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New Orleans enters at 1-4 with 119.4 points per game and 116.3 points scored from the team stats feed, but the Pelicans have also allowed 121.6 per game and sit at a negative point differential. Utah is also 1-4, scoring 112.4 per game while allowing 120.2, and its recent run has included a three-game slide. New Orleans has the better offensive efficiency mark at 1.092 versus Utah's 1.070, while the Jazz rank worse defensively and have been less reliable away from home. The Pelicans' better free throw rate and stronger home efficiency numbers give them a modest edge, but Utah's under trend and New Orleans' mixed scoring profile keep the game from projecting as an easy shootout.
New Orleans is the more stable side, but the strongest value in this game is the under because both teams have been playing below expectation on the scoring side and Utah's recent form has been especially weak. With New Orleans projected to win 118-110, the game script points to a Pelicans victory without the pace or shot quality needed to push the total past the market number.