Things are trending up for the Utah Jazz (21-12, 5th in the West) as we close out 2019. Utah got a signature win Saturday night in Los Angeles, taking down a mostly-healthy Clippers team 120-107. That closed out a 2-1 week and the Jazz overcame a slow start to blow out the Detroit Pistons Monday night 104-81.
Overall, the Jazz are 9-2 since a 3-game losing streak kicked off December and are on a slow climb back up the standings, even with the Dallas Mavericks and 1.5 games back of the Houston Rockets at 4.