Hiram Moreno
One of the most interesting duels that the NBA will offer on January 10, 2023 will be Cavaliers vs Jazz, two teams that have not been doing badly this campaign and who will face each other in an interconference clash.
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Predictions, Odds, and Betting Preview for the Cleveland Cavaliers vs Utah Jazz NBA Regular Season Game on January 10, 2023
- Where: Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah
- When: Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 9:00 PM E.T.
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Betting on the Cleveland Cavaliers
- Season record: 26-15
This game will be quite exciting for the Cleveland Cavaliers as one of their acquisitions for this season, Donovan Mitchell, will return to his former home to face his former team. He will be a key player that in the past helped the Cavs to reach the fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
In fact, Mitchell is coming into this game after being the leading scorer in Cleveland’s previous game against the Phoenix Suns winning by a score of 112-98 to rebuild their road trip, which they started with a 121-108 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
Having limited the Suns to 98 points is no surprise, with the Cavaliers having the second-best defensive ratio team in the league at 110.6, something that will need to be maintained for the rest of the campaign as they are sixth worst in average points per game at 111.5 and last in average possessions per game 94.7.
Betting on the Utah Jazz
- Season record: 20-23
The Utah Jazz are under a rebuilding process after shedding their biggest stars in preseason, sending Rudy Gobert to the Timberwolves and the aforementioned Mitchell to their rival in this game. They started the season well despite all these losses, but failed to keep pace and comes into this matchup with a sub -.500 record.
That’s largely because Utah has lost seven of its last eight games, and comes into this one off a loss in its last meeting to the Memphis Grizzlies by a score of 118-123, being the second in a row in which he scored that amount of points since before that game they lost by a score of 118-126 against the Chicago Bulls.
The problem for the Jazz is not in being able to score, but in defending, as evidenced by these results. Utah averages 117.6 points per game this NBA campaign, but its defensive ratio of 116.4 points allowed is the fourth worst in the league.
JefeBet Prediction
Utah Jazz games are usually entertaining for the neutral fan as they are a high-scoring team. None of their last six games finished with less than 230 total points, and this one doesn’t look like it will be an exception, despite facing a great defense.
The Cavaliers are starting to produce a lot more offensively, and we should not forget Donovan Mitchell’s 70-point game earlier in the year, and we’re sure he’ll want to have a similar performance against his former team. On the other hand, Cleveland conceded more than 120 points in two of its last three away games.
Prediction: Over
