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Vegas Over/Under: 40.5

Fromal’s Record Projection: 44-38
The Bet: Hammer the more The Utah Jazz went 51-31 final season. So how in the world are they expected to win just seven fewer matches after losing their best player?
Well, the answer is straightforward: They didn’t actually lose their best player.
Gordon Hayward’s death to the Boston Celtics stings, and the Jazz will have a difficult time replacing his versatile production. A dynamite rookie season from Donovan Mitchell can not possibly fill the emptiness, and also the small-forward depth chart looks a bit more uninspiring with Joe Ingles and Joe Johnson leading the charge.
But Rudy Gobert remains patrolling Salt Lake City, prepared to show to the planet he is indisputably among the NBA’s 20 best players.
Whereas Hayward completed Nos. 29 and 24, respectively, in ESPN.com’s RPM and NBA Math’s TPA, Gobert sat at Nos. 8 and 12 last season. He is arguably the league’s best defensive player, and his incredible finishing ability across the rim makes him immensely valuable on the offensive end.
There is also the fact that the Jazz’s internet rating dipped by 5.7 points per 100 possessions without Hayward, but it fell by 11.3 with no Gobert. After the”Stifle Tower” suited up sans his now-departed teammate, Utah still posted a 5.5 net rating, per nbawowy. In the opposite situation, the net rating stood at minus-6.9.
Utah will be worse this season. That much is clear.
But they’re not dropping below .500. Frankly, they shouldn’t even be especially close to that mark.