The Utah Jazz are currently riding a five-game win streak, but it hasn’t exactly been a pretty stretch. Sure, the five consecutive wins have been nice and good for Utah’s record in the Western Conference, but nearly all of them have been relatively ugly victories against lackluster opponents, so it’s hard to get over-excited.
But on Monday, we’ll get a chance to see whether or not the Jazz have just been playing down to the level of their competition but have truly found a winning rhythm, or if they simply aren’t much better than the lower tier teams in the NBA.