After a fun stretch that saw the Utah Jazz win seven of eight games including six blowout wins, the team has seemingly reverted to its woeful ways as they’ve now dropped three straight. Granted, these three games have been against overall stiffer competition in less favorable circumstances than during the win streak, but still there’s little justification for how uninspired and flat-footed the Jazz have played of late.
There’s been plenty of fingers pointed as some feel the majority of the blame rests on the shoulders of Ricky Rubio, others on the big-man tandem of Rudy Gobert and Derrick Favors not functioning well together and still others on the fact that Rodney Hood simply can’t stay healthy and has missed an unexpectedly high number of games with something as minor as “ankle soreness.