Lake Hale Lake Hale is a staff writer for SLC Dunk, covering the Utah Jazz since 2022. He currently is a communications major at Utah Valley University and has been watching Jazz games since he was 9 years old
The 13-18 Utah Jazz face the 17-14 New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday evening. The winner of this game doesn’t get to keep the Jazz name, but they do get the satisfaction of a good team win. The Jazz have gotten hot as of late; they’ve won 6 of their last 8 and Lauri Markkanen continues to look like an All-Star caliber player.