Jazz vs Pelicans prediction NBA · Tuesday, April 7
At a glance
The New Orleans Pelicans (25-54) host the Utah Jazz (21-58) on Tuesday, April 7 at 8:00 PM ET at Smoothie King Center in NBA action. Final score: Jazz 137 – Pelicans 156. Before tip-off, the Basketlog model gave the Pelicans a 67% chance to win: prediction correct. This season, the Pelicans are 16-24 at home and the Jazz are 8-31 on the road. Over the last 10 games: 2-8 for the Pelicans and 1-9 for the Jazz (current streaks: Pelicans L8, Jazz L9).
The analysis Model
The Pelicans are favored, but the gap isn't huge. The model projects Pelicans 122 – 116 Jazz, a margin of about 5.4 points in favor of the Pelicans and a total around 238 points. Expect a fast-paced, high-scoring game.
- The Jazz need to win the pace battle to stay in the game.
- The Pelicans' defense allows clearly fewer points (119.3 pts/game).
What tips the balance
Scenarios
Stat comparison Current season
UTAHNO
Top performers
Jazz
Kennedy ChandlerG · #231pts / game
John KoncharG · #5510assistsJohn KoncharG · #5510reboundsPelicans
Jeremiah FearsG · #040pts / game
Derik QueenC · #227assistsDerik QueenC · #2212reboundsRecent form
UTAHNO
NO
Team comparison
| UTAH | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 21-58 | Record | 25-54 |
| 116.4 | Points scored / game | 114.2 |
| 125.3 | Points allowed / game | 119.3 |
| -7.5 | Adjusted margin / game | -4.4 |
| L9 | Current streak | L8 |
| 1-9 | Last 10 games | 2-8 |
| 8-31 road | Home / road record | 16-24 home |
| 17-65 (-9.3) | Last season | 21-61 (-9.4) |
| No | Played yesterday | No |
Injury report Jazz
Injury report Pelicans
Probabilities estimated by the Basketlog model from available public data. They are neither a certainty nor betting advice.