With only six games remaining, the Utah Jazz are in Boston tonight to take on the defending Eastern Conference champions, the Boston Celtics. To say the Jazz are short-handed tonight may be an understatement and as such, they are massive underdogs.
The Jazz will be without Collin Sexton, Jordan Clarkson, Rudy Gay, and Lauri Markkanen while also having Kelly Olynyk listed as doubtful to play. The Jazz would not have been favored to win this game regardless, but with the absent players, ESPN’s analytics give the Jazz just a 5.4% chance to win.
That being said, two separate times this month when the Jazz have been riddled with injuries - or adding fuel to the tank depending on who you ask - Talen Horton-Tucker has gone nuclear and single-handedly willed the Jazz to victory.