Ten games ago, the Utah Jazz were 12-10, had the league’s 23rd ranked offense, 11th ranked defense, a bench that was a complete disaster, and found themselves in 6th place in the West. Then the scheduled eased up. Since then the Jazz have won eight out of their last ten, are 6th in net rating, have bolstered their bench unit, and have one of the most elite starting lineups in the league now. AND YET, they still find themselves 6th in the West. How is that still possible?
The Utah Jazz had faced a schedule that was the most difficult in the West.