After an up-and-down first half of the season, the Utah Jazz are on the way up. Just how far can they go?

Fifty-seven games into last season, the Utah Jazz were 29-28. They finished that campaign at 48-34 and fifth place in the Western Conference. They upset the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round, before getting stomped by the Houston Rockets in the conference semifinals.

Now, 57 games into 2018-19, Utah is 32-25. The Jazz started their midseason turnaround a little earlier than they did in 2017-18, and they have the easiest remaining schedule in the Western Conference, according to Basketball Reference:

As you can see in the graphic above, that particular model forecasts a final record around 48-34 (same as last season), with a best-case scenario of 56-26.