Utah Jazz at Indiana Pacers: Model Line and Edge

Thu, Feb 11, 7:00 PM ETGainbridge Fieldhouse · at Pacers

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Season records: Jazz and Pacers
UTAH	This season	IND
1-5	Record	2-5
1-5	ATS	3-4
2-4	O/U	3-4

ATS = covered-didn’t-push · O/U = overs-unders

Model: projects IND 119–115 · win probability IND 59%

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Total

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Model edge

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The model has not beaten the closing line: with an edge of 3 or more it went 212-225 in 2025-26. Model record

What could decide it: IND has more of the edges

UTAH 2, IND 4 · 2026-27 so far

Context

Schedule so far

UTAH has played the 4th-hardest schedule, IND the 29th. A record against a soft schedule means less

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Turnovers

Turnover rate: UTAH 17.0%, IND 14.8%. Forced: UTAH 13.3%, IND 14.9%

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Rebounding

Offensive rebound rate: UTAH 25.7%, IND 23.1%. Defensive: UTAH 77.1%, IND 72.7%

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UTAH offense vs IND defense

Offense 20th of 30 against a defense 25th, on the model’s ratings

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Three-pointers

UTAH hits 32.6% and allows 37.6%; IND hits 34.1% and allows 35.9%. Threes are 41.7% and 43.1% of their shots

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Shooting

Effective FG%: UTAH 51.0 and allows 53.9; IND 53.9 and allows 53.9

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Home court

IND at home. This season: IND 0-3 at home, UTAH 0-1 away

Even

Recent form

Last 5: UTAH 1-4 ATS, margin -8.2; IND 2-3 ATS, margin -2.8

Even

IND offense vs UTAH defense

Offense 24th of 30 against a defense 27th, on the model’s ratings

Context

Tempo

About 104 possessions: UTAH plays 104.0 a game (12th fastest), IND 103.1 (15th). Faster games mean more points

Even

Free throws

Free throw rate: UTAH 31.6, IND 31.2. Allowed: UTAH 33.8, IND 32.1

Even

Who is back

Minutes back from last season: UTAH 100%, IND 100%. Transfers in: UTAH 0, IND 0. Early in a season, turnover makes teams harder to price

Sorted by how lopsided each matchup is, from league ranks. Reasons to look, not picks: the market already knows most of this.

ATS

2026-27, records before tip-off

	Season	Cover	Venue	Role
UTAH LLLWL	1-5	17%	0-1	—
IND WLWLL	3-4	43%	1-2	—

Venue/role: UTAH away; IND home. Squares: last 5 games ATS (W covered, L didn’t), oldest first.

Totals

Over/under before tip-off

	O-U	Over %	SU
UTAH OOUUU	2-4	33%	1-5
IND OUUOU	3-4	43%	2-5

Squares: last 5 games (O over, U under), oldest first. Tap for the score and line.

Last 10 games

2026-27, before tip-off

	Straight up	Spread	Over / under
UTAHlast 6	1-5 17%	1-5 17%	2-4 33%
INDlast 7	2-5 29%	3-4 43%	3-4 43%

Wins-losses (pushes last). Spread and over / under skip games without a line.

Next 3 games

With how the last meeting with each opponent went

Jazz

Date	Game	Last meeting
Feb 15	vs DET	W131–129WO
Feb 17	@ DEN	L117–130WU
Feb 25	@ LAC	L103–115LU

Pacers

Date	Game	Last meeting
Feb 13	vs SAC	L109–114LU
Feb 15	@ GS	L83–114LU
Feb 17	@ SAC	L109–114LU

Last meeting: result, against the spread, over / under. Hover a result for its date.

Recent meetings

Last 5 of 10 since 2021-22

UTAH 5–5 INDSeries tied · 10 games since 2021-22 · UTAH has won the last 2 meetings · UTAH 6-4 ATS

Date	Result	Line	Covered
Feb 3, 2025-26	UTAH 131 @ IND 122	IND +2.5	UTAH W
Nov 11, 2025-26	IND 128 @ UTAH 152	UTAH +2.5	UTAH W
Apr 4, 2024-25	UTAH 112 @ IND 140	IND -17.5	IND W
Feb 3, 2024-25	IND 112 @ UTAH 111	UTAH +6.5	UTAH W
Jan 15, 2023-24	IND 105 @ UTAH 132	UTAH -6.5	UTAH W

ATS History · 2026-27

WwinLloss·Wats winLats lossPpush·Owent over the totalUwent under the total

Jazz

6 games played

Straight up

1-5

17% wins

Against the spread

1-5

17% covers · avg −5.5 pts vs the line

Over / Under

2-4

33% overs · avg −9 pts vs the total

Straight up

1-517%

L W L L L L

4 straight losses0 of last 4 won

Against the spread

1-517%

L L L L W L

1 of last 4 coveredno streak

Over / Under

2-433%

U O O U U U

3 straight unders1 of last 4 over

Game by game: lines, results and totals

TableATSO/U

Lines, results and totalsCover margin by game · points beyond the lineTotal margin by game · points over or under the total

