This is an 8* play on the Utah Jazz.

The Thunder have shown plenty of fight despite being shorthanded without Durant and Westbrook, but they are coming off consecutive losses, and they shot a franchise worst 29.4 % in a home loss to Houston on Sunday. They are on the road at Utah tonight, and I can't see them beating a Jazz team that plays pretty well at home.

While they are just 2-2 at home so far this season, they've played top tier teams in all four of those games, with wins over Cleveland and Phoenix, and losses to Houston and Dallas. The Thunder are nowhere near the caliber of any of those teams, and they are likely to struggled to keep up with Utah's Derrick Favors who has shot 70.3 percent while averaging 19.7 points in his last three games.

This will be the first game back from a five game road trip, and they lost their last game at Toronto. They've covered five in a row when coming off a loss, and tonight's game looks like a great spot to back Utah as a slight favorite at home against an inferior opponent.

Take UTAH.

GL,

Jesse Schule