The Utah Jazz are putting the NBA on notice in the early season by going on one of their mid-season winning streaks in the early weeks of the season. This early surge has given the Jazz one of their better starts in franchise history. With a 13-4 record through 17 games, they trail only the 1996-97 Jazz who were 15-2 and are tied with three other seasons — 1998-99, 2000-01 and 2006-07 — for the honor of second place.
Plenty of factors are influencing this run, first and foremost is the elevated play of Mike Conley who cast off whatever ailed him in the 2019-20 season and is averaging a solid 16.