The Charlotte Hornets and Utah Jazz are, at least for now, two of the healthiest teams in the NBA. Both teams have managed to avoid injuries and COVID-19 issues lately, which will make their Monday night matchup an interesting one in the NBA. In Monday night’s NBA betting picks, we take a look at Hornets vs Jazz and decide where the best bet is for this inter-conference matchup of teams looking to stay healthy and win some games in the process.
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Hornets vs Jazz Betting Pick
This game will be played at 9:00 PM ET at Vivint Arena on Monday, December 20, 2021.
Why Bet The Hornets vs Jazz Over:
✅ The Charlotte Hornets are in trouble if they continue to play defense they way they have as of late. Charlotte has the worst defensive rating in the NBA this season, and the worst scoring defense in the league. They also have the offense to make up for that huge hole in their game, which bodes well for the over here.
✅ Utah has been porous defensively on occasion in their own right, as we saw when they failed to slow down the Boston Celtics at home not long ago. The Jazz and Hornets have the top-two offensive ratings in the NBA this season, and some fireworks should be expected on the scoreboard from start to finish here.
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✅ Charlotte and Utah are two of just six teams in the NBA hitting overs at above the magic number of 52.38% this season. The Hornets are number one in the league, going over the total at a 20-11-1 clip. That will continue here, as both teams should light up the scoreboard from the jump.
Charlotte Hornets
Somehow, in an age of the NBA where virtually every team has injuries or health and safety protocols to deal with, the Charlotte Hornets have a virtually clean bill of health heading into this week. They do have to deal with a back to back coming into this game, though, as they are playing against the Phoenix Suns on Sunday prior to their Monday night matchup against the Utah Jazz.
For the Hornets, the question in this game is whether or not they can play enough defense to slow down the Jazz on their home floor. That will be a question for Utah as well, but it will be especially pressing for a Hornets team that gives up an average of 116 points per game, which is the worst average in the NBA.
Utah Jazz
Utah is also mostly healthy at this point in the season, with only a couple of bench players on their injury report coming into this matchup with Charlotte. That could, of course, change prior to game time here given the sudden nature of COVID absences. But the Jazz should like their chances here at home against one of the worst defensive teams in the NBA in the Charlotte Hornets.
The Jazz have been no strangers to high-scoring games at home this season, as they played in a memorable game against the Boston Celtics where stops were hard to come by just a couple of weeks ago. Here, they will hope to avoid a similar situation, as they will need to give their all on the defensive end to make things easier on themselves. But they certainly have the perimeter shooting to keep up with the Hornets should things turn into a shootout.