10* Under Warriors/Jazz (9:05 ET): Right now, Utah clearly looks like the best Western Conference team outside the city of Los Angeles. They’ve won seven in a row and furthermore covered the number in all seven wins. Five of those games have seen them shoot 50% or better from the field and that’s in addition to posting a top five defensive efficiency rating for the season. Prior to a 129-118 win against New Orleans Thursday night, they’d held five consecutive opponents to 105 points or less.

Golden State has obviously improved after last year’s injury-riddled disaster, but they may never again ascend to the championship heights of the five seasons before that. A 119-104 loss to the Knicks on Thursday leaves the Warriors at 8-7 SU and in ninth place in the West. That was a disappointing loss Thursday considering the Dubs were off a very impressive effort the night prior when they defeated San Antonio 121-99 as a 1-point home favorite. That was my 10* Game of the Week!

The Dubs simply aren’t the same explosive offensive team we became accustomed to seeing under Steve Kerr. They are in the bottom third of offensive efficiency and shooting just 42.7% on the road this season. They connected at only 38.4% vs. the Knicks and that was at home. I mentioned Utah’s recent hot shooting at the top, but the good news for Golden State is that they haven’t let any opponent shoot 50% from the field since December 27th. The Under is 10-4 this season in Warriors’ games and 2-0 in Jazz’ games when the total is 220.0 or higher. 10* Under Warriors/Jazz