Late-game meltdowns are the only flares ESPN’s Marc Spears sees in the Utah Jazz. Otherwise, he says the Jazz has everything it needs. But West has tremendous depth behind Phoenix.
“I don’t think there will be a sweep,” Spears said. “There’s going to be a lot of sixes [or] seven series of matches from the first round to the end. It’s going to be a big Battle Royale. There is no easy way to get the chip this year in either conference.
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JP sat down with the senior NBA writer to talk about Jazz and the playoffs.
Here’s a preview of this week’s episode:
Introductions.
11:15 a.m. — Jazz scholarships
19:45 – “I can’t understand them”
27:05 – Phoenix
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