Aristotle said hope is a waking dream; Utah Jazz fans would do well to remember as much. Although the team’s season has felt more like a waking nightmare, hope prevails that a playoff berth is still in reach.
It may be of the “hoping for the best while expecting the worst; are you gonna drop the bomb or not?” variety, but it’s nonetheless legitimate in this year’s weird Western Conference.
Just a few, short nights ago, the Jazz looked to have hit rock bottom. Facing an exhausted Indiana Pacers team on the wrong end of a back-to-back, the boys in blue had an epic letdown on their home floor.