The Utah Jazz (12-10) aren’t playing great basketball right now. They’ve lost seven of their last nine games. They’ve fallen from first in the west to the eighth in the span of a two weeks. They’ve, dare I say it, regressed to something resembling original pre-season expectations.
Yet tonight, they have an opportunity to halt their losing skid. Kicking off a six game home-stand, the Jazz face a struggling Chicago Bulls (8-11) team in Salt Lake City. The Bulls, at this point in the season, have played quite disappointingly. While an injury to Lonzo Ball has hurt them, a so-so season from Zach LaVine, Patrick Williams, and Nikola Vucevic hasn’t helped either.