The Dallas Mavericks bested the Utah Jazz, 106-94. The Dallas Mavericks rise to 12-8 for the season while the Utah Jazz drop to 4-15. Today we will discuss about Jazz VS Thunder: Stats| Prediction| ESPN.
Jazz VS Thunder: Stats| Prediction| ESPN
The Oklahoma City Thunder is an American professional basketball franchise that is based in Oklahoma City. They are affiliated with the NBA and are one of the teams in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. The squad’s home games are held at the Paycom Center.
Stats
| Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB | +/- | FPTS |
| C. Sexton | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7/11 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | -8 | 24 |
| W. Kessler | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 5/8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -22 | 29 |
| K. George | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7/14 | 2/9 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 26 |
| J. Collins | 15 | 5 | 2 | 5/9 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -12 | 20 |
| L. Markkanen | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4/11 | 1/6 | 4/4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -21 | 23 |
Prediction
Thunder is heavily favored to win this game at home according to the odds. Our expectations are the same and OKC should win with ease on Tuesday. The spread of the game is relatively high but, the thunder have successfully proven themselves capable of blowing teams out with a net rating of 10.1. The game should end with a large total, surpassing 225 points for team totals.
ESPN
Oklahoma was in complete control of the court as Jalen Williams scored 28 points while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made his own mark with 26 points alongside seven assists and six rebounds. This effectively enabled the Oklahoma City Thunder to proceed into the quarter final of the NBA Cup after a smashing 133 to 106 win over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.
Aaron Wiggins and Isaiah Joe joined as the top reserves with 16 and 19 points respectively, along with the starters impressive offensive turn around against the Portland Trail Blazers which saw Oklahoma City Thunder finish up Group B play at 3 wins and 1 loss. Their win was also sealed when later on Tuesday, Phoenix went on to defeat San Antonio 104-93.
Earlier in the day, Alexander was selected as the Western Conference player of the month. After half time, he made a contribution of 15 points to add onto the Oklahoma City lead which grew to 30 points a few times during the second quarter.
Through all the points of the game, Isaiah Hartenstein did not exert himself too much as he ended the game with just 4 points and 5 rebounds. Since breaking his hand, this was the first game in six where he has failed to claim at least 10 points and 10 rebounds.
As for the Utah Jazz, Collin Sexton led the scoring with 17 points while Walker Kessler and John Collins both contributed 15 points for the beleaguered Jazz who sunk to a disappointing 4-17 record.
