Hornets vs Jazz NBA Handicapping

Courtesy of OddsShark.com

The New Orleans Hornets and the Utah Jazz will both be trying to pick up a win on Monday when they battle at EnergySolutions Arena.

Oddsmakers currently have the Jazz listed as 7-point favorites versus the Hornets, while the game's total has not yet been posted.

The Hornets were a 96-80 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Kings. They failed to cover the 4?point spread as underdogs, while the total score (176) made winners of UNDER bettors.

Utah lost its last outing, a 104-89 result against the Spurs on December 31. The Jazz failed to cover in that game as a 13.5-point underdog, while the 193 combined points took the game UNDER the total.

New Orleans:
Team record: 2-2 SU, 2-2 ATS
Current streak: lost 2 straight games.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of last 5 games when playing on the road against Utah
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of last 8 games when playing Utah
is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games

When playing on Monday are 4-6
Before playing Philadelphia are 6-4
After playing Sacramento are 4-6
After a loss are 5-5

Utah:
Team record: 1-3 SU, 1-3 ATS

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of last 5 games when playing at home against New Orleans
is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against New Orleans
is 13-4 SU in its last 17 games when playing New Orleans
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of last 8 games when playing New Orleans

When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Milwaukee are 7-3
After playing San Antonio are 7-3
After a loss are 3-7

Next up:
New Orleans home to Philadelphia, Wednesday, January 4
Utah home to Milwaukee, Tuesday, January 3