The Utah Jazz (9-26) welcome the Miami Heat (18-17) to Delta Center in Salt Lake City Thursday. Tip-off is set for 9 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NBA odds around the Heat vs. Jazz odds a

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The Jazz don’t offer much resistance on defense, allowing 118.5 points per game, a Bottom-5 mark in the NBA. It’s been even worse during this home slide, if you can believe it, as Utah is giving up 120.6 points per game, with teams shooting 48.5% from the field and 36.7% from 3-point range.

The Utah Jazz head to Kaseya Center to face the Miami Heat in a non-conference matchup. The Heat are 17-15, which puts them in sixth place in the Eastern Conference. The Jazz are 7-25, which puts them in 14th place in the Western Conference.

On Thursday night, the Miami Heat will play the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City. For the game, the Heat will be without one of their best role players, as Kevin Love has been ruled out due to personal reasons.

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The last time the Utah Jazz met the Miami Heat, the Heat showed they are nothing more than pretenders. Miami lost to a team that is not interested in winning games and showed that the “Heat culture” they talk about is more of a gimmick than anything.