Date	Opp	Result	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
Oct 21	@MEM	L 103-123	+1.5	L −18.5	240.5	U 226
Oct 23	vsNO	W 120-119	-1.5	L −0.5	238.5	O 239
Oct 25	vsLAL	L 123-132	+6.5	L −2.5	237.5	O 255
Oct 26	vsMEM	L 105-110	+1.5	L −3.5	237.5	U 215
Oct 28	vsSA	L 111-117	+13.5	W +7.5	232.5	U 228
Oct 31	vsPOR	L 90-112	+6.5	L −15.5	232.5	U 202

Day

Opp

Result

MissedCovered

Margin

MEM

L 103-123

−18.5

W 120-119

−0.5

LAL

L 123-132

−2.5

MEM

L 105-110

−3.5

L 111-117

+7.5

POR

L 90-112

−15.5

covered 1didn’t cover 5avg −5.5 ptslonger = bigger margin

Day

Opp

Result

UnderOver

Margin

MEM

L 103-123

−14.5

W 120-119

+0.5

LAL

L 123-132

+17.5

MEM

L 105-110

−22.5

L 111-117

−4.5

POR

L 90-112

−30.5

over 2under 4avg −9 ptslonger = bigger margin

Pacers

7 games played

Straight up

2-5

29% wins

Against the spread

3-4

43% covers · avg −4.8 pts vs the line

Over / Under

3-4

43% overs · avg −6.5 pts vs the total

Straight up

2-529%

W L W L L L L

4 straight losses0 of last 4 won

Against the spread

3-443%

W L W L W L L

2 straight misses ATS1 of last 4 covered

Over / Under

3-443%

O U O U U O U

1 of last 4 overno streak

Game by game: lines, results and totals

TableATSO/U

Lines, results and totalsCover margin by game · points beyond the lineTotal margin by game · points over or under the total

Date	Opp	Result	Line	ATS	Total	O/U
Oct 21	@NO	W 123-120	-2.5	W +0.5	238.5	O 243
Oct 23	vsDAL	L 105-121	-7.5	L −23.5	241.5	U 226
Oct 25	@BKN	W 136-109	-5.5	W +21.5	231.5	O 245
Oct 26	@MIL	L 102-110	-3.5	L −11.5	239.5	U 212
Oct 28	vsPHI	L 109-114	+7.5	W +2.5	234.5	U 223
Oct 30	@MIA	L 125-145	+8.5	L −11.5	236.5	O 270
Nov 1	vsBKN	L 90-98	-3.5	L −11.5	230.5	U 188

Day

Opp

Result

MissedCovered

Margin

W 123-120

+0.5

DAL

L 105-121

−23.5

BKN

W 136-109

+21.5

MIL

L 102-110

−11.5

PHI

L 109-114

+2.5

MIA

L 125-145

−11.5

BKN

L 90-98

−11.5

covered 3didn’t cover 4avg −4.8 ptslonger = bigger margin

Day

Opp

Result

UnderOver

Margin

W 123-120

+4.5

DAL

L 105-121

−15.5

BKN

W 136-109

+13.5

MIL

L 102-110

−27.5

PHI

L 109-114

−11.5

MIA

L 125-145

+33.5

BKN

L 90-98

−42.5

over 3under 4avg −6.5 ptslonger = bigger margin

Line = the team’s closing spread (negative = favored). ATS number = points beyond the line; total number = combined points.

Pacers has the better starters

Position by position: Jazz 2, Pacers 3, even 0

JazzBetterPacers

G K. George21.7 pts · 3.8 reb · 6.3 ast Score 8

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G A. Nembhard18.5 pts · 2.2 reb · 7.3 ast Score 70

G A. Bailey13.3 pts · 7.8 reb · 2.2 ast Score 11

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G K. Oubre9.4 pts · 2.6 reb · 1.6 ast Score 32

G D. Peterson13.3 pts · 4.3 reb · 2.8 ast Score 17

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G A. Nesmith12.2 pts · 2.2 reb · 1.8 ast Score 65

F L. Markkanen15.4 pts · 5.4 reb · 1.6 ast Score 94

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F P. Siakam21.4 pts · 7.4 reb · 4 ast Score 74

C J. Hayes8 pts · 6.6 reb · 2.4 ast Score 36

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C J. Huff6 pts · 3.3 reb · 1 ast Score 10

JazzBetterPacers

UTAH offense20th of 30 · -1.2

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IND defense25th of 30 · -3.8

UTAH defense27th of 30 · -6.0

Even

IND offense24th of 30 · -2.3

Backcourt-20.5 · 3 players

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Backcourt+10.3 · 3 players

Frontcourt+15.0 · 2 players

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Frontcourt+4.0 · 2 players

Bench+2.1 · 5 players

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Bench-26.3 · 5 players

Score, worst to bestUTAH betterIND betterNEW no NBA numbers yet

Projected starters come from who started the last five games and minutes played, and a lineup change can move them. The score is the share of ranked players at the position that player is ahead of, on the model’s player values.

