So, here we are — the game the Utah Jazz fans have had circled on their calendar since the NBA schedule was released. A showdown of titans in the Wild Western Conference and a chance for one team or the other to get a leg up in the season series and perhaps even a psychological edge going forward.
It’s Jazz-Clippers, man, and as the late, great Hot Rod Hundley might say, “you gotta love it, baby!”
Oh, wait… Paul George isn’t ready to go yet? OK then. What else, now? Kawhi Leonard is being held out for load management reasons?