Utah Jazz: Three most brutal aspects of the 2017-18 schedule

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - MAY 8: Joe Johnson Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - MAY 8: Joe Johnson Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT – MAY 8: Joe Johnson Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – MAY 8: Joe Johnson Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr/Getty Images)

There were some encouraging parts to the Utah Jazz’s recently released 2017-18 schedule, but the following three aspects are nothing less than brutal.

The 2017-18 Utah Jazz schedule, along with those of the rest of the teams in the NBA, were released yesterday, causing no small amount of excitement among die hard basketball fans. Here at The J-Notes, we’ve already provided you with plenty of exciting content regarding the schedule including an in-depth analysis of the 17-18 campaign, five top match-ups to watch, win predictions for next season and some great reasons to be excited about the year ahead.

While there’s certainly a lot to look forward to, though, the schedule most definitely isn’t all roses. In fact, there are a handful of aspects about it that are downright brutal. Every schedule has its ups and downs, its friendly stretches and painful stretches, but the following three facets of Utah’s 2017-18 schedule jumped out as being especially tough to swallow.