This article is not intended to be click bait. This is an actual, not necessarily likely, but possible scenario that could result in the Utah Jazz making an NBA Finals appearance in June 2018.
We need to start out with a few major disclaimers and assumptions here before we get started with this exercise. For the purposes of this scenario, we will assume the following:
- The Jazz will play as well in the playoffs as they have since Gobert came back from injury and after acquiring Jae Crowder. The Jazz have posted a net rating of 10.