Friday NBA Roundup: Jazz Loss Means Race for West’s Final Playoff Spot Rages on

April 8th, 2016 by Adam Fromal Leave a reply »

The Utah Jazz shouldn't be in this position. 

After a brutal 102-99 overtime loss to the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers, the fight for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference drags on. Though a victory wouldn't technically have clinched a playoff spot, it would've all but assured the Jazz of a postseason berth. 

Led by a massive game from Gordon Hayward, a ridiculous fourth-quarter run that saw them go from an 85-79 deficit to a 92-85 advantage and a Clippers lineup that, as the Deseret News' Jody Genessy humorously explained, wasn't exactly at full strength, they almost escaped. 



But it wasn't enough. A dagger from Jamal Crawford with 0.2 seconds left in the overtime period ended their chances of earning a two-game advantage on the Houston Rockets, and we're now left wondering who wants the final postseason berth more. 

Which loss is worse? Is it dropping a game to a team without Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan and J.J. Redick, as the Jazz did Friday night? Or is it losing to the lowly Phoenix Suns, as the Rockets did Thursday?

Either way, Utah st ...

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