Utah Jazz vs Washington Wizards Prediction, 11/12/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Utah Jazz vs Washington Wizards

Date: Saturday, November 12, 2022

Location: Capital One Arena in Washington, DC

TV: NBC Sports Washington

The Utah Jazz are on their way to Capital One Arena on Saturday where they will play the Washington Wizards.

The Jazz faced off with the Hawks and notched a win by a score of 125-119 in their last contest. Utah walked away from the contest having earned a 46.8% FG percentage (44 of 94) and converted 17 of their 39 shots from 3-point land. From the charity stripe, the Jazz made 20 of their 24 attempts for a rate of 83.3%. In terms of getting rebounds, they compiled a total of 47 with 13 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 27 assists for the matchup while forcing the other team into 11 turnovers and having 5 steals. With respect to defending, Utah allowed 46.8% from the floor on 51 out of 109 shooting. Atlanta doled out 24 dimes and had 5 steals for the game. Additionally, Atlanta snagged 54 rebounds (17 offensive, 37 defensive) and added 6 blocked shots. Atlanta finished 81.8% at the free throw line by converting 9 of their 11 tries. They also converted 8 out of their 28 shots from beyond the arc. Concerning personal fouls, the Jazz ended up with 20 while the Hawks had 16 personal fouls.

Lauri Markkanen is a guy who was a factor in this matchup. Markkanen finished the contest at 50.0% from the floor but finished the game without a dime. He played for 31 mins played and totaled 8 boards. He scored 32 points on 9 of 18 shooting.

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Utah will enter this contest with a record of 10-3 for the campaign. They currently have an average of 118.8 pts per contest (1st in the league) while shooting 47.3% from the field. The Jazz are hitting 37.7% from downtown (196 of 520) and 77.7% from the free throw line. As a team, Utah is snagging 44.7 boards per contest and has accounted for 360 assists on the campaign, which has them ranked 1st in basketball in terms of passing. They are turning it over 15.8 times per contest and as a team they commit 22.5 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Jazz are able to force 15.8 turnovers per contest and they draw 20.9 fouls. They surrender 32.3% on 3-point shots while they are 13th in basketball in PPG from their opponents (112.7). The Jazz defensively are allowing and opponent field goal percentage of 46.7% (554 of 1,186) and they concede 44.8 boards per contest as a basketball team. They currently rank 10th in basketball in allowing assists with 266 surrendered on the campaign.

For their last game, the Wizards got the win with a final of 108-100 against the Hornets. The Wizards were able to collect 37 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards for a total of 47 in this contest. They turned it over 14 times, while recording 2 steals for this game. The Hornets had 23 fouls in the game which took the Wizards to the free throw line for a total of 30 attempts. They were able to make 19 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 63.3%. Regarding shooting from 3-point land, Washington made 5 of their 19 tries (26.3%). At the conclusion of this game, the Wizards finished shooting 42 out of 80 from the floor which gave them a rate of 52.5%. The Wizards permitted the Hornets to make 42 of 101 attempts from the field which had them shooting 41.6% for this game. They wrapped up this game 15.6% from 3-point land by connecting on 5 of 32 and ended up shooting 11 out of 16 at the free throw line (68.8%). Concerning how they cleaned up the glass, Washington permitted Charlotte to collect 45 overall (17 on the offensive glass).

Jordan Goodwin ended up having an impact for the Wizards for the game. He buried 7 out of 7 in the matchup for a rate of 100.0%, and added 4 rebounds. Goodwin totaled 17 points in his 21 mins on the court and had 5 assists for this contest.

Washington has a record of 5-6 for the season. When it comes to offense, the Wizards are shooting 47.0% from the floor, which is 14th in basketball. Washington has scored 1,177 points so far this year (107.0 per game) and they pull down 43.8 rebounds per game. Their rate of assisting teammates is at 23.5 times per contest (25th in the league) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 13.7 times per game. The Wizards are committing 19.9 personal fouls per contest and they shoot 78.8% from the free throw line.

The Washington defense gives up 38.2% on shots from 3-point land (138 of 361) and opponents are converting on 81.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 23.6 assists and 42.6 rebounds per game, which is 9th and 12th in the league. The Wizards on defense are ranked 12th in the NBA in points per game surrendered with 111.1. They are forcing 12.3 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 45.6% from the field (10th in the league).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Washington

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