The New York Knicks (30-27, 14-15 Home) will try to slow down one of the NBA’s top scoring teams when they welcome the Utah Jazz (28-29, 10-17 Away) on Saturday.
Both teams will be playing on back-to-back days. The Jazz are 4-8 without rest, while the Knicks are 4-4. Utah defeated the Toronto Raptors 122-116 at Scotiabank Arena yesterday. Walker Kessler was a top performer with 23 points and nine rebounds. The Jazz are 10th in the Western Conference.
New York dropped their last game yesterday at Wells Fargo Center, falling to the Philadelphia 76ers 119-108. Jalen Brunson had 30 points, nine assists, and seven rebounds in the losing effort to lead the team. The Knicks are the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference. The teams are meeting for the final time this season.
New York will be pursuing a season sweep against Utah after triumphing in the only earlier meeting 118-111 at Vivint Arena in November 2022. Brunson led the Knicks with 25 points and eight assists. Kelly Olynyk had 27 points and 11 rebounds in the losing effort.
Lauri Markkanen is averaging 24.7 points per game to lead the Jazz in scoring this season. Markkanen also has grabbed 8.6 rebounds per game. Meanwhile, Mike Conley is dishing 7.7 assists.
Julius Randle (24.8 ppg) and Brunson (23.3) have supplied much of the Knicks’ offense. Randle also has posted 10.9 rebounds per game, eighth-most in the NBA, while Brunson has doled out 6.3 assists per game.
With 117.5 points per game, the Jazz are one of the most explosive offenses in the league (5th). The teams have split their last 10 meetings at Madison Square Garden (5-5).
In the last 10 games, Utah is 5-5 with an average margin of -0.8 (117.4-118.2). New York has also split the last 10 (5-5), allowing 114.8 points per game on average while scoring only 113.1 (-1.7 margin).
JAZZ HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Walker Kessler: 24.2 | 16.5 | +7.7
Jarred Vanderbilt: 12.0 | 18.9 | -6.9
Points per game:
Malik Beasley: 9.3 | 13.4 | -4.0
KNICKS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Evan Fournier: 15.0 | 10.8 | +4.2
Points per game:
Jalen Brunson: 29.3 | 23.3 | +5.9
Rebounds per game:
Isaiah Hartenstein: 8.8 | 6.4 | +2.4
Assists per game:
Julius Randle: 5.8 | 4.2 | +1.6
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