SALT LAKE CITY — Ever since the day the NBA announced its schedule for the 2018-2019 season, pundits and fans have pointed to mid-March as the time when the Utah Jazz could and should feast on the seeming simplicity of their remaining slate.
After an incredibly challenging first 41 games, things began to lighten up for the Jazz in January, but there’s still been a good number of tough opponents on the schedule since then. But after Utah’s loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at home on Monday night, the Jazz have just two games remaining over their final 16 in the regular season against teams that entered Tuesday with better records than them (the final two games against the Denver Nuggets and L.