The Pacers have featured several leading scorers recently, as the team's depth shined, leading them to victories in five of their last six games and 11 of their last 13. That's impressive considering how they started the season. With Monday's game the first of a four-game road trip (five of their next six games are away from Indiana), they will be competitive from the start to defend their winning streak. There's not much to say about Utah, except that they have lost eight of ten and covered once in their last five. They'll win on an off night against a bad team or injured one, but that's it.

I like Indiana a lot, especially when they're putting in the effort on both ends of the floor. They haven't needed to play defense as much during their winning streak, but they're definitely capable of turning it on. Indiana should close out on Utah's shooters (17th in 3PT%) and get back in transition for fast-break buckets (5th in fast-break points). The winning effort will come on defense, as Indiana is an offensive juggernaut capable of running the Jazz (30th in defensive rating) out of the gym as long as it doesn't give up far too many easy buckets on the other end.