After Deron Williams rocked the United Center with a posterizing dunk on Bulls point guard Derrick Rose in Utah's 132-108 victory in Chicago, it's time to re-evaluate these Jazz road warriors and their position in the Western Conference.
This Jazz team may have finally flipped the switch from being a young and talented team to a legit NBA title contender—not because it beat a mediocre Bulls team, but because of one simple fact: Utah is a dominant home team, and now it has become a worthy road opponent.
Not many NBA experts buy into the idea of Utah supplanting the Lakers—or even beating the high-powered Mavs and Nuggets.
But don’t sleep on this upstart Jazz team. Here's why.
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Surging Utah Jazz Turning into Unlikely Road Warriors
Posted: 10th March 2010 by TIM PETERSON in NBAComments Off on Surging Utah Jazz Turning into Unlikely Road Warriors