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Despite a key injury, the Utah Jazz should secure the regular-season crown.
By losing at the Boston Celtics on Thursday, the Phoenix Suns gifted the Utah Jazz a bit more cushion to their No. 1 position in the Western Conference standings. Add in the fact these Jazzmen now own a five-game advantage in the loss column over the top two Eastern Conference powers in the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers.
True, a great number of folks, including a fair share of scarred-by-the-past Utahns, continue to dismiss this dominance coming out of Salt Lake City as just a “fluky” occurrence.