While the Utah Jazz will inevitably lose a game in the 2021-22 NBA season, they have not appeared ready to do so yet. The most recent victim of the Jazzmen’s two-way excellent were the Denver Nuggets, who suffered a 122-110 defeat on Tuesday night. With that victory, the Jazz advanced their undefeated record to 3-0. The Jazz don’t stand alone among the Association’s ranks of undefeated teams. The Golden State Warriors and Chicago Bulls are both without losses as it currently stands. Eventually, every one of these teams will lose. The questions are, which will lose first, and which will lose most?
In our attempt to answer that question, we looked at Offensive Rating, Defensive Rating and overall Net Rating thus far. We didn’t strictly rely on this data, however. We also took into consideration what preseason expectations for each of these teams generally were based on roster construction and 2020-21 results. Finally, we looked at the relative strengths of the schedules that have kept each of these clubs undefeated to-date.
In other words, there is no exact science driving these rankings, just as there is no exact science for predicting outcomes in the NBA. A fact which will do absolutely nothing to stop us from making an educated guess as to how the NBA’s three remaining undefeated teams stack up against each other.
Here is your educated guess.