This is a 10* NORTHWEST GOY on the Thunder.

Both teams are still in the mix for the Playoff tournament, but I say that this is a contest that favors the desperate visting side.

This one will definitely have a playoff like atmosphere. Each team enters on a three-game losing streak.

But despite having soiled the sheets down the stretch, the Thunder still have a Golden opportunity here, as they can clinch a spot in the playoffs with victories in their final two games at Utah here tonight, and then at Memphis on Sunday.

The Jazz have been covering games for bettors of late, as they've covered in four straight, but they've lost seven of their last eight straight-up.

Utah has to catch up to Oklahoma City, but it also has Dallas just ahead of it, and the Mavericks own the head-to-head tiebreaker.

The Thunder are off the 136-125 road loss at Golden State, but they've been competitive even in defeat here down the stretch.

The Jazz are off the dishearteing 135-133 overtime loss to the Lakers. That's a huge mental letdown for this young team, which battled back from ten points down in the final two minutes of regulation to force the extra period.

Oklahoma City has won two of three in the season series. I think the Thunder are the correct call here again in this crucial playoff like contest.

So that's my read on this one, lay the points, the play is the THUNDER.

Good luck, NP