SALT LAKE CITY—The Utah Jazz are officially on the verge of making the playoffs.
With a win Sunday over the Los Angeles Lakers on the road, the Jazz will clinch their second straight trip to the postseason. They actually would have done so Saturday had both the New Orleans Pelicans and San Antonio Spurs lost their respective games, but both won, delaying the possibility for a day.
While Utah still has three games remaining in the regular season and still could get as high as No. 3 in the Western Conference, the closeness of the second season gave occasion for center Rudy Gobert to reflect some on the campaign following the Jazz’s short practice Saturday at Zions Bank Basketball Campus before they left for the City of Angels.