My thoughts on the Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz have 5 Games left in the season before the playoffs start. The west conference as usual is in a tight race for teams looking to seed in the 1-4 spots. The Utah Jazz are currently in the 4th spot however the race is tight looking forward and looking behind. Dallas, Denver, Utah, and Phoenix are all tied with 50 wins and 27 loses. The remaining schedule for the Utah Jazz is as follows.

VS. Oklahoma

@Houston

@New Orleans

@Golden State

VS Phoenix

We have 1 home game and a 3 game road trip before our last home game against Phoenix. Oklahoma and Phoenix is a MUST win for the Utah Jazz if their looking in staying or gaining in the seed race. With both of those games at home the Jazz should be able to pull it off. Keep a eye on Durant though because he has been explosive during the last half of the season. For the next 5 games I predict the Jazz going 4-1 falling to the Houston Rockets. The Jazz will have a tough fight at home against Durant and the Thunder and they will have to leave right after to go face Houston. The Jazz will be tired and unprepared to take them. After loosing to Houston the Jazz will finally release whats at stake and finish the seasons with WINS.

Now for the Playoffs I believe there will be one team that will be the biggest struggle for the Jazz and that of course is the Lakers. With Lakers having home court advantage it is almost a guarantee lost for the Jazz. The Jazz do not have Confidence when they step inside the Staples center against the Lakers. In order to get to the finals they are going to have to find a way to beat the Lakers in LA which has not been done for sometime.

If Phoenix and Oklahoma stay behind us in the seeding we will be OK with home court advantage. But if the season ends and either one of them are ahead it may be difficult to overcome the Phoenix Suns or Durant and the Thunder. So the Jazz need to know how important it is to keep winning and stay ahead and try to get to that 2nd or 3rd spot. I'm excited to see how the end of the season and playoffs will happen.