SALT LAKE CITY — Just when the Utah Jazz take a couple of steps forward, they take a couple of steps back. It’s happened all season, and it happened again over the past week.
There was a bunch of renewed optimism in Jazzland when Utah won a pair of blowout victories at home over the San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets, beating those Western Conference teams by 34 and 27 points, respectively, last week.
That got the Jazz back to .500 at 13-13 and within shouting distance of the final playoff position in the West. Then they went out on the road, where they’ve had more success than at home this year.