The Houston Rockets have three games left this season, all of which will be on the road. They start the road trip by facing off with the Utah Jazz, who are also eliminated from postseason contention.
The Rockets have won all three games against the Jazz so far this season and will be looking to secure a season sweep. With their first-round pick owed to the Oklahoma City Thunder this season, they can continue to play hard and work on player development.
Mar 29, 2024; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton (2) tries to dribble past Houston Rockets guard Fred VanVleet (5)
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Houston will be without Alperen Sengun, Tari Eason, Steven Adams, and Jae’Sean Tate. Utah has a more loaded injury report, with Walker Kessler, Collin Sexton, Kris Dunn, John Collins, Jordan Clarkson, Lauri Markkanen, and Jordan Clarkson are all out.
Keep it posted here for our three best bets before tipoff, powered by the odds at SI Sportsbook.
The Lines
Point spread: Jazz +11.5 (-118/Rockets -11.5 (-105)
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Money line: Jazz (+390)/Rockets (-568)
Over/under: 227.5
Our Picks
Safe pick: Jalen Green OVER 23.5 points (-133)
With no reason for him to have a solid night, why wouldn’t Jalen Green return to the form that almost got Houston into the postseason? Posting only a 19-point average over his last five games, Green has come back to earth and not shot well, but his 27.3-point average against Utah this season bodes well.
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Team pick: Rockets -11.5 (-105)
Houston has no reason to try and lose, as they don’t own their own draft pick. The Jazz are in a full tank and have lost 13 games in a row. Expect Utah to continue to roll over for their opponents, and all Houston has to do is show up to cover the spread.
Defense pick: UNDER 227.5 total points (-110)
Utah is not a serious team at this point in the season, and Houston has been good on the defensive end all year. While the Rockets should blow out the Jazz, Utah might only post 90 points, so Houston can coast in garbage time and won’t post a high stat line of their own.
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Like many utilities in the Trump era, Rocky Mountain Power is pulling back on its renewable energy plans. But more than a dozen Utah communities are taking matters into their own hands.
About 300,000 homes and businesses will soon be part of a novel, bottom-up program to bring new clean power to the state’s fossil-fuel-heavy grid. The Utah Renewable Communities initiative allows city and county governments to offset their electricity use with 100 percent renewable power, backed by a $4 monthly bill surcharge.
“There’s no other program available to our residents that is this affordable or this impactful to Midvale’s environmental and economic future,” said Dustin Gettel, mayor of the Salt Lake City suburb of Midvale.
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Midvale is set to vote Tuesday on whether to join 15 other communities that have signed up ahead of an enrollment deadline next week. Three other eligible communities have opted out, although one may reconsider.
