The Jazz finished the first half of the season 23-18.
They've begun the second half 7-0.
Nothing like a win streak to catapult you from a lottery pick to home-court advantage in the first round.
What's made the difference? Oh a few things. Andrei Kirilenko moved back into the starting lineup and is playing his most inspired basketball in years. Deron Williams finally making the All-Star team. Paul Millsap playing with a chip on his shoulder when Boozer got hurt. Sundiata Gaines' feel-good story and dream three-point buzzer-beater to beat the Cavaliers.
They took 35 games or so to figure it out this year, and now their trajectory is one that can make a fan hope Jerry Sloan just might win that elusive Coach of the Year award.
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