Utah Jazz Week 11 Outlook: Can Jazz turn the corner?

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The Utah Jazz are at home sweet home for an exhilarating three-game holiday stint that features two games on national TV.

The Utah Jazz didn’t have an overly successful Week 10 considering that they finished with just a 2-2 record, but they definitely showed more positive signs than we’ve seen in a long time. First of all, their defense appears to finally be back to full strength and their shooting was much-improved over what we’ve seen for most of the season.

Not only that, but they defeated the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors as well as the Portland Trail Blazers within the hostile confines of the Moda Center by a whopping 30 points. Beyond that, their two losses were quite justifiable. Both were on disadvantageous schedule situations and they fought tough to only barely lose to both Houston and Oklahoma City.

I had a pretty rough week predicting outcomes last week, as the only contest I got right was the loss to OKC, so I went just 1-3, bringing me back even with the Jazz at 16-18. With the long-awaited Christmas game now upon us, the Jazz will face a challenging and critical three-game slate where they’ll hope to prove that the positives they displayed last week weren’t flukes, but instead an indication that they’re about to turn the corner.

Here’s what we can expect in a holiday Week 11–

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