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Revenge will be on the mind of the Utah Jazz players tonight as they take on the Los Angeles Lakers having lost to them by 6 points earlier this season. You can watch the game live on ESPN at 10:00 pm ET — continue reading below to see my same-game parlay.
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Let’s jump into it.
Utah Jazz 1-10 win margin (+170)
Donovan Mitchell over 25.5 points (-110)
Bojan Bogdanovic over 2.5 made threes (+142)
Parlay odds: +1056
Utah Jazz 1-10 win margin (+170)
The Lakers are a hot mess right now. They’ve won just twice in their last 9 games and enter tonight’s game with Carmelo Anthony, Avery Bradley and Kendrick Nunn all out. LeBron James is questionable with a knee problem, while Anthony Davis has a wrist issue, but is expected to play. On the other hand, Utah has been on a roll, winning 6 in a row and covering the spread in their last 5 games. Rudy Gobert is finally back, and this team is pretty much without any serious injury issues aside from Rudy Gay, who is out with a knee injury. The Lakers have had a decent head-to-head record against the Jazz, so that’s a glimmer of hope their fans are hanging on to ahead of tonight’s game. I expect Utah to get the job done, although it could be a close game.
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Donovan Mitchell over 25.5 points (-110)
Donovan Mitchell is averaging exactly 25.4 points over his last 5 games since returning from concussion protocols. In those games he has averaged just 31.6 minutes and shot almost 49% from the field and 42% from downtown. He’s coming off a 30-point performance in the win over Houston and, having scored only 13 against the Lakers a month ago he will be looking to make amends. He has gone over 25.5 points in 3 of his last 5 games overall and in 2 of his last 4 against the Lakers. I like his chances in tonight’s game, especially with the news of lockdown defender Bradley not playing for LA. He should have the upper hand against Russell Westbrook, who is no match for him on defense.
Bojan Bogdanovic over 2.5 made threes (+142)
Bojan Bogdanovic has played extremely well against the Lakers in recent meetings. Over his last 6 against them he has made at least 3 threes 4 times. His 3-point shooting has improved compared to January, when he was making just 29.6% of his shots. In the 7 games played this month he is averaging 33.3% while making 2.2 per game. He has made over 2.5 in 3 of his last 5 games and against the Rockets he drained 4 of them. The Lakers rank only 13th in opponent 3-point percentage, with teams making 34.4% of their shots against them. With LA allowing 118.3 points per game in their last 3 contests, we could be in for another high-scoring game and if that’s the case Bogdanovic should get to 3 threes fairly easily.
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