With 28 games left to play in the regular season, the Utah Jazz are basically a lock to make the playoffs. The unknown answer is with what seed Utah will enter the postseason with among a very competitive Western Conference.
Currently, the Jazz are sitting at the fourth seed in the West, just 1.5 games behind the second seeded Denver Nuggets, and spots two through seven are separated by only five games. From here on out, every win and loss means a little more.
The future is unpredictable, but here are some of the leading online algorithms calculating where the Utah Jazz will finish the year:
ESPN BPI – 54-28 (fourth seed, two games behind second seed)
Basketball Reference – 53.