Utah takes on Washington and looks to end their 7-game skid
Utah Jazz (18-44, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (16-45, 13th in the Eastern Conference)
Washington; Thursday, 7pm EST
SPORTSBOOK BETMGM LINE: Wizards -2.5; over/under is 243.5
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CONCLUSION: Utah enters the matchup against Washington having lost seven straight games.
The Wizards went 11-21 in home games. Washington has a 7-35 record in games decided by 10 points or more.
The Jazz are 7-23 on the road. Utah leads the Western Conference with 29.6 assists. Isaiah Collier scores the Jazz with 7.2.
The Wizards are shooting 45.9% from the field this season, 3.0 percentage points lower than the 48.9% the Jazz allow their opponents. The Jazz have averaged 12.9 3-pointers per game this season, 1.0 fewer shots made on average than the 13.9 per game the Wizards have allowed.
TOP PERFORMERS: Justin Champagnie is averaging 8.1 points and 5.6 rebounds for the Wizards. Bilal Coulibaly has averaged 12.3 points in his last 10 games.
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Kyle Filipowski is averaging 10.1 points and 6.7 rebounds for the Jazz. Collier has averaged 16.1 points over his last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wizards: 2-8, averaged 111.5 points, 40.2 rebounds, 24.5 assists, 9.2 steals and 5.8 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents are averaging 125.0 points per game.
Jazz: 2-8, averaged 114.1 points, 43.9 rebounds, 27.0 assists, 11.3 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 45.4% from the field. Their opponents are averaging 118.5 points.
INJURIES: Wizards: Anthony Gill: Day-to-day (illness), Jamir Watkins: Day-to-day (foot), Anthony Davis: Out for the season (finger), Tristan Vukcevic: Day-to-day (thigh), Cam Whitmore: Out for the season (shoulder), Kyshawn George: Out (elbow), D’Angelo Russell: Day-to-day (non-injury related), Alex Sarr: Out (hamstring).
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Jazz: Lauri Markkanen: out for season (ankle), Vince Williams Jr.: out for season (acl), Walker Kessler: out for season (shoulder), Jusuf Nurkic: out for season (nose), Jaren Jackson Jr.: out for season (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.