Salt Lake Tribune · Apr 2, 2018
Tight playoff race keeps Utah Jazz on edge
Utah Jazz's Derrick Favors, center, goes to the basket between Minnesota Timberwolves' Karl-Anthony Towns, left, and Taj Gibson, right, in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April. 1, 2018, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid) On Sunday night, the Jazz faced the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center. They began the matchup with four different scenarios regarding the standings, two each for a win and a loss.
The regular season ends in less than two weeks, and currently there isn’t a set matchup in the West. There are 10 teams with a chance, and there is a game separating the fourth seed and the eighth seed.