Depth chart

Projected rotation by position, starters outlined

Jazz

Guards

K. George32 minA. Bailey31 minD. Peterson30 minI. Collier19 minS. Mykhailiuk17 minJ. Okogie16 min

Forwards

L. Markkanen29 minB. Hinson20 minB. Sensabaugh16 minK. Filipowski8 minH. Ingram4 min

Centers

J. Hayes26 minM. Bamba19 minT. Bradley11 min

Out

J. JacksonOut

Pacers

Guards

A. Nembhard33 minK. Oubre23 minA. Nesmith23 minQ. Jackson20 minK. Brown12 minB. Smith6 min

Forwards

P. Siakam32 minJ. Walker22 minL. Nance16 minJ. Slawson13 min

Centers

J. Huff17 min

Out

I. ZubacOutO. ToppinDay-To-DayT. HaliburtonOutB. SheppardOut

In order of minutes, from this season’s box scores. Players marked out are on ESPN’s injury report.

Matchup stats

2026-27 · rank among 30 teams

ChartTable

Scoring

Points per game

UTAH108.7 #24

IND112.9 #18

Points per possession

UTAH1.05 #25

IND1.10 #17

Pace (possessions)

UTAH104.0 #12

IND103.1 #15

Shooting

Effective FG%

UTAH51.0 #24

IND53.9 #14

3-point %

UTAH32.6 #23

IND34.1 #18

3-point attempt rate

UTAH41.7 #21

IND43.1 #15

Free throw rate

UTAH31.6 #10

IND31.2 #12

Possessions

Turnover rate

UTAH17.0 #25

IND14.8 #10

Offensive rebound rate

UTAH25.7 #22

IND23.1 #27

Assists per game

UTAH26.2 #19

IND28.0 #7

Defense

Points allowed

UTAH118.8 #25

IND116.7 #23

Points allowed per possession

UTAH1.14 #25

IND1.13 #23

Opponent effective FG%

UTAH53.9 #18

IND53.9 #19

Opponent 3-point %

UTAH37.6 #25

IND35.9 #20

Turnovers forced

UTAH13.3 #28

IND14.9 #19

Defensive rebound rate

UTAH77.1 #4

IND72.7 #16

Steals per game

UTAH6.2 #29

IND6.9 #27

Blocks per game

UTAH6.5 #5

IND4.0 #26

UTAH		IND
Scoring
108.7 #24	Points per game	112.9 #18
1.05 #25	Points per possession	1.10 #17
104.0 #12	Pace (possessions)	103.1 #15
Shooting
51.0 #24	Effective FG%	53.9 #14
32.6 #23	3-point %	34.1 #18
41.7 #21	3-point attempt rate	43.1 #15
31.6 #10	Free throw rate	31.2 #12
Possessions
17.0 #25	Turnover rate	14.8 #10
25.7 #22	Offensive rebound rate	23.1 #27
26.2 #19	Assists per game	28.0 #7
Defense
118.8 #25	Points allowed	116.7 #23
1.14 #25	Points allowed per possession	1.13 #23
53.9 #18	Opponent effective FG%	53.9 #19
37.6 #25	Opponent 3-point %	35.9 #20
13.3 #28	Turnovers forced	14.9 #19
77.1 #4	Defensive rebound rate	72.7 #16
6.2 #29	Steals per game	6.9 #27
6.5 #5	Blocks per game	4.0 #26

From the box scores. A longer bar is a better league rank, on every row; the better team's bar is solid. A green rank is near the top of the league, a red one near the bottom. Pace and 3-point rate are styles, so they have no better side.

Jazz

1-5 overall · 1-5 in conference · Western Conference

Last five, 2026-27

Lvs Trail Blazers90–112
Lvs Spurs111–117
Lvs Grizzlies105–110
Lvs Lakers123–132
Wvs Pelicans120–119

A week or more of rest.

Pacers

2-5 overall · 1-4 in conference · Eastern Conference

Last five, 2026-27

Lvs Nets90–98
L@ Heat125–145
Lvs 76ers109–114
L@ Bucks102–110
W@ Nets136–109

A week or more of rest.

Jazz @ Pacers

What could decide it: IND has more of the edges

Market vs model

Market

ATS

Totals

Last 10 games

Next 3 games

Recent meetings

ATS History · 2026-27

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Pacers

Pacers has the better starters

Depth chart

Matchup stats

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Pacers