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First-half breakdowns are dooming Utah Jazz

The team has struggled this season in the first half, and the second quarter performances have been particularly shoddy of late.

“It started with transition defense. They were able to get easy baskets.”

SALT LAKE CITY — A disturbing trend has settled in for the Utah Jazz.

In 10 of the team’s 13 games this season, the Jazz have trailed at halftime. In fact, they’ve led after the first half only one time since the first two games of the season. That happened two and a half weeks ago when they took a 51-38 lead into the break in a blowout win over Memphis.