Phoenix at Utah

Over the years, Utah has been a very difficult place to play for visitors. The Jazz have won 71% of their games here in the last 800 or so played at the EnergySolutions Arena. The arena is very loud, and then there is always the altitude to contend with. That is especially true when an opponent comes in early in the season and may not be ready to deal with it for 48 minutes. Complicating matters will be the fact that Phoenix will be playing in their third different city in four nights, and are coming here off of playing last night. The Jazz own a 149-111-8 ATS mark when taking on a team at home off no rest, covering nearly 58% of the time on the blind. That extends to 24-14 ATS if it is game number 12 or less, and if it is in the first three games of the season, when their opponents have not gotten completely in game shape yet, they are 8-1 ATS. That is a big advantage for the home team, so take Utah.