PREVIEW: The New Orleans Pelicans visit the Utah Jazz on Thursday at the Delta Center at 8:00 p.m. Utah looks to end its three-game slide when the Jazz play New Orleans. New Orleans has been on a more promising trajectory heading into Utah, picking up their second straight win Tuesday by beating Golden State 113-109. Unfortunately, both teams arrive without complete shot quality data available, limiting our ability to assess their precision from the field in pregame analysis. Injuries are afflicting the Utah Jazz and shortening the rotation of available, healthy players ahead of this matchup, with two starters, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic, already being shut down due to season-ending surgeries, and the Jazz also losing Vince Williams Jr., a key rotation player, to a torn ACL. Zion Williamson has been a catalyst for the uptick in success, averaging 26.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists since the NBA All-Star break. New Orleans is the league leader in inside scoring, averaging 57.6 points per game in the paint this season. The Jazz are 10-27 in Western Conference games and rank fifth in the Western Conference with 11.8 offensive rebounds per game led by Walker Kessler averaging 4.6.