10:10 pm
May 10

Jazz @ Warriors

Who will WIN this matchup?

Utah Jazz (50-18)

@ Golden State Warriors (35-33)

 

Current odds:

Utah Jazz: (-125)

Golden State Warriors: (+105)

 

• The spread for the game is Utah by 2 points.

• In the closing stretch of their quest for their first Western Conference title in 23 years, the Utah Jazz will hit the road for a clash with the Golden State Warriors on Monday night. It will be a meeting of teams on a roll as the Jazz have won five games in a row and six of their past seven, while the Warriors have found renewed vigor with victories in four of five and six of their past nine.

• The Jazz (50-18) will enter off a 124-116 victory Saturday over the Houston Rockets, but their statement victory came Friday in a 127-120 victory at home over the surging Denver Nuggets, who are fourth in the conference. With four regular-season games remaining, three on the road, the conference-leading Jazz had a 1 1/2-game lead over the second-place Phoenix Suns entering Sunday.

• The Jazz haven’t been as far as the Western Conference finals since, but they are showing they might have what it takes to make a deep run this season. Their late-season charge has come without guards Donovan Mitchell (ankle injury) and Mike Conley (hamstring) playing in any of the last six games. Mitchell has been out since April 16. Their absence has required others to step into the fray, with Georges Niang scoring a team-high 24 on Saturday for Utah. He entered with an average of 4.9 points per game over his five-season career and ended up matching his career high.

• The Warriors (35-33) are close to locking up a spot in the play-in tournament as the No. 8 team in the Western Conference, but they only held a half-game margin over the No. 9 Memphis Grizzlies at the start of NBA play Sunday. The Warriors are making their case to stay out of the lower bracket of the play-in tournament, making a franchise-best 27 3-pointers Saturday in a 136-97 home victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Stephen Curry made 11 of those 3s and had 49 points.

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