Suns vs. Jazz NBA Betting Preview for October 28

The Phoenix Suns (1-1) play the Utah Jazz (1-1) at 10:00 PM ET on Saturday, October 28, 2023 on NBA TV, AZFamily, and KJZZ.

The Suns are a 5.5-point favorite against the Jazz when the Suns and the Jazz meet. The over/under for the game is 221.5.

The Suns fell to the Lakers 100-95 and went under the point total in their last outing on Thursday. Kevin Durant put up a team-high 39 points in the loss. Their last time out, the Jazz saw Lauri Markkanen rack up a team-high 35 points to lead them to a 120-118 win over the Clippers on Friday. No line was set for the matchup, and the teams scored 238 total points to top the -point over/under.

Suns vs. Jazz Betting Odds

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Suns vs. Jazz Betting Trends

• The Suns put together a 43-37-2 record against the spread last season.
• Phoenix had an ATS record of 16-12-1 when playing as at least a 5.5-point favorite last season.
• Last season, the combined scoring went over the point total 41 times in Suns games.
• Last season the 113.6 points per game the Suns put up were just 4.4 fewer points than the Jazz conceded (118).
• When Phoenix scored more than 118 points, it was 21-6-1 versus the spread and 21-7 overall.
• The Jazz put together a 46-33-3 ATS record last season.
• Utah had an ATS record of 19-7 when playing as at least a 5.5-point underdog last season.
• A total of 49 of the Jazz's games last year hit the over.
• The Jazz scored 5.5 more points per game (117.1) than the Suns allowed (111.6).
• Utah went 33-14-1 against the spread and 26-22 overall when shooting higher than 46.6%.

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Suns vs. Jazz Over/Under Trends

• Suns games finished over 221.5 points scored, their current matchup's over/under, 53 times (out of 82) last year.
• the Jazz games went over 221.5 total points scored in 65 of 82 matchups last season.
• These teams averaged a combined 230.7 points per game a season ago, 9.2 more points than the total of 221.5 set for this game.
• Opponents of the two teams averaged a combined 8.1 more points per game last season (229.6) than this game's over/under of 221.5 points.
• Phoenix's average point total in outings last year was 225.2, 3.7 points higher than the total in this game.
• The average point total for the Jazz in 2022 was 13.6 points higher than this game's over/under.

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• Devin Booker: 27.8 PTS, 5.5 AST, 49.4 FG%, 35.1 3PT% (111-for-316)
• Kevin Durant: 29.7 PTS, 5.3 AST, 1.5 BLK, 55.8 FG%, 37.6 3PT% (71-for-189)
• Jusuf Nurkic: 13.3 PTS, 9.1 REB, 51.9 FG%, 36.1 3PT% (43-for-119)
• Drew Eubanks: 6.6 PTS, 1.3 BLK, 64.1 FG%, 38.9 3PT% (7-for-18)

• Lauri Markkanen: 25.6 PTS, 8.6 REB, 49.9 FG%, 39.1 3PT% (200-for-511)
• Jordan Clarkson: 20.8 PTS, 44.4 FG%, 33.8 3PT% (155-for-459)
• Walker Kessler: 9.2 PTS, 8.4 REB, 2.3 BLK, 72 FG%
• John Collins: 13.1 PTS, 50.8 FG%, 29.2 3PT% (70-for-240)