Who’s playing
Utah Jazz @ New Orleans Pelicans
Current records: Utah 10-29, New Orleans 10-32
How to watch
- When: Friday January 17, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET
- Or: Smoothie King Center – New Orleans, Louisiana
- TV: Gulf Coast Sports
- Follow: CBS Sports app
- Online broadcast: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket cost: $1.00
What you need to know
The Pelicans will play the full four quarters on Friday, but they should be done well before that. They will host the Utah Jazz at 8 p.m. ET at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans will strut after a win while the Jazz will stumble after a loss.
If the Pelicans beat the Jazz by 119 points on Friday, that will be the team’s new lucky number: They’ve won their last two games by that exact score. The Pelicans had just enough and outscored the Mavericks 119-116. For those watching at home, this is the closest victory New Orleans has had against Dallas since October 25, 2022.
The Pelicans’ success was led by the efforts of Dejounte Murray, who scored 30 points plus seven assists and seven rebounds, and Trey Murphy III, who had a double-double with 24 points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Murphy III a new career high in offensive rebounds (six).
The Pelicans broke the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. They easily outscored their opponents in this department as the Mavericks only struck out eight.
Meanwhile, the Jazz were within striking distance but couldn’t close the gap on Wednesday as they lost 117-112 to the Hornets. The loss hurt even more as Utah led 76-63 with 7:41 left in the third.
New Orleans has been performing well recently as they have won three of their last four matchups, which was a nice improvement to their 10-32 record this season. As for Utah, they haven’t been sharp recently as the team has lost four of their last five games, which significantly dented their 10-29 record this season.
Everything went in the Pelicans’ favor against the Jazz in the teams’ last game in January 2024, as the Pelicans took a 153-124 victory. Do the Pelicans have another win up their sleeve, or will the Jazz turn things around? We’ll have the answer soon enough.
Odds
New Orleans is a big favorite with 11.5 points against Utah, according to the latest NBA Odds.
The line drifted a bit toward the Pelicans, as the game opened with the Pelicans as 9-point favorites.
The over/under is 230.5 points.
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History of the series
Utah has won 7 of its last 10 games against New Orleans.
- January 23, 2024 – New Orleans 153 vs. Utah 124
- December 28, 2023 – New Orleans 112 vs. Utah 105
- November 27, 2023 – Utah 114 vs. New Orleans 112
- November 25, 2023 – Utah 105 vs. New Orleans 100
- December 15, 2022 – Utah 132 vs. New Orleans 129
- December 13, 2022 – Utah 121 vs. New Orleans 100
- October 23, 2022 – Utah 122 vs. New Orleans 121
- March 4, 2022 – New Orleans 124 vs. Utah 90
- January 3, 2022 – Utah 115 vs. New Orleans 104
- November 27, 2021 – Utah 127 vs. New Orleans 105
