Utah at Atlanta

Utah is once again one of the best defensive teams in the league, seventh in points allowed. And they've won two of the last three games. Rookie Donovan Mitchell continued his emergence with 23 points in Saturday's 125-113 victory over the Clippers. The Jazz are 9-3 ATS after a victory of more than 10 points. They face an Atlanta team that struggles everywhere, #21 in points scored, #22 in field goal shooting, while the defense is #23 in points allowed, and #26 in field goal shooting allowed. Atlanta comes off a 113-97 home loss to Chicago on Saturday, missing 34 of its first 38 three-point attempts, and finished 11-of-48 from beyond the arc. The Jazz has covered five of the last seven meetings, and the road team is 5-1 ATS when they clash. Back the better defensive team playing well. Play Utah.