We like the Phoenix Suns to defeat the Utah Jazz on Friday at 9:40pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

Phoenix have listed Kevin Durant as Game-Time Decision for this game. If he were to play, the line would most likely jump. Given that he still has the chance to play, this line on the Suns is the way to go.

Over their L5 games against in-conference opponents (West,) the Suns have covered versus the spread in four of them.

Phoenix have also won seven games in a row against this Utah team, including four @Utah.

The Jazz have lost 16 of their L19 games played at their own home.

Utah are also just 1-6 straight up and 2-5 versus the spread over their L7 games this season.

In their last game, Utah got blown out by 44 points against Sac-Town. That loss will be too much to overcome today.

We know the Suns aren't performing well right now either. But, we also know that this is a great matchup for them to get back to winning. We think they win this game by double digits.

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