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

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.

That helped the Jazz stay close to the Heat despite struggling mightily on the offensive end. The Jazz had just two players reach double figures (Lauri Markkanen and Collin Sexton, who both had 23 points) and shot under 40% from the field. The Heat, though, were just as bad; they just made the big shots down the stretch.

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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.