Utah Jazz-Milwaukee Bucks: Keys to sweeping the season series
By John Keeffer
The Utah Jazz will go up against the Milwaukee Bucks and the Greek Freak on Saturday night, looking to right the ship after dropping two games in a row.
After an impressive six-game win streak, the Utah Jazz have come back to earth a bit, dropping two games in a row. They now sit at 13-13, and are currently No. 7 in the Western Conference standings. The losses were somewhat defensible, however, and at this time there’s not much reason to panic.
While losing a 17-point third-quarter lead is hard, the Jazz were up against a desperate Oklahoma City team and on the second game of a back-to-back. They simply ran out of steam. Then on Thursday they faced perhaps the best team in the league and one of the few real contenders to the Golden State Warriors.
Even on their best night, defeating the Houston Rockets is a tall order. There are certain teams that you just can’t beat yourself up over losing to, and the Rockets have become one of those teams.
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The Jazz will have the opportunity to right the ship as they take on the Milwaukee Bucks in Milwaukee this Saturday. This will be yet another difficult test, as the Jazz are only in the beginning of the most difficult scheduled month across the NBA.
The Bucks are one of the up and coming teams in the East. They are 14-10 on the season, fourth in the Eastern Conference standings, and are riding a two-game win streak.
This will be a tough matchup on the road for the Jazz, but if they focus on these three keys, they’ll put themselves on a great position to win the game and sweep the season series.