Can The Utah Jazz Possibly Make The NBA Play-In This Postseason? Jazz vs OKC Thunder - NBA Postgame

If the NBA season were to end today, the Utah Jazz would make it in the NBA Western Conference Play-In as the 10th seed. The franchise would also forfeit its first round pick in the upcoming NBA draft next summer to the Oklahoma City Thunder as a result of a previous trade that put the pick in jeopardy if falls out of the top eight in the final draft order. As of today, the Utah Jazz have the 10th worst pick in the league which means OKC would receive the pick. The question is, would making the play-in be good or bad for the franchise? What are the positives and negatives?

It still very early in the NBA season and a lot of basketball has yet to be played. So what is today may not be the case tomorrow. However, there are some really struggling teams below the Utah Jazz in the standings and it is quite clear the Jazz will not finish with the worst record in the league as the franchise did last season.

Jazz got off to a very hot start from the three point line in tonight's game against the OKC Thunder in Salt Lake City at the Delta Center. Jazz scored 44 points in that first quarter and held an eighteen point lead at one point in the game. But after being up by 1 point at the half, OKC turned up the defense and the young Jazz squad struggled to score at anything close to the same pace in that second half. OKC ended up winning the game by a hefty margin.

Leading the way for the Jazz was Keyonte George with 20 points. Lauri Markkanen scored 19 points and Kyle Filipowski scored 18 points.

Final Score: Utah Jazz 112, OKC Thunder 144