On the second night of a back-to-back, and with Brian Keefe replacing Wes Unseld Jr. as head coach (at least for now), the Wizards were no match for the surging Utah Jazz. The final margin was 15, but the game’s outcome never felt in doubt.
The Jazz dominated the third quarter and ran their lead as high as 25 early in the fourth before Washington “rallied” with one of those meaningless comebacks that serves only to make the final score look closer than the game actually was.
After a brutal start to the season, Utah regrouped and has worked their way back into the Western Conference playoffs mix.