Utah Jazz 2024 NBA Championship Odds
From 1984 through 2022, the Utah Jazz missed the NBA Playoffs only seven times. Utah was arguably the most consistent and stable franchise in the NBA. But the Jazz are facing the possibility of missing the postseason for the second straight year. Utah has been in the process of a rebuild, after eight seasons under previous head coach Quin Snyder, who produced playoff bids in his final six years. Despite all of that past success, Utah has never won the NBA championship with two appearances in the Finals. At best, Utah can scrap for one of the 2024 NBA Play-In round bids. Gamblers like the quietly hidden value that the Jazz provide. Utah is showing a solid profit so far this season.
2024 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Utah Jazz NBA Betting Lines
At the approach of the All-Star Break, the Utah Jazz are 25-26 straight up, 30-21 against the spread, and 28-22-1 over/under the total. Late on, Utah has covered ten out of their last 15 games. While the Jazz have gone over the total in six of its previous nine matchups. Utah is 10th in the Western Conference playoff standings. Utah is 10.5 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference playoff race.
Utah has NBA metrics of 11th for scoring offense, 19th for field goal percentage, 22nd for 3-point field goal percentage, 4th for free throw percentage, and 2nd for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Jazz have NBA metrics of 23rd for scoring defense, 20th for field goal percentage permitted, 26th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 7th for defensive rebounding.
Utah Jazz Key Players
PF Lauri Markkanen leads the Jazz with 23.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game. Markkanen was the 7th overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft out of Arizona by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Last year, Markkanen was named an NBA All-Star for the first time. Markkanen has been with the Jazz since last year, after playing for the Chicago Bulls in the first four years of his NBA career. Markkanen is coming off a career campaign.
PG Collin Sexton is averaging 17.5 points per game. Sexton was the 8th overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft out of Alabama by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Sexton arrived at Utah last season.
PG Jordan Clarkson is averaging 17.5 points per game. Clarkson was a 2nd round pick in the 2014 NBA Draft out of Missouri. He was named to the 2015 NBA All-Rookie First Team and was the 2021 NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
Utah Jazz Head Coach
Will Hardy is in his second season as head coach of the Utah Jazz. He has been an NBA assistant coach since 2015. Hardy is well credentialed, having served as an assistant with the San Antonio Spurs and Boston Celtics.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 5)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
37 |
45 |
4th, Northwest |
Did not qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
49 |
33 |
1st, Northwest |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Mavericks) |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
52 |
20 |
1st, Northwest |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2–4 (Clippers) |
| 2019–20 |
72 |
44 |
28 |
3rd, Northwest |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Nuggets) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
50 |
32 |
3rd, Northwest |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Rockets) |
Utah Jazz History
The Utah Jazz have been a model NBA franchise since their move to Salt Lake City in 1979 following their 1974 berth as an expansion team in New Orleans. Utah has never won an NBA title, but the Jazz have missed the postseason only eight times since making their first playoff appearance in 1984.
Utah made the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 with head coach Jerry Sloan and the dynamic duo of John Stockton and Karl Malone. Unfortunately, they were on the wrong end of some heroics from the great Michael Jordan in both seasons, and the Mailman was unable to deliver on a Sunday.
Long-time head coach Jerry Sloan retired in the middle of the 2010-11 season partly because of a beef with star guard Deron Williams. Tyrone Corbin was his replacement and didn’t have much success before Quin Snyder became the head coach in 2014. Snyder led the Jazz to six straight playoff appearances from 2017 to 2022, but he resigned this summer after failing to lead Utah past the second round.
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