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I’ve been alive for 23 years.  For four of them, the Jazz haven’t been in the Western Conference playoffs. The 2012-2013 season has been an up and down year for Jazz fans and it all ended Wednesday night with the

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79 games down. Three to go. With the regular season quickly coming to an end, the Jazz (41-38) and Lakers (42-37) are going down to the wire in the chase for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. As

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Eight days ago the Utah Jazz had just lost for the fourth straight time after a furious comeback fell short against against the Dallas Mavericks. Down double digits in the last few minutes of the game, the Jazz fought back

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It was 7:08 p.m. as I sat down on my couch to blissfully enjoy my favorite activity of the day. The Utah Jazz were set to take on the Phoenix Suns as they continued on their journey to beat out

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It must be a rough transition for players like Alec Burks who have overnight experiences that take them superstar to bench warmer. Since being drafted 12th overall in the 2011 NBA draft, Burks has routinely not known how many minutes

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The Jazz fell to the Thunder 110-87 on Wednesday night, bringing their record to 33-32 with 17 games left on the schedule. The Utah Jazz somehow found a way to stay in the playoff hunt for the 8th seed in

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Utah Jazz fans innately have thoughts that come to mind when thinking about the Chicago Bulls and the crushing defeats at the hands of His Airness.  The days of Shandon Anderson vs Ron Harper are over, but winning in Chicago

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Coming out of the All-Star break the Jazz had a big match-up against the Warriors.  Utah led wire-to-wire and winning 115-101 and made up for losing to Golden State back in December.  Al Jefferson had 24 points and led the

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All-Star weekend is always better when you are represented. It’s the reason I used to endlessly hope D-Will would be selected or why I thoroughly enjoyed watching Jeremy Evans in the Slam Dunk Competition last year. I’ll always watch, but