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NBA · October 23, 2026

New Orleans Pelicans vs Utah Jazz Final — October 23, 2026

New Orleans Pelicans

119

Top scorer Trey Murphy III66 games

FINAL

Utah Jazz

120

Top scorer Lauri Markkanen42 games

Friday, October 23 · 9:40 PM ET

NOOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)UTAH

20th112.0

Offensive ratingpoints scored per 100 possessions

111.821st

16th115.5

PPG

117.69th

NODefenseUTAH

24th116.4

Defensive ratingpoints allowed per 100 possessions

120.330th

24th120.0

Opp PPG

126.030th

NOTeamUTAH

21st−4.4

Net ratingoffensive minus defensive rating

−8.527th

NOLast 10 gamesUTAH

Game by game

4-6

Last 10

4-6

-14

Net points

-108

Top third of the leagueMiddle thirdBottom thirdBar = league rank (full = 1st)

Injuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel

NORest & travelUTAH

2 days

Days of rest

2 days

1,433 mi2,306 km

Travel to the game

Home

−1 hclock change vs home

Time-zone change

Home

NOKey injuriesUTAH

None listed

Players out or limited

Jusuf Nurkic COut

About these numbers

Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.

Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.

Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.

No key players listed.

Key players only. Injury report as of October 23, 9:40 a.m. ET.

The pre-game matchup

The Pelicans visited the Jazz on Friday, October 23 at 9:40 PM ET.

Last season (2025-26), the Pelicans scored 115.5 points per game (16th of 30) and allowed 120.0 (24th). The Jazz scored 117.6 points per game (9th of 30) and allowed 126.0 (30th).

Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Pelicans 112.0 (20th), Jazz 111.8 (21st). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Pelicans 116.4 (24th), Jazz 120.3 (30th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Pelicans −4.4 (21st), Jazz −8.5 (27th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.

The Jazz closed as 1.5-point favorites at home against the Pelicans. The spread opened at Jazz -5.5. The total closed at 239.5, down from 242.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Pelicans -105, Jazz -115) prices the Pelicans at 49% and the Jazz at 51%.

Written from the numbers available before kickoff.

Result

Final score and result vs the closing line

New Orleans Pelicans 119, Utah Jazz 120

Utah Jazz won by 1.

Against the closing spread (Utah Jazz -1.5): New Orleans Pelicans covered.
Combined score 239 vs the closing total of 239.5: Under.
Utah Jazz closed at -115 on the moneyline (a 51% no-vig market-implied chance).

Market

Closing line and line movement

Spreadmoved 4

OpenJazz -5.5 (-110)
Pelicans +5.5 (-110)

CloseJazz -1.5 (-105)
Pelicans +1.5 (-115)

Totaldown 3

Open242.5 (o -110 / u -110)

Close239.5 (o -106 / u -115)

Moneyline

OpenPelicans +165 36%
Jazz -200 64%

ClosePelicans -105 49%
Jazz -115 51%

Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.

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G&W Line

G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics

Projected score

Spread

Total

Win %

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Matchup

Players to watch

Pelicans

66 games · Trey Murphy III

Points per game21.528th
Rebounds per game5.775th
Assists per game3.872nd
Minutes per game35.5

62 games · Zion Williamson

Points per game21.032nd
Rebounds per game5.776th
Assists per game3.2106th
Minutes per game29.7

Jazz

42 games · Lauri Markkanen

Points per game26.711th
Rebounds per game6.947th
Assists per game2.1187th
Minutes per game34.4

54 games · Keyonte George

Points per game23.622nd
Rebounds per game3.7190th
Assists per game6.122nd
Minutes per game33.1

Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 390 players with at least 20 games.

Head-to-head

The teams have met 14 times since 2022: the Pelicans won 9 and the Jazz 5.

Date	Score	Line	Total
Apr 7, 2026	Jazz 137, Pelicans 156 Pelicans won
Apr 7, 2026	Jazz 137, Pelicans 156 Pelicans won
Feb 28, 2026	Pelicans 115, Jazz 105 Pelicans won
Feb 26, 2026	Pelicans 129, Jazz 118 Pelicans won
Mar 2, 2025	Pelicans 128, Jazz 121 Pelicans won

Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.

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