On December 26, the Utah Jazz had become losers of four straight games and were about to take on two of the NBA's hybrid-darling contenders: Detroit and San Antonio. At 10-19, many would consider this the moment that the Jazz embraced the tank in full and threw the season away. Two days later, the Jazz had their most impressive victories of the season, signaling that no team should take the night off against them.
Beating the Pistons and Spurs is no easy feat at all. In fact, it would have been hard to find one person who thought the Jazz would win either of their last two games.