NBA: Predicting the final playoff seeding in the Western Conference
1. Utah Jazz
The Utah Jazz has been cruising through the Western Conference for what feels like all season long. They’ve consistently been the best team in the league and continue to do so – even with the Suns on their tails in the standings at the moment.
Whether you believe in Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert in the playoffs isn’t what’s in question here. This is whether or not you believe that the Jazz is going to close the regular season strong. And I believe that they will. They have the easiest remaining schedule in the NBA and are on track to win roughly 55 games in a shortened 72-game season.
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The Jazz is for real and it’s about time we start giving them their dues. Who knows how this season will end for Utah, but what I feel comfortable predicting is that this team will indeed enter the playoffs as the top overall seed in the league.