After a disappointing loss in the nation’s capitol, there is serendipity that the Utah Jazz now find themselves playing the Tampa Toronto Bay Raptors. Three years ago the Jazz—reeling from bad losses and inconsistency—rediscovered their identity and made course corrections that changed the trajectory of their season in a game against the Raptors. Utah will be looking to find some of that same magic as they battle Toronto in a much warmer Tampa climate than in 2018.
While the Raptors are not the championship contenders they once were, the Jazz are certainly better than the team that had Ricky Rubio and Thabo Sefolosha in the starting lineup.