Utah at Washington

The Jazz have won six straight and have taken over first place in the Northwest Division from Denver. Washington is off a horrible performance in which they shot just 37% from the field. We expect a focused effort from the Wizards as a result. This team is getting points at home from a 8-15 road team despite their 15-8 home record. The Jazz have a problem on the road and it's called defense (104.7 ppg allowed). The Jazz are just 11-22 ATS the past two seasons laying points on the road. THey are also 10-23 ATS over the past three seasons on the road following two straight wins. Washington meanwhile is 9-1 ATS this season after having lost two of their last three games. In Utah's last 62 road games with a total in this range, they are 45-17 to the first half UNDER. The past three seasons they are 28-15 UNDER in the first half when coming off two straight UNDERs. Washington is 27-14 UNDER in the first half overall this season including 14-6 UNDER if their game went OVER last game. They are also 8-1 UNDER in teh first half after losing by double digits. We like the home dog and the first half UNDER here.