Before the Utah Jazz tipped off their Saturday night road bout with the Denver Nuggets, fellow J-Noter Hayden Van de Maat and myself had big ideas about how they should handle their business. Our plan was simple — rest everybody and give the bench guys some extra run; this game was a sure loser.
The scheduling alone painted a grim picture. We’re talking the wrong end of a back-to-back…following a flight through one of the most notoriously turbulent areas in the country…against one of the best teams in the Association. Throw in the fact that the game hit directly after a disappointing loss and that the Jazz roster has already incurred some injuries, and waiving the white flag felt like a no-brainer (at least to us).