New Orleans Pelicans visit Utah Jazz early in the season. Neither team has a regular-season result yet, so our read leans on last season's games: Pelicans went L-L-W-L-L and Jazz went L-L-L-W-L over their last five.
Our ratings favor Jazz: about 51% to win, with a projected score of New Orleans Pelicans 114, Utah Jazz 114. That is close to a toss-up. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 6 times in our recent records. Pelicans lead 6-0, and the average margin has been 10.7 points in favor of Pelicans.
On the injury report, Jusuf Nurkic (UTA), Trey Alexander (UTA), Tony Bradley (UTA), and Blake Hinson (UTA) are listed as out.