Utah at Philadelphia

The Jazz have shown some offensive woes of late and are off to a slow 3-5 start, but in spite of that they have still played five of eight over the total. This bodes well for a team underperforming at the offensive end yet still toppling totals. They have played to five totals set at 202.5 or less and four of the five went over. The Sixers have played against a lot of defense-oriented teams, but against teams willing to get up-and-down like the New York, Phoenix and Orlando, their games have averaged 243 points and the Jazz like to get up and down. The Jazz have played 11 of their last 14 on the road to the OVER, while the Sixers are 5-1 to the OVER in their last six vs. the West, which feature more teams that like to run. This series has been dominated by high-scoring affairs with nine of the last 12 going OVER the total. This one looks too low to me, so I’m playing it to go OVER the posted total.