Giannis and a 4-6 Heat visit a Jazz side on an eight-game skid

The Utah Jazz return home at 1-9 and on an eight-game losing streak, and their visitors have problems of their own. The Miami Heat are 4-6 despite having Giannis Antetokounmpo, yet the market still makes them a 76% favorite in Salt Lake City.

The frustration in Miami has been public. After a 138-117 loss to the Lakers, Antetokounmpo told reporters: "We're not playing hard enough. We've got to play harder. We've got to have some pride." The Heat have won two of three games since. The latest was a 114-108 win at Sacramento on 8 November, when Antetokounmpo had 29 points and 14 rebounds and Klay Thompson made seven three-pointers.

Antetokounmpo has been playing through a sprained right wrist, which he hurt in a fall during that Lakers game. The league's injury report on 9 November listed him as probable, and he was the only Heat player on it.

Utah's slide reached eight games with a 115-100 loss at Minnesota on 8 November. Rookie Darryn Peterson scored a career-high 26 points in that game, but Keyonte George left with a sprained right ankle and is listed as out. Lauri Markkanen, who missed the Minnesota game with a wrist injury, is questionable. Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic remain out.

Does Miami's uneven start make that price too rich for a road game, or is Utah too short-handed to keep it close?