The Utah Jazz and Atlanta Hawks both made runs beyond the first round of the NBA playoffs last year, but both fell short of getting to the Finals. Tonight, the Jazz and Hawks will look to make a statement win against one another in Atlanta. And in Thursday’s NBA picks, we will examine the Jazz vs Hawks from a betting perspective, where injuries could play a major role on one side.
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Jazz vs Hawks Betting Pick
This game will be played at State Farm Arena at 7:30 PM ET on Thursday, November 4, 2021.
Why Bet The Hawks:
✅ The Utah Jazz are dealing with several key injuries coming into this matchup with the Atlanta Hawks. Rudy Gobert is going to be out for this game, and Donovan Mitchell is questionable with an ankle injury. Atlanta is the healthier team here, and should be able to take care of business at home.
✅ Without Gobert available, and with Hassan Whiteside questionable for the Jazz, John Collins and Clint Capela should be able to control the offensive and defensive glass. That has been an underrated part of Atlanta’s success, even as all of the attention on this team has been paid to Trae Young and the Hawks’ perimeter scorers.
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✅ Atlanta hasn’t lost a game at home yet this season, going 3-0 on their home floor. The Hawks are 3-0 against the spread at home as well. That streak will continue against a Jazz team that isn’t likely to give this game their full attention due to all of the injuries that they are nursing at this point in time.
Utah Jazz
So far this season, the Utah Jazz have won six of their first seven games and look every bit like a candidate to earn the top seed in the Western Conference for the second straight season. Utah’s lone loss this season has come on the road to the Chicago Bulls, and the Jazz will look to avoid a second road loss to an Eastern Conference team on the season when they take on the Hawks.
The key to this game for the Jazz is going to be how they stack up from a health perspective. They already know that their top defensive player in Rudy Gobert is going to miss this game, and they could be without Donovan Mitchell and Royce O’Neale as well. Those losses would seriously impact the ability of the Jazz to keep up with a Hawks team that has plenty of firepower of its own.
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are only 4-4 this season, but most of their struggles on the season have come on the road. Atlanta has dropped three of its last four games, but all three of those games have come away from home. At home, the Hawks have won all three of their games and will look to benefit from another game in their own arena against the Jazz.
For the Hawks, the play of their bigs will be extremely important against a Utah team that needs offensive rebounds to succeed. Offensive rebounds allow them to get open looks from the perimeter, which is where the Jazz thrive the most offensively. With Gobert out, Collins and Capela should be able to control the glass, but the Hawks will still need to corral long rebounds to avoid second-chance threes from Utah.