Utah Jazz vs Milwaukee Bucks Prediction & Betting Tips - NBA

Prediction published on 04/02/2024, 04:47  by Kennedy Kechula in NBA Predictions

The Utah Jazz will be at home to welcome the Milwaukee Bucks looking to get back to winning ways in the NBA. Milwaukee arrives for this match as the second-best-ranked team in the Eastern Conference while the Jazz are 10th in the West. The Jazz have lost their last three matches. This is the second time in the space of two weeks that they have lost as many fixtures in a row. All three defeats have come against Eastern opposition with the most recent being a 127-124 loss to the Sixers. It was their 26th defeat of the season and left them two games below .500. Will Hardy’s men did however win the reverse match in Milwaukee slightly less than a month ago. This and their home record this season should have them confident of getting a win here. Utah, who are averaging 117.6 points, have compiled a 15-7 record at the Delta Centre. Kris Dunn is listed as ‘Questionable’ for this game.

Milwaukee is coming off a morale-boosting 129-117 victory over the Mavericks in Dallas. The win ended a two-game skid and was Doc Rivers’ first victory as head coach since taking over from Adrian Griffin last month. It was the veteran tactician’s third game in charge. The Bucks, who have won just two of their last five fixtures, will now seek to embark on a winning run. Having lost the first meeting to the Jazz at home, this is a revenge mission for them. Milwaukee has compiled a 33-16 record and has won 12 of 23 road games. Damian Lillard missed the first matchup with the Jazz but is expected to suit up for this game. He scored 30 and provided eight assists in the win over the Mavericks. Brook Lopez missed the said game but should be available here as he isn’t on the injury report. Andre Jackson did miss the Dallas game and has been listed as ‘Questionable’ for this trip. The Bucks are averaging 122.0 points when away from home.