Typically a game in mid-January, the dog days of the NBA season, doesn’t spark much curiosity or emotion. It’s usually when teams are either preparing for the upcoming trade deadline or trying to grind through the mid-part of the season to prepare for the playoff push.
That won’t be the case on Jan. 19 when Utah hosts Houston at Vivint Arena. Instead of the typical January blues, a sort of league history will unfold when Utah’s Jordan Clarkson and Houston’s Jalen Green take the court together.
For the second time in NBA history — the first being back on Oct.