 6-4-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-20T03:14:08.656Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-11-23Detroit Pistons 125 · Utah Jazz 116
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Utah Jazz defeated Detroit Pistons 126-111

Utah Jazz defeated Detroit Pistons 126-111 on December 20, 2022, a 15-point decision in the series. Utah Jazz's strongest period was the 3rd quarter, when it outscored its opponent 34-25. Against SportsJaw's recorded Utah Jazz -2.5 (-110) spread, Utah Jazz covered, while the 237 combined points finished over the recorded total of 228.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • DocthizzMoneyline · Utah Jazz -160Win
  • DocthizzSpread · Utah Jazz -3.5 (-110)Win
  • GtpixSpread · Utah Jazz -3.5 (-110)Win
  • AliencreationSpread · Utah Jazz -3.5 (-110)Win
  • MoneymouthSpread · Detroit Pistons +3.5 (-110)Loss
  • MrshinySpread · Detroit Pistons +3.5 (-110)Loss
  • MrshinyMoneyline · Detroit Pistons +135Loss
  • PremierPicksSpread · Detroit Pistons +3.5 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioSpread · Detroit Pistons +2 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioTotal · Over 229.5 (-110)Win
  • OddssharkSpread · Detroit Pistons +2 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkTotal · Over 229.5 (-110)Win
  • CoversSpread · Utah Jazz -2 (-110)Win