Talen Horton-Tucker has successfully made a lowly 35.3% of his shot attempts from the field this season, significantly lower than his 44.3 rate last season.Since the start of last season when they are playing at home, opposing clubs have shot 39.6% on 3-pointers (highest in the league) vs. the Trail Blazers, labeling this as a favorable matchup.The Utah Jazz are expected to see a decline in possessions today from sharing the court with the 5th-most sluggish pace-of-play offense in the NBA over the last 5 games (the Portland Trail Blazers).As a team, the Utah Jazz have been bad at getting to the charity stripe: 4th-worst in the NBA this year, tallying a measly 18.0 foul shot attempts per game.Over the last 7 games, opposing squads have attempted 25.0 free throws per game (8th-most in the league) against the Portland Trail Blazers, succeeding in their efforts to get to the charity stripe.
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