SALT LAKE CITY — History tends to circle back, and there was a fair amount of it on display Wednesday. The story between the Nuggets and the Jazz is undeniably colorful and indisputably heated.
The latest version didn’t disappoint. A fierce scuffle broke out. A player from each team got ejected, while another from each received a technical. Meanwhile, those problems Rudy Gobert had with the refs in December were back.
So are the playoffs, in a sense.
The Jazz’s 114-108 over Denver win wasn’t your ordinary pre-All-Star snooze. It was two teams paying serious attention.