The date is April 16th.
The Indiana Pacers are in town to tussle with the Utah Jazz. Despite some recent inconsistency, the Jazz remain atop the league’s standings, but just 1.0 game ahead of the Phoenix Suns.
There’s 17 games to go. Virtually everything has broke right for Utah thus far. Can it continue just one more month?
Sadly, the side effects of such a unique season that had tripped up most franchises to date suddenly caught up to Utah.
Early in the 3rd quarter, Donovan Mitchell suffered an ankle sprain while diving for a loose ball.