The Utah Jazz’s slow start to the 2018-19 season has been both surprising but also somewhat predictable. What I mean is, while their 11-13 start has definitely been underwhelming, the fact that they’ve faced some early-season struggles isn’t that shocking. The reason being – their schedule to start the year is a gauntlet.
Between a road-heavy slate and several tough opponents, it was certainly within the realm of possibilities for the Jazz to start off worse than they’d finish. What’s been disheartening, though, has been the nature of some of those losses and the fact that Utah has failed to capitalize on some of their more winnable games.