Utah Jazz (Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports)
The Utah Jazz’s possible upcoming conference foes are bruising one another.
Let’s just assume the No. 1 seed Utah Jazz slam the door on any unwelcomed flashbacks to the franchise blowing a 3-1 lead to the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs. Yes, the Jazz can do so right away by wrapping up their opening series against the No. 8 seed Memphis Grizzlies at 7:30 p.m. MT Wednesday in Salt Lake City.
If so, then Utah will be sitting pretty — to say the least — in its quest to reach the NBA Finals for the third time in history and the first time since 1998.