NBA Against The Spread Play – Orlando Magic at Utah Jazz

9:05PM EST

Opening Line: Jazz -5.5 and 207.5
Current Line: Jazz -5.5 and 206.5

This is a matchup between two teams that are much better at home, which gives a heavy lean towards the Jazz with the game being in Utah. The Jazz are 3-0 at home against eastern conference opponents and 10-3 overall at home. The Magic are below .500 overall but are markedly worse on the road, with a 4-8 record and the combined record of their opponents in road wins is 26-80 with zero wins against teams anywhere near .500. This will be a spot to attack much more of the same and the Jazz will have starting point guard Mike Conley back and will be back at full strength.

What a stupid game. Saying the Rockets came out flat in the first half might be the most massive understatement one could make. They dug themselves a 23 point hole and trailed 72-53 at the half. I said to myself, “welp, the over is there but Houston doesn’t have a chance. The Spurs decided to be as awful as a team can be in the second half, blowing the lead and losing outright 109-107. Yes you’re reading that correctly. After scoring 72 in the first half they scored 35 in the entire second half. No cover either way and a hyper tilting outcome. We’ll try to do better today.