New Orleans gets the Utah Jazz without Jaren Jackson Jr., and that frontcourt matchup favors Pelicans -5.5. The Pelicans scored 64 paint points in the Oct. 23 meeting.
Karlo Matkovic now gives Utah’s remaining bigs a reason to leave the basket. He has made 8 of 14 threes across his 3 starts for New Orleans.
Jackson also scored 24 points in that first meeting. New Orleans just got 20 from Derik Queen and 18 from Saddiq Bey off the bench at Memphis on Monday.